Please note that Language Teaching has now moved to an online submission system.
All submissions are to be submitted through Language Teaching's ScholarOne Manuscripts:
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/language-teaching
Authors are asked to provide a number of pieces of information along with their submissions, and all papers will be subject to a plagiarism check. Prior to submission, please ensure you consult the revised the 'Preparing your materials' page.
Quick guide to using ScholarOne for Language Teaching
Creating a ScholarOne account
If you already have a ScholarOne account for LT, use it to log in. You might already have an account if you have submitted an article to LT through ScholarOne before, or if you have functioned as a reviewer for LT.
If you do not already have an LT ScholarOne account, you will need to register for one – this is very straightforward. (You need a separate account for each journal that uses ScholarOne, so you will need to register for a new account for LT business even if you have used the system to interact with other journals.)
ORCiD iD
As part of the move to an online system, and in keeping with publishing best practice, Language Teaching now requires that all corresponding (or sole) authors identify themselves using their ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript to the journal; more information on ORCID can be found below.
If you don’t already have an iD, you’ll need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to Language Teaching. You can register for one directly from your user account on ScholarOne or via https://ORCID.org/register. If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account or supplying it during submission by using the “Associate your existing ORCID ID” button.
Areas of expertise
You will also be asked to enter your ‘Areas of Expertise’. These can be whatever you would like (e.g., ‘Phonology’, ‘Listening’, ‘Classroom research’ etc). You will need to enter your institutional address during the registration process (you can enter ‘none’ if you do not have one) and choose a password. If you have problems entering your email address or with other aspects of the submission process, contact the Editor. Once you have registered, you can log in to the system.
Submitting via ScholarOne
When you log in to the ScholarOne system, you will be presented with the options of clicking on either the 'Author centre' or 'Reviewer centre' – click on 'Author centre' in order to submit your piece. You will then need to click on a link start a new submission.
You will need to specify the type of manuscript that you are submitting and enter several pieces of information (dependent on the type of piece it is that you are submitting – most of these are relevant to the submission of articles). It is always possible to save and return to an open submission.
ORCID
We require all corresponding authors to identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:
- Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you have authored.
- Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
- Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.
See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
If you don’t already have an iD, you will need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to this journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on ScholarOne, or alternatively via https://ORCID.org/register.
If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting your manuscript, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account, or by supplying it during submission using the "Associate your existing ORCID iD" button.
ORCIDs can also be used if authors wish to communicate to readers up-to-date information about how they wish to be addressed or referred to (for example, they wish to include pronouns, additional titles, honorifics, name variations, etc.) alongside their published articles. We encourage authors to make use of the ORCID profile’s “Published Name” field for this purpose. This is entirely optional for authors who wish to communicate such information in connection with their article. Please note that this method is not currently recommended for author name changes: see Cambridge’s author name change policy if you want to change your name on an already published article. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
Licence to publish
Before Cambridge can publish your manuscript, we need a signed licence to publish agreement. Under the agreement, certain rights are granted to the journal owner which allow publication of the article. The original ownership of the copyright in the article remains unchanged. For full details see the publishing agreement page.