ERL Journal has rigidly observed the following quality benchmarks serving as its 10 commandments:
| 1 | novel character: a unique platform for empirical and theoretical papers addressing the linguistic dimension of all education and placing language in the very centre of education
ERL Journal – Mission Statement
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| 2 | extensive internationalisation: geographical diversity on different levels, including the authors, reviews, affiliations of the editorial board, strand coordinators, advisory board
ERL Journal – Geographical Diversity
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| 3 | easy access: ready availability of all the papers, reviews and reports published in all the volumes, with the possibility of downloading any given text from any issue
ERL Journal – Practices & Statements
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| 4 | consistent trajectory: following the path developed jointly by the ERL circle and outlined online as well as in the introductions to the subsequent issues of the journal
ERL Journal – Trajectory and Themes
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| 5 | global recognition: growing presence in journal databases, libraries, search engines, incl. EBSCO Host, ERIH Plus, DRJI, ROAD, Index Copernicus International, and many more
Educational Role of Language Journal – Indexing
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| 6 | reader friendliness: content easily found thanks to application of different criteria (incl. alphabetical listing of all titles published, coloured index of things)
ERL Journal – Index of Things / ERL Journal Oeuvre for Your Easy Search
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| 7 | author friendliness: availability of ready-given (paper/report/review) templates with additional advice provided on the structure, simplicity of text construction guidelines
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| 8 | regular publications: two issues being published every year and being immediately available online without any restrictions in downloading
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| 9 | special issues: the possibility of publishing issues intersecting or reaching beyond the journal’s key strands, with guest editors being most welcome
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| 10 | methodological flexibility: as justified by the journal’s entire (two-tier) scope, we welcome studies addressing the linguistic dimension of education qualitatively and quantitatively
ERL Journal – Scope Major / ERL Journal – Scope Minor
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selected other merits: simple contact with the editorial board, 48-hour paper preview (to assess paper suitability) and anti-plagiarism verification, short submission checklist for authors
Download as PDF: ERL Journal’s key data and 10 quality benchmarks