Journal profile · LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
English Studies at NBU
ISSN 2367-5705 · eISSN 2367-8704 · New Bulgarian University · Bulgaria
English Studies at NBU: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
English Studies at NBU is published by New Bulgarian University and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Translation Studies and Practices, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Second Language Learning and Teaching, together about 29.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
English Studies at NBU (ESNBU) is an entirely open access (Diamond Open Access), double-blind peer reviewed academic journal published by the Department of English Studies, New Bulgarian University in two issues per year, June and December, in print and online. ESNBU receives institutional support from the New Bulgarian University Publishing House. ESNBU welcomes original research articles, book reviews, discussion contributions and other forms of analysis and comment encompassing all aspects of English Studies and English for professional communication and the creative professions. Manuscripts are accepted in English. Translations of published articles and preprints are generally not accepted. ESNBU is fully Open Access (Diamond Open Access) - all published articles are freely available without charge to the users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as the original authors, citation details and publisher are identified. This is in accordance with the definition of open access of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Abstracting and Indexing English Studies at NBU (ESNBU) is abstracted and indexed in: CEEOL - Central and Eastern European Online Library ERIH PLUS - European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences MLA - Directory of Periodicals and MLA International Bibliography ROAD - Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources OpenAIRE Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) - Emerging Sources Citation Index DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ Seal) NSD - Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers Crossref member Brill Linguistic Bibliography EBSCOhost CEEAS - Central & Eastern European Academic Source EBSCO Open Research EBSCOhost Academic Journals ICI Index Copernicus - Journals Master list database RSCI Core - Russian Science Citation Index (РИНЦ) CNKI SCHOLAR (CNKI) China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database ZDB - Zeitschriften Datenbank EZB - Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) Semantic Scholar Researchgate swissbib, the catalog of ALL Swiss university libraries, the Swiss national library, several cantonal libraries and of other institutions, including Liechtenstein iDiscover, the University of Cambridge's search and discovery system HOLLI
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Editor-in-chief Boris NaimushinPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Italy 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities13.2%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities8.3%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities8.3%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology7.4%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Second Language Acquisition and LearningPsychology4.9%
- Natural Language Processing TechniquesComputer Science4.4%
- Interpreting and Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Dimensions, Scilit, Crossref, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Semantic Scholar, MLA International Bibliography
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 188 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 7 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 19 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 19 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 38 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 22 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 6 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 license Model summary
Authors, and all co-authors, agree that the article, if editorially accepted for publication, shall be licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Diamond open access journal. Model summary
English Studies at NBU (ESNBU) is an entirely free and open access, double-blind peer reviewed academic journal
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
This journal uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving of Version of Record permitted in any repository Model summary
The terms on which the article is published allow the posting of the published article (Version of Record) in any repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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
- New Bulgarian University
- Country or region
- Bulgaria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2367-5705
- Electronic ISSN
- 2367-8704
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about English Studies at NBU
What CAS zone is English Studies at NBU in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, English Studies at NBU is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Language & Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at English Studies at NBU?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Where are the editorial board members of English Studies at NBU based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (1), Germany (1) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index English Studies at NBU?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, English Studies at NBU is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE, Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is English Studies at NBU open access, and what is the APC?
English Studies at NBU 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .