Closed for Submissions

01.06.2026 00:00
Opening Date for Article Submission 01.11.2027

About

Litera is open to submissions twice a year, for a one-month period each, beginning May 1 and November 1. After each submission deadline, manuscripts undergo a month-long initial screening by the editorial team. Manuscripts that fall outside the journal's stated scope will be returned to their authors, and the peer-review process starts for manuscripts deemed suitable for the journal. 

Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies aims to publish disciplinary and interdisciplinary, theoretical and applied research on Western literatures and/or linguistics, including German, American, French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Modern Greek language and literature. The journal welcomes studies that analyse literary texts using the methodologies of literary studies, linguistics, cultural studies, and media studies.

 

Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, the official publication of Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Western Languages and Literatures, is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed, multilingual, scholarly and international journal published two times a year in June and December. It was founded in 1954.

Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies provides an intellectual forum for exploring issues mainly in literature, art and culture. The objective of the Journal is to publish theoretical and critical articles in literary and cultural studies. Multidisciplinary approaches that focus on or include discussions of Western literatures and cultures are encouraged. The target group of the Journal consists of academics, researchers, graduate students, and related professional and academic bodies and institutions.

There are no article processing charges or submission fees for submitted or accepted articles; all expenses of the journal are covered by Istanbul University. http://litera.istanbul.edu.tr/en/content/about/open-access-statement
 

Litera is open to submissions twice a year, for a one-month period each, beginning May 1 and November 1. After each submission deadline, manuscripts undergo a month-long initial screening by the editorial team. Manuscripts that fall outside the journal's stated scope will be returned to their authors. The peer-review process starts for manuscripts deemed suitable for the journal.

Due to the high demand for our journal, multiple submissions (during the same submission period) from the same author(s) are not accepted. Similarly, for another article by the same author(s) to be evaluated and published again, authors should wait at least 2 years (4 issues) following their last published article in the journal.

Submissions will only be considered for initial screening if all listed authors hold a PhD.


Details regarding the next round of article submissions to Litera will be announced following the completion of the preliminary evaluation process for the May submission period.

Statistics

Time to First Decision
50 days
Time to Final Decision
159 days
Time to Publication
90 days
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Journal Information

e-ISSN

2602-2117

Founded

1954

Publisher

Istanbul University

Coordinator of Scientific Publishing

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özlem Arda
byk@istanbul.edu.tr

Primary Editor

Assoc. Prof. Özlem Karadağ
okaradag@istanbul.edu.tr

Publication Model

Periodical Publication (June - December)

Indexes

Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, DOAJ, TR Dizin

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