Journal of Studies in Applied Language (JSAL)

Guide for Authors
Dear author (s) When submitting an article, for arbitration purposes, complete the letter of commitment form and conflict of interest form in the publication system. Click on any of the following files to download them. It should be noted that the follow-up process of the article will not be affected without considering any of the following.

How to submit an article
The author in charge of the article, after registering on the publication site, must enter the article submission section and all Carefully complete the requested information. (Review of the article after judging is possible only from the card of the author in charge of the article)

Authors' letter of commitment form

Form of conflict and interests
 
Financial Requirements for Publication in JSAL
Contributors will not be charged for the review process or publication.
 
Submission checklist
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.

All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
Supplemental files (where applicable)

Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements

Submission declaration and verification
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
 
Use of inclusive language
Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Articles should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader, should contain nothing which might imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of race, sex, culture or any other characteristic, and should use inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, for instance by using 'he or she', 'his/her' instead of 'he' or 'his', and by making use of job titles that are free of stereotyping.
 
Conflicts of interests
All Studies in Applied Language (JSAL) Editorial Board members and the Editor-in-Chief submitted articles are gone under the same reviewing process as the other authors gone. In the cases that a reviewer suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript or a reader suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article Journal of Studies in Applied Language (JSAL) will follow COPE’s guidelines.
 
Publishing schedule/Archiving
 Journal of Studies in Applied Language (JSAL) is published 4 issues per year. All the content from the beginning to the end will be available for ever on Journal of Studies in Applied Language (JSAL) exclusive website. Also Journal of Studies in Applied Language (JSAL) has the plan to enter to Scopus and Thomson-Reuters databases.
 
Peer review
This journal operates a double blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final.
 
Double-blind review
This journal uses double-blind review, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. To facilitate this, please include the following separately:
Title page (with author details): This should include the title, authors' names, affiliations, acknowledgements and any Declaration of Interest statement, and a complete address for the corresponding author including an e-mail address.
Blinded manuscript (no author details): The main body of the paper (including the references, figures, tables and any acknowledgements) should not include any identifying information, such as the authors' names or affiliations.
 
Governing body
Journal of Studies in Applied Language (JSAL) under the scientific control of Editorial Board whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope. Some executive roles of the Editorial Board members are delegated to the Editor-in-Chief who is well-known in the journal’s scope.
 
REVISED SUBMISSIONS
Use of word processing software
Regardless of the file format of the original submission, at revision you must provide us with an editable file of the entire article. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts. See also the section on Electronic artwork.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor.
 
Article structure
Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
 
Theoretical Framework/Literature Review
Contextualize your study in the relevant theoretical and conceptual literature, clearly showing how you are entering into ongoing conversations in the relevant (sub)fields within linguistics and education as well as how you are drawing on extant literature to support your research design and interpretations of data.
 
Methods
Provide sufficient details about your methods and procedures so that readers can understand how and why you understood your study in the manner that you did. Discussion of methods and analytic processes should be clearly related to your theoretical framework and research questions/purpose, and should clearly support the findings that follow.

Conclusions
Findings should clearly grow out of an explicated analytic procedure that relates to your theoretical framework and research questions/purpose. Show as well as tell the reader about your findings and support them clearly by describing how your aforementioned analytic process and engagement with data support these findings.
 
Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).
 
Abstract
A detailed abstract is required (of between 300-800 words for research articles or theoretical article). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.

Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using American or British spelling, but not a mixture of these, and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
 
References
Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal:

1. a) Books: Name of the author(s), (year of publication), title Italic, translator, volume^th edition, place of publication: publisher.
2. b) Articles: Family name and first name of the author(s), (year of publication), "title", name of the electronic Journal (font size 12, preferably in word 2003/winxp), Vol. --, No. --, pp, Doi: