Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

These guidelines provide the submission, manuscript preparation, research-integrity, peer-review, and publication requirements of Language, Technology, and Social Media (LTSM). Authors should read these guidelines carefully before submitting a manuscript.

1. Scope and Suitability

Manuscripts submitted to LTSM must make a substantive scholarly contribution to one or more areas within the journal's scope, particularly the intersections of language, linguistics, communication, media, and emerging technologies.

• Language, media, and digital communication;
• Language use, identity, ideology, and representation in contemporary media;
• Digital discourse and social-media communication;
• Multilingualism and linguistic diversity in digital environments;
• Human–computer interaction and linguistics;
• Linguistic accessibility and technology-mediated interaction;
• Technology-enhanced language learning and interaction;
• Speech, hearing, and language technologies;
• Speech recognition, synthesis, perception, and processing;
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning for language and communication; and
• Related interdisciplinary research in which language, linguistics, communication, media, speech, hearing, or language-related technology constitutes a central analytical dimension.

Authors are encouraged to consult the Aims and Scope before submission.

2. Types of Manuscript

Original Research Article

Reports original empirical, theoretical, computational, experimental, corpus-based, qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, design-based, or methodological research with a clearly articulated scholarly contribution.

Review Article

Provides a rigorous and critical synthesis of existing scholarship. Systematic, scoping, integrative, bibliometric, and meta-analytic reviews must clearly describe their search, selection, appraisal, analytical, and synthesis procedures as applicable.

Conceptual or Theoretical Article

Develops, evaluates, extends, integrates, or critically examines theoretical, conceptual, or analytical perspectives relevant to the journal's scope. Such manuscripts must provide an identifiable scholarly contribution beyond a descriptive overview of existing literature.

3. Originality and Previous Publication

A manuscript submitted to LTSM must:

1. be original;
2. not have been previously published in substantially the same form;
3. not be under consideration by another journal at the time of submission; and
4. appropriately acknowledge and cite all sources and previously disseminated materials.

Authors must disclose any closely related conference papers, preprints, working papers, reports, theses, dissertations, datasets, or manuscripts that could reasonably be perceived as overlapping with the submitted work.

4. Manuscript Preparation

• Manuscripts must be written in clear and professional academic English.
• Authors must use the current official LTSM manuscript template.
• Use Microsoft Word or another compatible word-processing application.
• Use a single-column layout on A4 paper unless otherwise defined in the template.
• Figures and tables should appear near their first citation in the text.
• Do not substantially alter the page dimensions, typography, heading hierarchy, or reference format established in the journal template.

The current manuscript template is available through the LTSM Manuscript Template.

5. Double-Anonymous Peer-Review Preparation

LTSM applies a double-anonymous peer-review process. Authors should therefore ensure that the manuscript prepared for review does not unnecessarily reveal their identity.

The anonymised review manuscript should normally exclude:

• author names;
• institutional affiliations;
• email addresses;
• ORCID identifiers;
• author biographies; and
• acknowledgements or statements that directly reveal author identity.

Self-citations should remain scholarly and appropriately referenced, but wording that unnecessarily reveals authorship should be avoided. Complete author information must be provided separately through the journal's submission metadata or author-information file.

6. Required Submission Documents

7. General Manuscript Structure

Original research manuscripts should normally include:

1. Title
2. Author information
3. Abstract
4. Keywords
5. Introduction
6. Research Methods
7. Results and Discussion
8. Conclusion
9. Acknowledgements, where applicable
10. Funding Statement
11. Author Contributions
12. Conflict of Interest
13. Data Availability Statement
14. Ethical Approval, where applicable
15. Informed Consent, where applicable
16. Generative AI Declaration
17. References

Review and conceptual manuscripts may use a structure appropriate to their design. Systematic and scoping reviews should transparently report the databases, search dates, search strategy, eligibility criteria, screening process, appraisal procedure, data-extraction process, and synthesis method where applicable.

