Concentric | Studies in Linguistics
Journal metrics
Impact Factor: 0.4 (5-year: 0.4)Journal Citation Indicator: 0.28
CiteScore: 0.5
SNIP: 0.976 SJR: 0.159
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: Airiti Library (AL ) ; Dimensions ; EBSCO Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC ) ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA Directory of Periodicals ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus ; Taiwan Citation Index – Humanities and Social Sciences ; Taiwan Humanities Citation Index – Level 1 (THCI ) ; WoS Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI )
Concentric: Studies in Linguistics is a refereed, biannual journal, publishing research articles on all linguistic studies on the languages in the Asia-Pacific region. Review articles and book reviews with solid argumentation are also welcomed.
The journal is currently co-published by the Department of English at National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan and John Benjamins Publishing Company and is a partially open access journal.
Concentric publishes its articles Online First.
Latest articles
6 November 2025
22 May 2025
18 November 2024
Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 51 (2025)
Volume 50 (2024)
Volume 49 (2023)
Volume 48 (2022)
Volume 47 (2021)
Volume 46 (2020)
Volume 45 (2019)
Editorial info
Subscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 52 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 320 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Available back-volumes
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete backset (Vols. 45‒51; 2019‒2025) | 14 issues; 1,800 pp. | EUR 1,097.00 | EUR 1,249.00 |
| Volume 51 (2025) | 2 issues; 260 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 50 (2024) | 2 issues; 260 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 49 (2023) | 2 issues; 260 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 46‒48 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 260 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 45 (2019) | 2 issues; 240 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Author info
Concentric offers online submission.
Before submitting, please consult the guidelines and the Short Guide to EM for Authors.
If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors via e-mail: concentric.lingdeps.ntnu.edu.tw
Ethics
John Benjamins journals are committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and to supporting ethical research practices.
Authors and reviewers are kindly requested to read this Ethics Statement.
Please also note the guidance on (the declaration of) the use of Artificial Intelligence.
Rights and Permissions
Authors must ensure that they have permission to use any third-party material in their contribution; the permission should include perpetual (not time-limited) world-wide distribution in print and electronic format.
For information on authors' rights, please consult the rights information page.
Open Access
Articles accepted for this journal can be made Open Access through payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC) of EUR 1800 (excl. tax). To arrange this, please contact openaccessbenjamins.nl as soon as your paper has been accepted for publication. More information can be found on the publisher's Open Access Policy page.
Corresponding authors from institutions with which John Benjamins has a Read & Publish arrangement can publish Open Access without paying a fee. Please consult this list of institutions for up-to-date information on which articles qualify.
For information about permission to post a version of your article online or in an institutional repository ('green' open access or self-archiving), please consult the rights information page.
If the article is not (to be made) Open Access, there is no fee for the author to publish in this journal.
Archiving
John Benjamins Publishing Company has an agreement in place with Portico for the archiving of all its online journals and e-books.