Journal of Language and Sexuality
Journal metrics
Impact Factor: 1 (5-year: 1.9)Journal Citation Indicator: 1.22
CiteScore: 4.6
SNIP: 1.283 SJR: 0.672
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus ; WoS Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI )
The Journal of Language and Sexuality aims to present research on the discursive formations of sexuality, including sexual desire, sexual identities, sexual politics and sexuality in diaspora. Of interest is linguistic work in the widest possible sense, including work in sociolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, pragmatics, semantics, discourse analysis, applied linguistics, and other modes of language-centered inquiry that will contribute to the investigation of discourses of sexuality and their linguistic and social consequences. On a theoretical level, the journal is indebted to Queer Linguistics as its major influence.
JLS publishes its articles Online First.
Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 15 (2026)
Volume 14 (2025)
Volume 13 (2024)
Volume 12 (2023)
Volume 11 (2022)
Volume 10 (2021)
Volume 9 (2020)
Volume 8 (2019)
Volume 7 (2018)
Volume 6 (2017)
Volume 5 (2016)
Volume 4 (2015)
Volume 3 (2014)
Volume 2 (2013)
Volume 1 (2012)
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 16 (2027): 2 issues; ca. 300 pp. | EUR | EUR | |
| Volume 15 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 300 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. 1‒14; 2012‒2025) | 28 issues; 4,200 pp. | EUR 2,119.00 | EUR 2,450.00 |
| Volume 14 (2025) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 13 (2024) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 12 (2023) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 9‒11 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 8 (2019) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 7 (2018) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 6 (2017) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 5 (2016) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 4 (2015) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 3 (2014) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 2 (2013) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 1 (2012) | 2 issues; 300 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Author info
The Journal of Language and Sexuality 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 editorial correspondence, please contact the general editor:
Heiko Motschenbacher, heimhvl.no
If you are interested in writing a book review for JLS, always contact the book review editor beforehand:
Lucy Jones, Lucy.Jonesnottingham.ac.uk
Ethics
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Authors and reviewers are kindly requested to read this Ethics Statement.
Please also note our statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence.
Rights and Permissions
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For information on authors' rights, please consult the Author Rights page.
Open Access
Articles accepted for this journal can be made Open Access through payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC) of EUR 1800 (+ VAT/tax if applicable). 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 the criteria for articles covered under the agreement.
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
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