Sociolinguistica

Submission guidelines

Your manuscript should be submitted via the online submission system ScholarOne at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/solin. Please select the appropriate category for the type of submission from the drop-down menu (‘research article’, ‘book review’, ’miscellaneous’ for alternative forms of scholarly writing).

Free submissions

Sociolinguistica welcomes free submissions for consideration for publication as follows:

• research articles of around 7000-9000 words long (inclusive of references and any notes);
• alternative forms of scholarly writing (e.g. policy papers, opinion pieces, research reports, dialogues) of around 2500-3000 words long (inclusive of references and any notes);
• book reviews of 1500-2000 words are commissioned by the editors only, and unsolicited book reviews are not accepted.

Preparing your manuscript

• Please format your manuscript according to the Sociolinguistica style sheet available at the bottom of this page.
• Please ensure your submission is fully anonymised for the purposes of double-blind peer review.
• Please check your manuscript carefully before submission in order to prevent delays and extra costs at proof stage. In-text citations should be carefully checked against works listed in the reference section for correct bibliographical details, and to ensure that all works cited are listed, and vice versa.
• If you are not a native speaker of English, we recommend that you have your manuscript professionally edited before submission or read by a native English-speaking colleague.
• The reproduction of figures already published elsewhere requires written permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format of the journal. De Gruyter is not able to cover any costs that may be required for permissions. If necessary, material from other sources should be used as an alternative.
• Before submitting your article please consult De Gruyter’s Statement on Publication Ethics and Copyright Transfer Agreement.
• If you have any general questions please visit the FAQ page for journal authors.

Special issues

Sociolinguistica welcomes proposals for special issues. Proposals should be submitted via email to the general editors (see editorial tab for email addresses). Please include the following information:

• proposed title of the special issue
• issue outline (3-4 pages) which includes: an explanation of what is the issue about; why is it important; the contribution it makes to the field in question; other studies conducted in this area; a bibliography of works cited
• table of contents, including abstracts and titles of each contribution
• list of authors (including affiliation and email addresses)
• estimated submission date for the issue
• short CV(s) of the guest editor(s)

In the interests of inclusivity, Sociolinguistica encourages guest editors to consider involving authors located in regions which are less represented in academic publishing.

The acceptance of a special issue proposal does not guarantee publication, and all individual articles will still need to undergo the peer-review process.　

Review process

Proposals for a special issue are reviewed by the general editors.

The double-blind peer-review process for articles (including articles submitted within a special issue) takes on average two months. Submissions are sent to 2–3 reviewers. Authors will be informed by e-mail if their manuscript has been accepted or rejected or if it requires revision. Every effort is made to respond to authors in a timely manner.　

Proofs

Authors will receive electronic proofs (PDF format) for correction, which must be returned by the date indicated by the publisher.　

Offprints

Upon publication, authors will receive electronic offprints (in PDF format) of their contribution.

Hybrid Open Access

In this journal, authors have the option to publish their article under an open access license. Open Access allows you as an author to retain copyright and share your findings with colleagues and interested parties worldwide without any restraints.
Please note that authors from institutions with which we have a transformative agreement can publish open access without paying an article processing charge (APC). More information on the eligible institutions and articles can be found under the "Funding and Support" tab here.

Style Sheet

Herausgeber:

Prof. Dr. Jeroen Darquennes, Université de Namur (FINDP), Langues et Littératures germaniques, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgien, jeroen.darquennes@unamur.be

Prof. Dr. James Hawkey, University of Bristol, School of Modern Languages, 17 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TE, Großbritannien, james.hawkey@bristol.ac.uk 

Prof. Dr. Leigh Oakes, Queen Mary University of London, School of the Arts, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, Großbritannien, l.oakes@qmul.ac.uk

Begründet von Ulrich Ammon, Klaus J. Mattheie r und Peter H. Nelde

Advisory Board
Florian Coulmas (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Ana Deumert (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
François Grin (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Helen Kelly Holmes (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Colin H. Williams (Cardiff University and University of Cambridge, UK)

Editorial Board
Federica Guerini (University of Bergamo, Italy)
Mari Jones (University of Cambridge, UK)
Lisa McEntee-Atalianis (Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
Ari Páll Kristinsson (The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Iceland)
Fernando Ramallo (University of Vigo, Spain)
Lucija Šimičić (University of Zadar, Croatia)
Eeva Sippola (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Jürgen Spitzmüller (University of Vienna, Austria)
Wim Vandenbussche (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

Sociolinguistica ist in den folgenden Services indiziert:

• Baidu Scholar
• BLL Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur
• CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure)
• CNPIEC - cnpLINKer
• Dimensions
• EBSCO (relevant databases)
• EBSCO Discovery Service
• Genamics JournalSeek
• Germanistik
• Google Scholar
• IBR (International Bibliography of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
• IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Ingenta Connect
• J-Gate
• JournalGuide
• Linguistic Bibliography
• Linguistics Abstracts Online
• MLA International Bibliography
• Naver Academic
• Naviga (Softweco)
• Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers
• Primo Central (ExLibris)
• ProQuest (relevant databases)
• Publons
• QOAM (Quality Open Access Market)
• ReadCube
• ScienceON (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information)
• Scilit
• SCOPUS
• Semantic Scholar
• Sherpa/RoMEO
• Summon (ProQuest)
• TDNet
• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory/ulrichsweb
• WanFang Data
• Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citation Index
• WorldCat (OCLC)
• X-MOL
• Yewno Discover