About the Journal

Aims and Scope

The Journal of Narrative and Language Studies (NALANS, ISSN: 2148-4066) is an international, double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarship in narrative studies, literature, linguistics, and language education. The journal provides a platform for innovative, diverse, and interdisciplinary research and welcomes submissions from scholars worldwide.

NALANS publishes high-quality original research written in English. The journal particularly welcomes studies that focus on narrative and language from theoretical, conceptual, methodological, empirical, critical, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Scope of Submissions

NALANS considers manuscripts that:

develop theoretical, conceptual, or methodological frameworks in narrative studies, literature, linguistics, and language education;
present empirical research that advances understanding in these fields;
examine issues of current and emerging significance through critical, analytical, or interdisciplinary approaches;
explore innovative educational policies, programs, practices, and evaluative strategies;
contribute to the study of language, literature, narrative, culture, translation, and pedagogy.

The journal’s major areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Narrative Studies

Narratology
Semiotics
Urban narratives
Architecture and literature
Narrative sociology and social narratives
History and medieval studies
Philosophy and post-truth narratives
Narratives across melancholy studies

Literature

Poetry and prose criticism
Drama and dramaturgy criticism
Literary criticism
Contemporary literature studies
Classical literature studies
Medieval and Renaissance literature studies
Literature and history studies
Language, power, and ideology
Language, identity, and culture
Language and Popular Culture
Literature, adaptation, and film studies
Cinematic narratives
Media studies
Postcolonial studies
Women, gender, and queer studies
Postromanticism and posthumanism studies
Literature, translation, and artificial intelligence

Language Studies and Language Education

Applied linguistics
Language teaching
Corpus linguistics
Cognitive stylistics
Language and media studies
Language, culture, and translation
Language and literature teaching
Creative writing and creative poetry writing
Language and literature classrooms as learning spaces
Interdisciplinarity in language teaching and learning
Collaborations in language teacher education
Practices of language teacher education
Translation criticism studies

Types of Submissions

NALANS welcomes the following types of manuscripts:

Research Articles

Original research articles that make a significant contribution to the fields of narrative studies, literature, linguistics, language education, or related interdisciplinary areas.

Theoretical Essays

Conceptual, critical, or analytical papers that address current issues through a theoretical lens and contribute to debates in narrative and language studies.

Review Articles

Comprehensive, critical, and balanced reviews of a specific topic, field, theory, or body of research.

Manuscript Preparation and Formatting

Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the following guidelines:

Language:
Manuscripts must be written in English. The language should be clear, concise, and free from grammatical and stylistic errors.

Manuscript Structure:
Submissions should include a separate Title Page. The main manuscript should normally include the following sections:

Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Background / Literature Review
Theoretical Background and Methodology
Analysis / Results
Findings and Discussion
Conclusion

The abstract should be approximately 250 words, followed by five keywords.

Formatting and Style:
Manuscripts should follow APA 7th edition guidelines for in-text citations, references, headings, tables, figures, and general manuscript structure.

Word Limit:
Research articles should normally not exceed 8,000 words. Review articles and theoretical articles should normally be between 4,000 and 5,000 words.

Ethics and Publication Integrity

Authors are expected to adhere to the highest standards of research and publication ethics. Manuscripts submitted to NALANS should:

acknowledge all sources properly;
avoid plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification;
include necessary ethical approvals for studies involving human participants, where applicable;
disclose any potential conflicts of interest;
respect the principles of academic honesty, transparency, and responsible authorship.

NALANS follows the principles and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in order to ensure integrity in all stages of the publication process.

Peer Review Process

NALANS uses a rigorous double-blind peer review system. The identities of both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the review process. Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two independent experts in the relevant field. In rare cases, a third reviewer may be invited depending on the recommendations of editors and reviewers.

The review process generally includes the following stages:

Editorial Preview Check

Editors conduct an initial assessment to determine whether the manuscript fits the journal’s aims, scope, ethical standards, and formatting requirements.

Reviewer Assignment

Suitable reviewers are assigned according to their expertise and the subject area of the manuscript.

Double-Blind Review

Reviewers evaluate the manuscript and provide recommendations, which may result in acceptance, minor revision, major revision, resubmission, or rejection.

Editorial Decision

The editorial team makes the final decision based on reviewers’ reports, the quality of the manuscript, and its contribution to the field.

The average review period may vary depending on reviewer availability, editorial workload, and the quality of the submitted manuscript.

Review and Publication Duration

NALANS aims to provide a smooth, transparent, and timely review and publication process. The average time from submission to publication is approximately six months, provided that authors comply with the journal’s author guidelines and complete all required revisions and technical steps on time.

Authors are encouraged to follow the review discussions section of the journal system rather than sending repetitive emails regarding the status of their submissions. Authors will be notified of any delays, drawbacks, or technical issues through the journal system or announcement section.

Due to the high volume of submissions, editors and reviewers may occasionally work through a substantial queue. Each submission is automatically assigned a number for editorial tracking and consideration.

Reviewer Guidelines and Recruitment

Reviewers play an essential role in maintaining the academic quality, credibility, and impact of NALANS. The journal seeks reviewers who are able to provide constructive, timely, fair, and ethical feedback.

Scholars interested in serving as reviewers may contact the journal at:

infonalans@gmail.com

Publication Frequency

NALANS is published twice a year, in June and December. Special issues may be published between regular issues when appropriate.

Open Access Policy

NALANS is committed to the principles of Open Access. All articles published in the journal are freely available online immediately upon publication. The journal supports the principle that making research freely accessible contributes to a wider global exchange of knowledge.

NALANS adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative, which defines open access as the free availability of scholarly work on the public internet, permitting users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, crawl, index, or otherwise use the full texts of articles for lawful purposes, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.

Articles published in NALANS are distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This license allows free access and sharing while protecting authors’ rights and preventing unauthorized commercial use or modification.

Article Processing Charges

NALANS does not charge authors any submission fees or article processing charges.

There are:

no submission fees;
no article processing charges;
no publication fees.

Copyright and Author Rights

Authors retain copyright over their published work. They may share and distribute the published version of their articles in accordance with the journal’s open-access policy and Creative Commons license, provided that the original publication in NALANS is properly acknowledged and cited.

Publisher

Mustafa Zeki Çıraklı - Karadeniz Technical University

mzcirakli@gmail.com

Contact

For further information, submission inquiries, or editorial correspondence, please contact:

infonalans@gmail.com

Archiving

The readers, researchers and authors can have access to the Journal's archive at

https://www.nalans.com/index.php/nls/issue/archive

This journal utilises the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives for preservation and restoration.