Journal profile
Malbryting
ISSN 1500-8576 · eISSN 2535-8308 · Septentrio Academic Publishing · Norway
Malbryting: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Malbryting is published by Septentrio Academic Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies, Linguistic Variation and Morphology and Linguistic research and analysis, together about 71.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Profile Målbryting is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal owned by SONE (Sociolinguistic Network in Norway) which is a network of scholars working on the intersection between language and society. Målbryting publishes contributions that span the whole area of sociolinguistics including language variation and change, discourse analysis, multilingualism, language attitude and language ideology, language policy and language planning. Målbryting mainly targets the sociolinguistics community in Scandinavia and contributions should preferably be written in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, but the journal also accepts contributions in English. Editors and editorial board Målbryting has two editors and an editorial board consisting of eight members. The editorial board is comprised by the SONE board on which the six member institutions are represented (University of Tromsø The Arctic University of Norway, NTNU, University of Agder, University of Oslo/MultiLing and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) in addition to four sociolinguists from abroad. The role of the editorial board is to develop Målbryting as a publication channel for sociolinguistic research in Norway and the Nordic countries. The board also ensures a high scientific quality by assisting the editors in recruiting peer reviewers. Peer review All contributions undergo double-blind review. The journal only accepts anonymized and proof-read manuscripts which have not been submitted for publication elsewhere. The journal’s history Nine volumes of the paper-based version of Målbryting were published between 1998 and 2008. They were published by the Department of Nordic Studies at the University of Bergen with Gunnstein Akselberg as editor. The journal started as the publication series of TEIN, Talemålsendring i Noreg (Dialect change in Norway), which was the predecessor of SONE. Today, Målbryting is the journal of the SONE network. The paper editions of Målbryting have been digitized and republished in the online journal. The former volumes mostly include articles, but two Master theses were also published (Vol. 1, 1999 and Vol. 3, 2001). The articles were written by Master students, PhD students and established scholars. The presenters at the annual SONE conferences and other events also contributed. ISSN 2535-8308 (electronic version) 1500-8576 (printed version) Open Access policy This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Norway 2, United Kingdom 1, Netherlands 1, Sweden 1, Denmark 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences30.5%
- Linguistic Variation and MorphologySocial Sciences26.2%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities14.6%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences6.5%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities2.8%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities2.2%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities2.2%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities1.9%
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 133 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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 | |
| 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
- Abstract
- 200–300 words
- Keywords
- 5–8
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- book revieward, Målbryting publishes book reviews. Book reviews have an upper recommended limit of 2,000–2,500 words. A book review should mainly be an evaluation of the d…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- review articlee a neutral description of the content. Review articles have an upper recommended limit of 6,000 words and will be subjected to peer review. Please contact the …main text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Guidelines for use of artificial intelligence
Målbryting has a generative AI policy based on the guidelines developed by Elsevier for their journals concerning appropriate, ethical and responsible use of generative AI during all steps of the publishing process. Authors must disclose any use of AI by submitting a separate statement which details their use of such tools. This statement will also be included in the published work. Please note th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions: Authors retain copyright and grant Målbryting irrevocable and non-exclusive right of publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY). This means, among other things, that anyone is free to copy and distribute the content, as long as they give proper credit to the author(s) an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The standard license for the articles published in this journal is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, authors retain copyright. The journal has no author-side charges ("article processing charges", "art…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Contributions are read by at least two reviewers using double blind review. The reviewers have about 4 weeks to complete their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism screening
The journal uses Crossref Similarity Check Turnitin iThenticate v2, which is a plagiarism screening service. All submitted manuscripts are scanned for instances of possible plagiarism.
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
- Septentrio Academic Publishing
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- Swedish, English, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Danish
- ISSN
- 1500-8576
- Electronic ISSN
- 2535-8308
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Malbryting
How long does peer review take at Malbryting?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Malbryting?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–300 words; Keywords: 5–8; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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 Malbryting based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Norway (2), United Kingdom (1) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Malbryting?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Malbryting is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Malbryting open access, and what is the APC?
Malbryting 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: .