8. Section-by-Section Requirements

Title

The title must be written in English, should normally contain no more than 20 words, and should accurately communicate the principal topic, context, variables, or methodological focus of the study. Avoid vague wording, unnecessary abbreviations, and promotional claims.

Authors and Affiliations

Provide the full name of each author in the agreed authorship order. Each affiliation should identify the appropriate department or academic unit, institution, city, and country. An active email address must be provided for the corresponding author. ORCID iDs should be supplied and carefully verified whenever available.

Abstract

The abstract must be written in English and should not exceed 300 words. For empirical research, it should concisely communicate the research problem or context, objective, methodology, principal findings, conclusion, and scholarly contribution. Citations, tables, figures, and unsupported claims should not appear in the abstract.

Keywords

Provide five to eight specific keywords or short keyword phrases that accurately represent the manuscript and facilitate indexing and discovery.

Introduction

Establish the research problem, relevant scholarly context, theoretical or conceptual foundation, research gap, significance, novelty, and research objectives, questions, or hypotheses where appropriate. The manuscript should explain how the study advances knowledge beyond simply applying an established approach in a new geographical location.

Research Methods

Describe the research design, setting, participants or data source, sampling or selection procedure, research instruments, validation procedures, data collection, analytical techniques, software, ethical procedures, and relevant decision criteria in sufficient detail to support scholarly evaluation and reasonable replication.

Results

Present findings accurately and logically. Where applicable, provide appropriate statistical information, effect sizes, confidence intervals, qualitative themes, model parameters, or other analytical outputs. Avoid unnecessary duplication between text, tables, and figures.

Discussion

Interpret the findings rather than merely repeating them. Relate the results to the research objectives, theoretical framework, and relevant international scholarship; explain agreements or discrepancies; identify implications; and acknowledge meaningful limitations.

Results and Discussion

Where methodologically appropriate, Results and Discussion may be presented as a combined section. The distinction between evidence, interpretation, comparison with previous scholarship, and scholarly implications should nevertheless remain clear.

Conclusion

Provide a concise synthesis of the principal findings and their scholarly or practical significance. The conclusion should respond directly to the research objectives and should not introduce substantial new data, citations, or unsupported generalisations.

9. Research Ethics and Informed Consent

Research involving human participants, identifiable personal information, vulnerable populations, animals, sensitive data, or activities requiring formal oversight must comply with applicable institutional, national, and disciplinary ethical standards.

Where applicable, manuscripts should report:

• the name of the approving ethics committee or institutional review board;
• approval or protocol number, where available;
• relevant approval information; and
• the procedure used to obtain informed consent.

Authors should consult the journal's Ethical Clearance Policy for further information.

10. Authorship and Author Contributions

Authorship must reflect genuine intellectual responsibility for the work. Authors should have made substantial scholarly contributions, participated in drafting or substantive critical revision, approved the final version, and accepted accountability for their contribution to the integrity of the work.

Honorary, gift, guest, purchased, coercive, and ghost authorship are not permitted.

Authors must provide an Author Contributions statement. LTSM encourages the use of relevant CRediT contributor roles, including:

Only roles actually performed by each contributor should be reported.

11. Required Declarations

Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose financial and non-financial interests that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research, interpretation, or publication. Where no relevant conflicts exist, authors may state:

Funding

Identify all organisations providing financial support, including grant numbers where applicable. If no external funding was received, authors may state:

Data Availability

Authors should provide a Data Availability Statement explaining whether and how the data, code, instruments, or supporting materials underlying the findings can be accessed. Restrictions based on participant confidentiality, ethics, law, intellectual property, or contractual requirements should be stated transparently.

12. Generative Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI systems cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, references, interpretations, ethical compliance, and integrity of all submitted material.

When generative AI or AI-assisted technologies have been used in manuscript preparation beyond basic spelling, grammar, or formatting assistance, authors must disclose the tool and its purpose in accordance with the journal's policy.

