About the Journal
Aims and Scope
Journal of Language, Discourse, and Communication (JLDC) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes original research examining the role of language and discourse in communication across social, political, cultural, media, and institutional contexts. The journal promotes interdisciplinary scholarship that connects linguistics, discourse studies, and communication research.
JLDC aims to advance theoretical and empirical understanding of how language and discourse shape meaning, identity, ideology, and power in contemporary societies. The journal welcomes contributions that investigate communication practices in both mediated and face-to-face settings, including digital communication environments and institutional discourse.
The journal encourages submissions that apply diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, corpus-based, ethnographic, and multimodal research methods.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis
- political discourse and political communication
- media discourse and digital communication
- sociolinguistics and language in society
- intercultural and global communication
- language and ideology
- institutional and organizational communication
- communication in law, governance, and public policy
- multimodal and visual communication
- rhetoric, narrative, and argumentation
- communication in international relations and diplomacy
- language, discourse, and social change
The journal publishes original research that contributes to scholarly debates on language, discourse, and communication in diverse social and institutional contexts.
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Journal Sections
Submissions to the journal are organized into the following sections:
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Research on language use, pragmatics, corpus linguistics, discourse pragmatics, and applied linguistic approaches to communication.
Discourse and Critical Discourse Studies
Studies examining discourse as social practice, including critical discourse analysis, rhetorical analysis, narrative analysis, and ideological representation.
Media and Digital Communication
Research on communication in traditional and digital media environments, including social media discourse, online communication, and multimodal media texts.
Political and Strategic Communication
Research on communication in politics, governance, public diplomacy, political campaigns, and policy discourse.
Language, Society, and Intercultural Communication
Studies addressing sociolinguistics, language ideology, linguistic identity, linguistic landscape, and intercultural communication.
Legal and Institutional Communication
Research on communication in legal, governmental, organizational, and professional settings.
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Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted to JLDC undergo a double-blind peer review process to ensure academic quality and integrity.
The review process consists of the following stages:
- Initial Editorial Screening
- The editorial team evaluates submissions to ensure they align with the journal’s scope and meet basic academic and ethical standards.
- Double-Blind Peer Review
- Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are sent to at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise. Both reviewers and authors remain anonymous throughout the process.
- Editorial Decision
- Based on the reviewers’ reports, the editor may issue one of the following decisions:
- Accept
- Minor revision
- Major revision
- Reject
- Final Decision
- The Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision on publication.
The journal strives to complete the review process within 6–8 weeks, although this may vary depending on reviewer availability.
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Publication Frequency
JLDC is published biannually, with two issues released each year:
- June
- December
The journal may publish special issues on emerging topics in language, discourse, and communication.
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Open Access Policy
JLDC provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
All articles published in the journal can be accessed and downloaded without subscription or payment.
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Publication Ethics
The journal follows international standards of publication ethics and best practices in scholarly publishing.
JLDC adheres to the principles and guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and expects all authors, reviewers, and editors to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity.
Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts:
- represent original work that has not been published elsewhere
- are not under consideration by another journal
- properly cite all sources and references
- do not contain plagiarism or fabricated data
All submissions are screened using plagiarism detection software before entering the review process.
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Copyright and Licensing
Authors retain copyright of their published articles.
Articles are published under a Creative Commons license, allowing users to read, download, copy, distribute, and share the work provided that proper attribution is given to the original authors and the journal.
(The most common license used by international journals is CC BY 4.0.)
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Archiving Policy
To ensure long-term preservation of published articles, JLDC supports digital archiving and indexing through institutional repositories and international archiving systems.
The journal also supports open-access metadata harvesting via the OAI-PMH protocol, enabling integration with global scholarly databases.
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Plagiarism Screening
All manuscripts submitted to JLDC are screened for plagiarism using professional plagiarism detection tools. Manuscripts with significant similarity or evidence of plagiarism will be rejected immediately.
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Author Fees
The journal currently does not charge submission or publication fees.
(This policy may be revised in the future to support journal sustainability.)
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC)
ASJC is the subject classification system used by Scopus (Elsevier’s abstract and citation database) to categorize journals into specific academic fields. Each field is assigned a numeric code, allowing Scopus to organize journals by discipline.
Primary Subject Area
Communication (ASJC 3315)
This should be the primary classification because:
- The journal title explicitly includes Communication.
- It covers media communication, political communication, digital communication, and discourse in communication contexts.
- It places the journal within the Social Sciences communication research ecosystem, which includes well-known journals such as Journal of Communication and New Media & Society.
Secondary Subject Area
Language and Linguistics (ASJC 1203)
This classification supports the language and discourse dimension of the journal.
It allows the journal to attract submissions from:
- linguistics
- discourse analysis
- pragmatics
- sociolinguistics
- corpus linguistics
Third Subject Area
Political Science and International Relations (ASJC 3312)
This category supports topics such as:
- political discourse
- political communication
- governance communication
- diplomacy and international communication
- policy discourse
This third category broadens the journal’s relevance to political communication scholars, which is a strong citation community.
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ASJC Subject Classification:
Communication (3315); Language and Linguistics (1203); Political Science and International Relations (3312).
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Journal Abbreviation
J. Lang. Discourse Commun.
