Submission Requirements

Submissions must match the aims, scope, and style requirements of the journal. Manuscripts submitted must conform to the specifications of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition.

Language Learning requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript.

 

Manuscript Anonymising. Authors should pay careful attention to preparing their submission to allow anonymised peer review. Language Learning supports several manuscript anonymising alternatives, in recognition of the fact that manuscripts vary in the extent to which self-citations are used. Authors are required to choose one or a combination of the following anonymising alternatives in order to prevent delays in initial manuscript processing. Authors are also required to clearly indicate their anonymising choice in the accompanying cover letter.

  • Full Anonymising. In the body of the manuscript, replace all citations and references which contain all authors' and coauthors' names and the publication year by writing: Author (xxxx) or (Author, xxxx). In the reference list, ensure that the entire citation is anonymised (including year, title, journal, etc.) and that the citation is located at the top of the reference list.
  • Partial Anonymising. Replace only a portion of selected references by writing Author (xxxx) or (Author, xxxx) to the extent that authors' anonymity can be best preserved. In the reference list, keep full citation for the references that remained intact in the body of the manuscript but anonymise those references (including year, title, journal, etc.) you chose to omit, placing them at the top of the reference list.
  • Referring to Own Work in the Third Person. In many cases, reviewers need to have access to essential citations in a manuscript, particularly when these are used to motivate current work. If these citations are based on authors' and/or coauthors' prior research, anonymising such work might not only be revealing of authors' identity but might also make it difficult for reviewers to adequately evaluate manuscripts. In such cases, in the body of the manuscript, authors should describe their own and their coauthors' relevant work in the third person, as one normally would refer to other researchers' work in a published manuscript. In the list of references, provide full citations for own work, placing those in the appropriate location alphabetically.

 

Again, in the cover letter to the Editors, clearly indicate how each submission has been anonymised in order to avoid processing delays.

 

Review process. Language Learning processes manuscripts in a prompt and professional fashion. To expedite peer reviews and ensure the highest level of expertise in the review process, some manuscripts will be forwarded to one of the Associate Editors who will serve as the action editor in those cases. Articles suitable for the journal are typically sent to at least three reviewers drawn from among experts in the field. The names of all reviewers consulted are printed in the journal annually.

Wiley Education Publishing Network

This journal participates in the Wiley Education publishing network. At the Editors’ discretion, suitable papers not accepted by Language Learning may be recommended for referral to another journal(s) in the network. Thus, if your manuscript is not accepted, you may be given the opportunity to transfer your manuscript plus the reviews to another Wiley journal participating in the scheme. Authors decide whether to accept the referral, with the option to transfer their paper with or without revisions. Once the referral is accepted, submission happens automatically, along with any previous reviewer reports, thereby relieving pressure on the peer review process. While a transfer does not guarantee acceptance, it may lead to a successful outcome for authors by helping them to find a route to publication.

Submission of manuscripts. Manuscripts and accompanying materials should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/langl. Full instructions and support are available on the site, and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. Support can be contacted by phone (888-503-1050), e-mail or via the “Get Help Now” link. If you cannot submit online, please contact the Editorial Office by e-mail: language-learning@york.ac.uk.

Preprint Policy
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here.
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.
Language Learning will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. 

Please note that Language Learning operates a double-anonymous peer review process whereby both authors and reviewers are anonymous to each other. Preprints of the authors' work may be available online, but we request that reviewers respect the intention and spirit of the double-anonymous process that we aim to uphold at Language Learning.

Shared Research Materials and Data Policy for Accepted Articles. Language Learning encourages accepted authors to upload their data collection materials and/or data to the IRIS database (http://www.iris-database.org). IRIS is an online repository for data collection materials used for second language research. This includes data elicitation instruments such as interview and observation schedules, language tests, pictures, questionnaires, software scripts, URL links, word lists, pedagogical interventions, and so on. After an article has been formally accepted, the authors can upload their instrument(s) with an ‘in press’ reference, and the IRIS team will add page numbers to the reference after they are available. The sharing of research instrumentation benefits the research community and helps authors and journals increase the visibility of their published research.

 

Early View. Language Learning articles are published online through Early View in advance of their appearance in a print issue — see Early View articles.

Pronouns on Published Articles. Authors have an opportunity to have their pronouns added to the byline of their published articles. We recommend that authors state their pronouns within the title page of their submission. Authors will never be required to include their pronouns; it will always be optional for the author. Furthermore, authors may add/edit/remove their pronouns at any stage upon request, even following publication. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that changes in pronouns may be of a sensitive and private nature. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their requests for changing pronouns.

Author Name Change Policy. In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.