Authors must consult the complete Generative AI Policy.

13. Figures and Tables

Figures

• Number figures consecutively according to their first citation.
• Place each figure near its first relevant discussion in the manuscript.
• Use clear and legible labels.
• Raster images should normally have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
• Preferred formats include TIFF, PNG, and high-quality JPEG.
• Place the figure caption below the figure.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material where required.

Tables

• Tables must be editable rather than embedded as images.
• Number tables consecutively according to their first citation.
• Place the table title above the table.
• Avoid unnecessary vertical borders.
• Define abbreviations, symbols, and significance levels in notes below the table.
• Avoid unnecessary duplication of identical information in text, tables, and figures.

14. Supplementary Material and Research Data

Supplementary files may include datasets, instruments, questionnaires, interview protocols, coding frameworks, computer code, appendices, reporting checklists, multimedia material, or additional analyses.

Supplementary material must be clearly named and referenced in the manuscript. Confidential, sensitive, copyrighted, or personally identifiable data must not be shared in a manner that violates ethical approval, informed consent, applicable law, or legitimate confidentiality restrictions.

15. References and Citations

LTSM uses the IEEE numerical reference style. In-text citations must be numbered consecutively according to their first appearance.

The same reference number must be reused whenever the same source is cited again. Every in-text citation must correspond exactly to an entry in the reference list.

Authors are strongly encouraged to use reliable reference-management software such as Mendeley, Zotero, or EndNote, while remaining responsible for manually verifying all bibliographic information.

Journal Article

Conference Paper

Book

Book Chapter

16. Editorial Screening and Peer Review

All submissions are subject to administrative and editorial screening before external peer review. Screening may include:

• submission completeness;
• scope alignment;
• manuscript quality and scholarly contribution;
• authorship and metadata verification;
• research-integrity and ethical checks;
• similarity and plagiarism screening;
• methodological adequacy; and
• reference integrity.

Manuscripts considered suitable are normally evaluated by at least two independent external reviewers under the journal's double-anonymous peer-review model.

Full information is available in the Peer Review Process.

17. Revised Manuscripts

When revision is requested, authors should normally submit:

1. a revised manuscript;
2. a detailed point-by-point response to reviewers and editors; and
3. a clear indication of the revisions made.

Authors may respectfully disagree with reviewer recommendations but should explain the basis of disagreement with appropriate scholarly reasoning or evidence. An invitation to revise does not constitute acceptance.

18. Article Processing Charge

LTSM does not charge a manuscript submission fee, initial editorial screening fee, peer-review fee, or paid fast-track peer-review fee.

The Article Processing Charge becomes payable only after the manuscript has completed the required editorial and peer-review procedures, received a formal acceptance decision, and an official invoice has been issued.

Payment does not guarantee acceptance and does not influence editorial screening, reviewer selection, peer-review reports, revision requirements, or editorial decisions. Authors should consult the Article Processing Charge Policy for complete information.

19. Copyright and Open Access

Authors retain copyright in their work and published articles are made openly accessible under the journal's applicable Creative Commons licensing terms.

Authors should review the complete Copyright Notice before submission.

20. Author Responsibility

Before submission, all authors should ensure that:

• the manuscript accurately represents the work performed;
• data and results have not been fabricated, falsified, or inappropriately manipulated;
• references are genuine and accurately reported;
• authorship accurately represents scholarly contributions;
• required ethical approvals and informed consent have been obtained;
• funding and competing interests have been disclosed;
• generative AI use has been disclosed where required;
• all authors have approved the submitted version; and
• the manuscript complies with all relevant LTSM editorial policies.

Submission Preparation Checklist

Related Editorial Policies

Authors are expected to familiarise themselves with the journal's complete editorial and publication policies before submission.

Please ensure that the manuscript and all required supporting materials comply with these guidelines before beginning the submission process.

Editorial enquiries: ltsm.journal@wiseedu.co.id