Dear EuroSLA member,
We hope this finds you well. We were delighted to see so many of you at our conference in Lisbon earlier this year. We hope you felt inspired, as we did, by the many excellent talks and discussions taking place.
As always, we encourage members to submit their research as a publication in JESLA – the Association’s member-only Journal, https://www.euroslajournal.org/. JESLA is Diamond Open Access, ranked as Q-1 on SCOPUS and listed on many other global indexes. Publication is free to members, with no processing charges to you as author.
Papers can be submitted at any point, with the advantages of no-cost open access, and fast turnaround; we aim for 6-9 months between submission and publication. Publication is rolling year-round, but for papers listed in next year’s Volume (2027), our aim is to turn around papers submitted up to and including 1st June 2027.
Each year one submission is awarded the JESLA Best Article Prize, presented at our annual Conference, based on peer review ratings of its originality and contribution to the field.
Submissions to JESLA are accepted from EuroSLA members of good standing – i.e. at least one author should be a current member who has attended at least one EuroSLA conference in the last four years. You can also remind colleagues with publishable projects on second language research topics who share an interest in the Association, but who are not currently members, that they can join EuroSLA at any time of year, using the links on our website.
The submitted papers may draw on the work presented at a recent conference, but it could also be new work not previously showcased at EuroSLA. We welcome empirical, theoretical and methodological research papers, including meta-analyses, from both well-established authors and emerging early-career researchers. No specific theories or approaches are given preference.
Note: for any new authors, the editing team can offer support and guidance through the publication process.
Look out also later this month for our next Call for Papers for JESLA’s Special Collection #05 (2028) on a dedicated theme; for Special Collection proposals at least one Guest Editor should be a member, but co-editing and submissions are welcomed from non-members.
For more information on submitting your work, and to access all of our journal content, including recent prize-winning and most cited articles, please visit the JESLA website https://www.euroslajournal.org/
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Sarah and the Editorial Team.
Sarah Liszka, Journal Editor
Aarnes Gudmestad, Associate Editor
Clare Wright, Editor-in-Chief