Journal profile · LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture
ISSN 1691-9971 · eISSN 2501-0395 · University of Latvia Press · Latvia
Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Important Update: Due to an overwhelming number of high-quality submissions, we have reached our capacity and are currently not accepting new papers. Submissions for the 2028 edition will open in March 2027. Please take into account that we neither accept papers for processing nor store submissions received prior to that date. Please check our website at that time for further updates. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture is published by University of Latvia Press and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Lexicography and Language Studies, together about 28.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture (BJELLC) is an open access multidisciplinary international scholarly journal, which is issued once a year by the University of Latvia (since 2011).The BJELLC aims to help scholars doing research in linguistics, literature and culture to share their knowledge worldwide through open access. As the journal covers a wide range of topics, it will be a valuable source for scholars, teachers and advanced students. The articles reflect theoretical and empirical interests of scholars from all over the world. The studies focus on synchronic and diachronic as well as comparative aspects of the English language, culture and literature. ISSN 1691-9971 (print)ISSN 2501-0395 (online) Each volume and each article have a DOI number. The DOI of the BJELLC is https://doi.org/10.22364/BJELLC Articles in the BJELLC are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 international (CC BY-NC 4.0) license since 2021. In order to prevent malpractice, all submissions are screened by the TurnitIn™ software. From 2026 it will be replaced by the CAPS plagiarism screening system. All journal volumes are available on the E-resource repository of the University of Latvia. Call for Papers (June–July 2026): Submission PauseThe Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture thanks all scholars, academics, and researchers from around the world for their enthusiastic response to our call for submissions for Volume 17 (Summer 2027). Important Update: Due to an overwhelming number of high-quality submissions, we have reached our capacity and are currently not accepting new papers.Submissions for the 2028 edition will open in March 2027. Please take into account that we neither accept papers for processing nor store submissions received prior to that date. Please check our website at that time for further updates. SUBJECT AREAS The journal publishes original theoretical and empirical studies including, but not limited to: Discourse analysis and pragmatics Lexicology and terminology Stylistics Language acquisition Psycholinguistics Corpus linguistics Translation and contrastive studies Cultural studies Literary and critical theory Postcolonial literatures Comparative literature American literature and drama Gender and literature
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Editor-in-chief Andrejs VeisbergsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Türkiye 4, Norway 4, France 3, Italy 3, Poland 3 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities12.3%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities8.6%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities7.5%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities7.5%
- linguistics and terminology studiesArts and Humanities7.1%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities6.7%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology4.9%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 174 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 21 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 42 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access
- Publication ethics
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement Model summary
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
All the articles published in the journal can be accessed freely.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Latvia Press
- Country or region
- Latvia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1691-9971
- Electronic ISSN
- 2501-0395
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture
What CAS zone is Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Language & Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Author–date. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (4), Norway (4) and France (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture open access, and what is the APC?
Baltic Journal of English Language Literature and Culture is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-30). Last updated: .