English Focus was launched with the intention to make quality research output available for scholars in the field of language education.English Focus is an open-access academic, scholarly peer-reviewed journal and follows a double-blind review policy. The Journal is scheduled for publication semiannually, in July and December, with the first issue to appear in December 2017.
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
General Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Authors have to register first before submitting a manuscript.
Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically by using the online submission and review site. This site will guide authors through the five-step submission process. Submissions that do not adhere to this procedure WILL NOT be considered for the review process.
All authors involved in the writing of the article should be included in the submission metadata from the beginning. We will not accept the addition of authors included after the review process has commenced.
Authors are required to conform to the (Reference Guidelines) as given here if they want their manuscripts to be considered for publication.
Authors are to check manuscripts for accuracy of language before submitting them to the journal.
Manuscripts submitted to English Focus go through an internal review and if they meet the basic requirements, they are sent out for double-blind review from experts in the field, either from the editorial board or identified reviewers. Comments from the external reviewers are sent to the authors and they are notified of the journal’s decision (accept, accept with revisions, reject). This entire review process will take anywhere between 3 - 6 months after the submission of the article. The editor’s decision is final.
We do not encourage multiple submissions. A published author is required to wait ONE year before the publication of another article. The rule remains in the case of co-authorship.
Article Processing Charge (APC) Rp 500.000 or 50 USD is charged for papers accepted after the process of review is complete. Authors will have to make the payment before the paper is uploaded.
