Journal profile
Linguaculture
ISSN 2285-9403 · Sciendo · Poland
Linguaculture: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 37 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Linguaculture is published by Sciendo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Translation Studies and Practices, Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism and Comparative and World Literature, together about 33.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
LINGUACULTURE is a peer-reviewed academic journal run by the Linguaculture Centre for (Inter)cultural and (Inter)lingual Research affiliated to the Department of English at the Faculty of Letters, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, and published under the aegis of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press. Our intention is to provide an appropriate platform for presenting, discussing and disseminating new concepts, theories and research findings related to Anglistics in general and a broad spectrum of topics, such as linguistics literary theory and criticism cultural anthropology translation studies theatre and film studies language learning and teaching, etc. Contributors are encouraged to explore these various aspects in theory and practice and transcend traditional boundaries by interdisciplinary collaboration. This also involves the exploration of transcultural phenomena, redefined in such terms as linguistic and cultural identity, diversity, intercultural dynamism, cultural and linguistic translation, rewriting, hybridization, creolization, diaspora and virtual community. Addressing both specialists and doctoral students, the journal is publishes both thematic and miscellaneous issues. LINGUACULTURE is published biannually, with new issues coming up each June and December.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 21, Germany 4, United Kingdom 3, Türkiye 3, Spain 2 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Translation Studies and PracticesArts and Humanities15%
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismArts and Humanities10.5%
- Comparative and World LiteratureArts and Humanities7.8%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities6.9%
- Language and CultureSocial Sciences6.4%
- Renaissance Literature and CultureArts and Humanities5.4%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities3.9%
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities3.9%
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
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 412 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 35 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 54 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 71 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 43 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 40 |
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 15 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- MLA
- Templates
- Word
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
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2285-9403
- Print ISSN
- 2067-9696
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Linguaculture
How long does peer review take at Linguaculture?
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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Linguaculture?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: MLA; Templates: Word. 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 Linguaculture based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (21), Germany (4) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Linguaculture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Linguaculture is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Linguaculture open access, and what is the APC?
Linguaculture 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .