About Journal

Issues in Language Teaching is an open-access, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal published by Allameh Tabataba’i University, the leading university in Humanities and Social Sciences in Iran. Issues in Language Teaching has been established to provide an intellectual platform for national and international researchers working on issues related to language and language teaching. The Journal was founded as a response to quick advancements in language teaching and was dedicated to the publication of highest-quality research studies that report findings on issues of great concern to the profession of language teaching.   

The journal charges Iranian authors a total of 15,000,000 Irainan Rials (IRR) that is payable in two installments: IRR 5,000,000 as a manuscript review and processing fee upon submission, and IRR 10,000,000 as a publication fee after the manuscript has been accepted for publication. The review and processing fee is non-refundable, including in cases where a manuscript is rejected. Non-Iranian authors are fully exempt from all submission, review, processing, and publication charges. Manuscript submission and publication are free of charge for these authors. All remaining costs associated with the journal's editorial and publishing operations are financially supported by Allameh Tabataba’i University. The journal does not currently offer additional discretionary Article Processing Charge (APC) waivers beyond the exemption specified for non-Iranian authors. All applicable charges and any exemptions are clearly communicated to authors before manuscript submission.

The journal is published in both a print version and an online version.

All submitted manuscripts to this journal will be checked by iThenticate plagiarism checker.

About Issues in Language Teaching:

  • Country of Publication: Iran
  • Publisher: Allameh Tabataba’i University Press
  • Format: Print and Online
  • Start Publishing: Winter and Spring 2012
  • Print ISSN: 2322-3715
  • E-ISSN: 2476-6194
  • Editor-in-Chief: Professor Masoomeh Estaji
  • Available from: Google Scholar, ISC, Magiran, Civilica, ...
  • Frequency: Semi-annual
  • Publication Dates:  The First Issue in June & the Second Issue in December
  • Advance Access: Yes
  • Language: English
  • Plagiarism Checker: iThenticate
  • Scope: Language Teaching
  • Article Processing Charges: 15,000,000 Rials for Iranian Authors (Free of charge for Non-Iranian Authors)
  • Type of Journal: Academic Scholarly (Grade A)
  • Open Access: Yes
  • Indexing & Abstracting: ISC, DOAJ, SID, RICeST, Noormags, Magiran, Civilica, ACNP, ZDB Katalog, Europub, and Google Scholar
  • Policy: Doble Blind Peer Review
  • Initial Review Time: Up to Ten Days
  • Review Time: Approximately Nine Weeks
  • In Collaboration With: Cooperation Agreement with the Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)
  • Contact E-mail: ilt@atu.ac.ir
  • Managing Editor: ssaeedian@tums.ac.ir; saeediansam1@gmail.com 
  • Alternate E-mail: atupress@atu.ac.ir

 

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