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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The authors guarantee that their contributions are original works which have not been published previously and are not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, including public or institutional repositories. Any submission found to involve plagiarism or self-plagiarism will be immediately rejected.
  • Two separate files are submitted: JES_Title-Page.docx and Manuscript.docx. (See section Author Guidelines).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF format.
  • The manuscript complies with the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in section Format and style guide.
  • The manuscript follows the guidelines described in section Manuscript anonymization requirements for blind review.
  • Inclusive, non-sexist language has been used in the manuscript.
  • The authors declare that any required use of AI tools has been disclosed in the manuscript (Acknowledgements or Method) in accordance with the journal’s policy.
  • Where available, DOI number for the references have been provided.

Author Guidelines

Last update: December 2025

1. EDITORIAL POLICY

1.1. Focus and Scope

Journal of English Studies (JES) (ISSN 1576-6357, EISSN 1695-4300) is the journal of the English Studies Division at the University of La Rioja. It publishes original scholarly contributions in all areas of English Studies—including linguistics, literature, literary theory, cultural studies, film studies, and related disciplines—following favourable reports from, at least, two anonymous referees. JES welcomes research articles involving empirical investigations and methodological or theoretical studies, with a length of 6,000 to 10,000 words). JES does not publish book reviews.

This journal is published exclusively online from volume 17 (2019) onwards.

There are no author's submission fees nor any other publication-related fees.

To preserve balanced authorship representation across the journal, JES does not permit the same author to appear in two consecutive issues. Authors who have a manuscript under review or accepted for publication must wait until at least one subsequent issue has been released before submitting a new manuscript.

1.2. Language

JES accepts for publication only contributions written in English. Authors are required to use inclusive and non-sexist language throughout the manuscript, ensuring adherence to non-discriminatory writing practices.

 1.3. Revision and proof-reading

Should any formal or content aspect of the contributions be improved and/or modified, it will be the authors’ responsibility to return the new version within the deadline established by the Editor. Failing to do so will result in the non-publication of the contribution. Likewise, authors are responsible for proof-reading their contributions and returning the revised versions by the deadline established by the Editor.

1.4. Manuscript anonymization requirements for blind review

Authors must ensure that their manuscripts are fully anonymized for blind peer review. All identifying information must be removed from the text, accompanying files, and file metadata. Personal details, institutional references, acknowledgments, and identifiable self-citations must not appear in the submission. Any description of ethics approval or data availability must be phrased in a neutral manner that does not reveal authorship. Submissions that do not meet anonymization requirements may be returned for correction before review.

2. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

2.1. Submission of proposals

Authors should send their proposals using the journal platform.

In their submission, authors should upload the following Microsoft Word files; submissions lacking either of the two files in the required format will not be considered for evaluation:

  1. Title page: authors should complete a Title Page with the required information.
  2. Manuscript: authors must use this for their submission. The document should contain the complete proposal to be evaluated.

In this document, authors should be extremely careful to avoid any kind of information which might reveal their identity. All identifying information must be removed from the text, accompanying files, and file metadata. Any instances of the author(s) name in in-text citations should be replaced with "Author (xxxx)" or “Author, xxxx”, where “xxxx” must be replaced with the corresponding publication year. These references should be placed at the beginning of the References section.

2.2. Format and style guide

Authors must prepare their manuscripts in accordance with the journal’s Format and Style Guide.

Copyright Notice

The authors retain copyright of articles and authorize Journal of English Studies the first publication. They are free to share, redistribute, and/or reprint 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.

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