NJES Nordic Journal of English Studies

Aims & Scope

The journal was created in 2002 in order to offer a forum for Nordic scholars in English language and literature and to promote the field of English studies in the Nordic countries.

It is affiliated to the Nordic Association of English Studies (NAES).

Starting from 2007 the journal is open access and only published electronically.

Two or three issues of the journal are published each year.

The publications are both general issues and special theme issues with guest editors.

We warmly invite prospective inquiries about special issues.

We are particularly interested in topics that place different areas of English studies (e.g., linguistics, literature, teaching and learning) in dialogue.

While scholars based in institutions outside the Nordic countries are welcome to submit proposals for special issues, we expect at least one contribution to be from a scholar at a Nordic institution.

The general issues serve as a venue for original research in the fields of English studies, including language, literature, culture, and the teaching and learning of English.

For our general issues, we invite submissions from scholars with an affiliation to a Nordic institution.

We also publish conference proceedings and festschrifts to honour a Nordic colleague if they can be subsumed under a special theme.

The journal also publishes reviews of books thought to be of interest to our readers.

The policy of the journal is also to provide a possibility for early career or doctoral researchers to publish their articles on English language or literature in a peer-reviewed journal along with more established scholars.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Metadiscourse: Mapping Interactions in Academic Writing

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Ken

• Just to give you kind of a map of where we are going:

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Annelie

• Efficiency in ELF Communication: From Pragmatic Motives to Lexico-grammatical Innovation

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Alessia, Martin

• Metadiscourse: Diverse and Divided Perspectives

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Annelie, Anna

• Discourse Reflexivity - A Discourse Universal? The Case of ELF

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Anna

• Critical Discourse Analysis, An overview

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Encarnacion Hidalgo

• Hybridism, edutainment, and doubt: Science blogging finding its feet

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Anna

• Pragmatic markers in spoken interlanguage

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Karin

• The ‘Attractive’ Progressive – Why use the -ing Form in English as a Lingua Franca?

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Elina

• Bilingual Scientific Literacy? The Use of English in Swedish University Science Courses

  Citation: 34

  Authors: John, Cedric