Journal of Humanities, Language and Communication
Welcomes scholarship in the humanities, language, communication, media and culture, including interdisciplinary work. Submissions should identify the texts, archives, languages, communities or periods studied and ground interpretation in clearly described sources and methods.
Journal aim and scope
The journal aims to publish research that advances understanding of language, culture, communication and humanistic inquiry. It welcomes interpretive, historical, theoretical and interdisciplinary scholarship when the argument is well situated, sources are traceable and conclusions follow from the analysis. The central contribution should fit at least one of the journal’s academic sections and be meaningful to readers in humanities, language and communication.
Research may use textual and linguistic analysis, archival or historical methods, media analysis, corpus approaches, ethnography or digital humanities. Authors should document source selection, translation or transcription choices, analytical procedures and contextual limitations, and address consent or permissions where relevant. Authors should define the research question, connect the approach to the question, describe sources or materials and analytical choices, and provide enough information for critical assessment. Interdisciplinary work is welcome when its relevance to the journal is clear and the methods used for each component are explained.
Interpretations and claims should follow from the reported evidence. Authors should identify uncertainty, limitations and alternative explanations where relevant, and distinguish demonstrated results from implications or future work. Studies involving people, animals, sensitive data or protected material should describe applicable ethics, consent, privacy and permissions.
Interpretive claims without engagement with primary or scholarly sources, descriptive material without analysis, and cultural or historical generalizations without adequate context fall outside scope. Manuscripts outside the listed sections or lacking an assessable scholarly contribution may be declined at editorial screening. The section descriptions below provide more detailed guidance on topic fit.
Academic sections
The scope is organized into named sections so authors can identify the closest disciplinary route. Review each section description before selecting a journal.
Article types
Article type does not by itself determine suitability. The manuscript must fit the journal’s subject scope and meet the relevant standards for evidence, reporting, ethics and transparency.