About the Journal

Focus and Scope

JES is the journal of the English Studies Division at the University of La Rioja. It accepts for publication, after favourable reports from two anonymous referees, original scholarly contributions in all research areas within the domain of English studies (linguistics, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, film studies, etc.). Proposals for publication may fall under one of the following categories:

• Research papers involving empirical investigations and methodological or theoretical studies within the field of English Studies (min. 6,000 and max. 10,000 words in double-spaced pages).
• State of the art reports of recent books covering issues relating to the area of interest of the journal (max. 3,000 words in double-spaced pages).

Exceptionally, and with a positive report by the Editorial Board, contributions which exceed these maximum lengths may be considered for publication on the grounds of their scientific relevance.

JES only accepts for publication contributions written in English.

Peer Review Process

Contributions for publication will be sent to two anonymous referees proposed by the members of the Editorial Board and/or Advisory Board. In order to be accepted for publication in JES, contributions should be informed positively in relation to the following criteria:

• Originality and interest concerning the subject-matter, methodology, and conclusions of the study.
• Relevance concerning current research in the field.
• Knowledge of previous research in the same field.
• Scientific rigour and depth of analysis.
• Accuracy in the use of concepts, methods, and terms.
• Relevance of the theoretical implications of the study.
• Use of updated bibliography.
• Correct use of language and correction in the organization of contents and other formal aspects of the text.
• Clarity, elegance, and conciseness in the exposition.
• Suitability to the range of topics of interest for the journal.

Evaluation reports will be carried out anonymously within three months from their reception. Once the evaluation process is completed, authors will receive a statement of the editorial decision together with an anonymous copy of the reports on which the decision is based. The editorial decision will be considered final.

Publication Frequency

This Journal is published yearly.

Journal items are published collectively, as part of an issue with its own Table of Contents.

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.

Publisher copyright & self-archiving policies

The authors retain copyright of articles and authorize Journal of English Studies the first publication. They are free to share and redistribute the article without obtaining permission from the publisher as long as they give appropriate credit to the editor and the journal.

Self-archiving is allowed too. In fact, it is recommendable to deposit a PDF version of the paper in academic and/or institutional repositories.

It is recommended to include the DOI number.

This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Indexation and quality analysis

Journal of English Studies is included in the following databases:

A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology

Communication & Mass Media Index

Dialnet

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Latindex (Catálogo)

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)

Modern Language Association Database

Scopus (2012-2014, 2017-) Source Details

 

Also it is included in several resources for scientific journals quality analysis:

CARHUS Plus+ 2018. Sistema de clasificación de revistas científicas de los ámbitos de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades desarrollado por AGAUR.

      Filología, lingüística y sociolingüística. Category: C

      General o multidisciplinar. Category: D

 

CIRC. Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas

      Clasificación Ciencias Sociales. Category: B

      Clasificación Ciencias Humanas. Category: A

 

CiteScore (Scopus Journalmetrics) 2022 = 0.4

Subject	Cite Score Percentile Rank	Cite Score Rank
Arts and Humanities: Language and Linguistics	46%	532/1001
Arts and Humanities: Literature and Literary Theory	79%	202/982
Social Sciences: Cultural Studies	51%	584/1203
Social Sciences: Linguistics and Language	44%	601/1078

 

Dialnet Métricas 2022

Categoría	Rank	Cuartil
Filología Moderna	13/51	C2
Filologías	89/322	C2
Lingüística	44/71	C3

 

ERIH PLUS (European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences)

 

MIAR Modelo de Identificación y Evaluación de Revistas. ICDS (Índice Compuesto de Difusión Secundaria) 2021 = 9.8

 

Ranking de revistas con sello de calidad FECYT (2022)

Category	Score	Posición	cuartil
Lingüística	25.90	47/80	C3
Literatura	28.64	52/89	C3

 

SCIMAGO Journal and Country Rank (2022) H Index = 5

      Arts and Humanities. Literature and Literary Theory: Q2

      Social Sciences. Cultural Studies: Q3

      Social Sciences. Linguistics and Language: Q3

 

 

 

Plagiarism Policy

Papers submitted to Journal of English Studies will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin plagiarism detection tool. Journal of English Studies will immediately reject papers leading to plagiarism or self-plagiarism.

Journal History

From 1999 this annual journal is published by the English Studies Division at the University of La Rioja. It accepts for their publication original scholarly contributions in all research areas related to the field of English studies (linguistics, literature and literary theory, cultural studies, film studies, etc.). We welcome full-length articles, and review articles of recent books.