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.
No. TLC considers only one manuscript at a time that includes the same author, regardless of author position and whether it is submitted to a regular or special issue.
If an author is listed on multiple manuscripts under consideration simultaneously, all affected submissions are removed from the current publication cycle. Only one may subsequently be resubmitted as a new submission.
An author may also publish no more than one article in the journal within a calendar year.
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.
The submitting author can track the manuscript through the TLC Manuscript Submission and Tracking system. Log in using the account used to submit the manuscript and open the Dashboard to view the current stage and editorial activity.
The manuscript template should be followed. Differences between the template and published articles arise during post-acceptance production, including copy-editing, typesetting, and formatting.
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.
No. Submissions must be original. Translations of previously published work are considered self-plagiarism and are not accepted.
Yes. Articles are limited to a maximum of three authors. Submissions exceeding this number are not considered.
