Journal profile
Lifespans and Styles
ISSN 2057-1720 · University of Edinburgh Library · United Kingdom
Lifespans and Styles: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 7, Issue 2): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lifespans and Styles is published by University of Edinburgh Library. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistic Variation and Morphology, Phonetics and Phonology Research and Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies, together about 70.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Lifespans and Styles is devoted to innovative, empirical studies of sociolinguistics. It welcomes all articles written by authors at an undergraduate level based on original research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 7, United States 1, Canada 1, Sweden 1, Singapore 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistic Variation and MorphologySocial Sciences31.2%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology21%
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences18.3%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities4.8%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities4.3%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities4.3%
- Voice and Speech DisordersMedicine1.6%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities1.6%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 76 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Single 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 | |
| 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, Peer review
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, unless otherwise stated Model summary
All material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence, unless otherwise stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Journal closed to new submissions Model summary
This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.
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 Edinburgh Library
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2057-1720
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 2 (2021)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lifespans and Styles
How long does peer review take at Lifespans and Styles?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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 Lifespans and Styles based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (7), United States (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Lifespans and Styles?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lifespans and Styles is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Lifespans and Styles open access, and what is the APC?
Lifespans and Styles 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: .