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 an initial screening by the editorial team, and the peer-review process starts for manuscripts deemed suitable for the journal.

Litera does not accept the following types of articles for publication: articles that are derived from theses and dissertations; articles that are currently being considered for publication elsewhere; articles that were previously published in full text in conference proceedings; purely theoretical articles and literature reviews; manuscripts that are poorly written, contain language errors, and do not follow the style and format stated in the author guidelines; articles with a similarity index (citation rate) of more than 10%; manuscripts which were previously rejected for the journal’s evaluation process but resubmitted for the subsequent or later cycles.