Published by RUDN University
A peer-reviewed open access journal for research in language, linguistics, language education, intercultural communication and cultural studies.
Training, Language and Culture invites submissions for a special issue devoted to contemporary linguistic and sociocultural processes reflected in language use across diverse intercultural and global contexts.
Topics may include: discourse studies, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, bilingualism and multilingualism, language and identity, corpus linguistics, pragmatics, metaphor studies, linguistic variation, language and culture research.
TLC accepts original research articles and book reviews written in English that fall within the journal's Aims and Scope.
Submissions must be original, not under consideration elsewhere, comply with academic standards, and follow the Author Guidelines and Manuscript Template.
Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements may be returned without review. For enquiries, contact tlcjournal@rudn.ru.
There are no publication fees. TLC is an open-access journal and does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Submission, peer review, editing, and online hosting are provided at no cost to authors.
There is no fixed publication timeline. The duration depends on reviewer availability, topic specificity, submission volume, revisions, and production workload.
It is therefore not possible to predict the specific issue in which an article will appear.
The three-week review period applies only after a reviewer has accepted the assignment.
Before that, time is required to identify suitable reviewers, obtain their agreement, and manage delays or reviewer replacement. For specialised topics, this stage may take several months.
Topic suitability is assessed only after submission. Each manuscript undergoes an initial editorial review for compliance with the journal's Aims and Scope, submission requirements, and scholarly standards.
TLC does not currently provide an online tracking system. Authors may request an update by email, preferably no earlier than three months after submission.
The editorial team will contact authors directly when significant updates occur.
The manuscript template should be followed. Differences between the template and published articles arise during post-acceptance production, including copy-editing, typesetting, and formatting.
No. Submissions must be original. Translations of previously published work are considered self-plagiarism and are not accepted.
No. Authors may not publish more than one article within the same year, whether as a sole author or co-author.
Yes. Articles are limited to a maximum of three authors. Submissions exceeding this number are not considered.
