Journal of Narrative and Language Studies

Journal of Narrative and Language Studies is published by Karadeniz Technical University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature, Contemporary Literature and Criticism and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, together about 21.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Focus NALANS considers manuscripts that: develop theoretical, conceptual, or methodological frameworks in narrative studies, literature, linguistics, and language education; present empirical research that advances knowledge in these fields; examine issues of current and emerging significance through critical, analytical, or interdisciplinary approaches; explore innovative educational policies, programmes, practices, and evaluative strategies; contribute to the study of language, literature, narrative, culture, translation, and pedagogy. Scope The journal’s major areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Narrative Studies Narratology Semiotics Urban narratives Narrative sociology and social narratives History and medieval studies Philosophy and post-truth narratives Narratives of melancholy and melancholy studies Literature Poetry and prose criticism Drama and dramaturgy criticism Literary criticism Contemporary literature studies Classical literature studies Medieval and Renaissance literature studies Literature and history studies Language, power, and ideology Language, identity, and culture Language and popular culture Literature, adaptation, and film studies Cinematic narratives Media studies Postcolonial studies Geocriticism Women’s, gender, and queer studies Postromanticism and posthumanist studies Literature, translation, and artificial intelligence Language Studies and Language Education Applied linguistics Language teaching Corpus linguistics Cognitive stylistics Language and media studies Language, culture, and translation Language and literature teaching Creative writing and creative poetry writing Language and literature classrooms as learning spaces Interdisciplinarity in language teaching and learning Collaborations in language teacher education Practices of language teacher education Translation criticism studies Types of Submissions NALANS welcomes the following types of manuscripts: Research Articles Original research articles that make a significant contribution to narrative studies, literature, linguistics, language education, or related interdisciplinary fields. Theoretical Essays Conceptual, critical, or analytical papers that address current issues through a theoretical lens and contribute to debates in narrative and language studies. Review Articles Reflective Response Paper: Short articles including comprehensive, critical, and balanced reflection on a specific topic, field, theory, or body of research. Syste

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

Editor-in-chief Mustafa Zeki ÇıraklıPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.16LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.54LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

4OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

0OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.14OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 4 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 8 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Karadeniz Technical University

Country or region

Turkey

Language

English

ISSN

2148-4066

Latest issue on the website

Volume 14, Issue 30 (2026)

Official links

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