Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
ExELL
ISSN 2303-4858 · Walter de Gruyter · Poland
ExELL: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 4 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ExELL is published by Walter de Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Discourse Analysis in Language Studies and Second Language Acquisition and Learning, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics) is an international double blind peer-reviewed electronic journal, published as a joint project of the School of English Studies of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia and English Language and Literature Department of the University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the journal is to promote and facilitate academic exchange in English theoretical and applied linguistics. Our mission is to provide a linguistics journal based on data drawn from the English language that would reflect a wide range of interests and opinions. We want to create opportunities for scholarly communication by encouraging the dissemination of theoretical and research-informed insights using the Internet as a medium in order to make linguistics accessible to the widest possible audience. The journal will offer a wide range of theoretical, methodological, and educational approaches to English. We encourage submission of various topics about the English language and linguistics, such as: theoretical and descriptive approaches to English, synchronic and diachronic variability of English, cognitive approaches to English, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, contrastive linguistics, applied linguistics, ELT/TEFL/ESP, second language acquisition, translation studies, the structure of contemporary varieties of English (phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics) and other topics related to exploration of English language and linguistics. The journal is interested in papers which focus on defining new problems for the study of the English language and linguistics, providing new insights into the known problems and developing new methodologies to approach old and new problems.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities15.8%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities10.5%
- Second Language Acquisition and LearningPsychology8.8%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology8.3%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities5.7%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities4.8%
- English Language Learning and TeachingComputer Science4.4%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | Q2 | 301/1126 | 73rd |
| Linguistics and Language | Q2 | 355/1212 | 70th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 98 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 48 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 83 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 70 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 144 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 91 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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-ND | |
| 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 websiteAI use
- AI use Iterative refinement: Using the generative AI chatbot Copilot as a feedback tool – Evidence from the ELT classroom
Victoria Eibinger, Hannes Fromm, Margit Reitbauer 159–180 pdf Downloads: 267 Views: 306 Pages: 159–180
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2303-4858
- Society / sponsor
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 2 (2025)
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ExELL
How long does peer review take at ExELL?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
Which databases index ExELL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ExELL is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is ExELL open access, and what is the APC?
ExELL 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: .