Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice encourages the submission of papers that explore issues concerning all kinds of language and cultural mediation, including but not limited to literary translation, technical and scientific translation, interpreting, audiovisual translation, intralingual mediation and so on. Both empirical and theoretical studies are welcome, but articles should appeal to a wide international readership. From 2022, Perspectives will not consider articles involving translation training/trainees. Perspectives does not process articles whose focus is a comparative analysis of source and target texts or which merely analyse translation strategies.
Perspectives also encourages interdisciplinary studies, with areas such as communication studies, sociology, applied and theoretical linguistics, history, literary theory, postcolonial studies and so on. Authors are expected to engage with previous publications which might open up new avenues and directions of research.
Contributors are reminded that submissions should be written in good academic English and follow the style guide of the journal.
Perspectives. Studies in Translation Theory and Practice is published six times a year. The language of publication is English although the issues discussed may involve all languages and language combinations.Submissions should be circa 8,000 words.
Perspectives also publishes reviews of some of the most important publications in the field. Those interested in reviewing a book should contact our review editor, Kyle Conway, at [email protected]. Perspectives does not publish unsolicited reviews.
Review guidelines Aside from offering an accurate description of the contents of the book, a book review should be a reasoned attempt at assessing its relative value and scope with reference to similar works in the field. It should therefore include a bibliographical review of previous publications, a critical assessment of the debates involved and the book’s contribution to these. Objectivity on the part of the reviewer is essential. Formal aspects such as style, layout, critical apparatus, reference system, etc. should also be attended to. Reviews will be considered for publication only if the book under review has appeared within one year of the date of submission. Book reviews should be between 1,000 and 1,500 words. Unsolicited book reviews will not normally be considered for publication, unless the book under review is an outstanding, international landmark in the field.
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Journal metrics
Usage
244K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.0 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
3.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.811 (2023) SNIP
0.929 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
15 days avg. from submission to first
decision
100 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
22 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
17% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Roberto A. Valdeón - University of Oviedo, Spain
Co-editors: Goretti Faya Ornia - University of Valladolid, Spain Alberto Fernández-Costales - University of Oviedo, Spain Marie Noelle Guillot - University of East Anglia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Saihong Li - University of Stirling, UK Jelena Vranjes- University of Ghent, Belgium Kelly Washbourne-Kent State University, USA
Reviews Editor: Kyle Conway - University of Ottawa, Canada
Editorial Board: Sirkku Aaltonen - University of Vaasa, Finland Cecilia Alvstad - Østfold University College, Norway Saeed Ameri - University of Birjand, Irán Chiara Bucaria- University of Bologna, Italy Rodica Dimitriu - University of Iasi, Romania Birgitta Englund Dimitrova - Stockholm University, Sweden Luc van Doorslaer -University of Tartu, Estonia & University of Leuven, Belgium Denise Filmer - University of Pisa, Italy Luise von Flotow -University of Ottawa, Canada Peter Flynn -University of Leuven, Belgium Chantal Gagnon -University of Montreal, Canada Henrik Gottlieb - University of Copenhagen, Denmark Annjo Klungervik Greenall- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Yangsheng Guo - Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China Sehnaz Tahir Gürçaglar- Bogaziçi University, Turkey James Hadley - Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Ji-Hae Kang -Ajou University, South Korea Hilla Karas- Bar-Ilan University, Israel Jeffrey A. Killman - University of North Carolina at Charlotte Enora Lessinger - Oxford Brookes University, UK Huijuan Ma - Beijing Foreign Studies University, China Christopher Mellinger - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Wang Ning - Shanghai Jia Tong University, China Christine Pagnoulle - Universite de Liege, Belgium Outi Paloposki - University of Turku, Finland Li Pan - Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China Jan Pedersen - Stockholm University, Sweden Marlon James Sales - University of the Philippines, Philippines Christina Schäffner - Aston University, UK Agnieszka Szarkowska - University of Warsaw, Poland Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov - University of Turku, Finland Chuanmao Tian - Yangtze University, China Rosario Martín Ruano - University of Salamanca, Spain Luo Xuanmin - Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Tsinghua University Binghan Zheng - University of Durham, UK
Updated 15-12-2023
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Current Contents - Arts & Humanities; Benjamins Translation Studies Bibliography; Bitra; CIRC A; Current Abstracts; ERIH+; Educational Research Abstracts; Humanities Index; Humanities International Index; Linguistics Abstracts Online; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; MLA International Bibliography; SJR SCImago and Scopus.
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Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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