Publication Frequency

Publication Frequency and Publication Model

Effective from 2026, Language, Technology, and Social Media publishes four regular issues annually. The issues are designated as follows:

• Issue 1: January–March

• Issue 2: April–June

• Issue 3: July–September

• Issue 4: October–December

The journal applies an article-based continuous-publication model within its regular quarterly issues. Articles that have completed peer review, editorial evaluation, revision, copyediting, typesetting, proofreading, and metadata verification are published individually within an active issue without waiting for all articles in that issue to be completed.

Transition from the Former Articles in Press Model

Before Volume 4, Number 3 (2026), the journal used an Articles in Press model. Volume 4, Number 3 marked the transition to direct continuous publication within regular issues.

Articles that had already been published under the former Articles in Press workflow before the transition were subsequently assigned their final volume, issue number, page range or article number, and complete bibliographic information. For these transitional articles, the original first-online publication date and DOI are retained.

Following the completion of the transition, newly published articles are assigned directly to an active regular issue and are released as final Versions of Record with complete bibliographic information. The journal no longer publishes new articles through separate Articles in Press, Online First, Early View, or Forthcoming sections.

Each regular issue remains active during its designated publication period and is formally closed at the end of that period. Articles completing the editorial and production processes after an issue has been closed are assigned to the subsequent issue.