About the Journal

Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada (TLA) it is a scientific journal that adopts continuous publication with one volume per year, linked to the Graduate Program in Applied Linguistics of the Institute of Language Studies at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). With over thirty years of existence, TLA aims to disseminate unpublished work that contributes to the constant renewal and expansion of the field of Applied Linguistics.

We recommend that authors pay attention to the textual guidelines that we have compiled, which describes the textual and scientific quality expectations of manuscripts. These expectations are the parameters that are taken into account in the peer review process and other stages of the editorial process.

Brief Background

The journal began in 1983 as an initiative of the Department of Applied Linguistics to disseminate the research of its professors and others colleagues working in the field. Gradually, the journal became national and international. Drawing on the different theoretical and methodological trends in the field, the articles provide a historical overview of Applied Linguistics in Brazil, its transformations and consolidation over the years, moving from a vision of applying linguistic theories to language teaching and learning to a transdisciplinary perspective of analyzing different situations of interaction mediated by language. TLA has also strengthened international cooperation in the applied field, by publishing articles from other parts of the world and by having Jan Blommaert as an associate editor until his passing in 2020.

Open Science Compliance

Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada (TLA) follows the Gold Open Access model.

It is recommended that the data used in the articles be made available in open access repositories, preferably in formats that guarantee and facilitate accessibility, reuse of the materials and reproducibility of the research. Check out the “Preparing manuscripts” section, which details how to write the mandatory section in the text called “Declaration of data availability”, where, in accordance with the principles of open science, authors declare the availability of data and how to access it. This section can also justify restricting access to data due to ethical or legal issues.

The journal has a Creative Commons 4.0 license. In terms of open science, this means that the content of the articles published in Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada can be reused by the authors, as long as due credit is given to the journal as the original source of the publication.

When submitting a manuscript, authors must state their position in relation to open peer review. This means that they must state (1) whether or not they agree with the publication of the reviews in the article, should it be accepted, and (2) whether they agree to interact directly with the reviewers.

TLA agrees to evaluate manuscripts deposited on preprint platforms, i.e. platforms on which the text is made public before it is peer-reviewed and published in a journal. When submitting a manuscript, authors must state whether the text is in a preprint repository, as well as its location.

Upon submission, authors must submit the Open Science Compliance Form as a supplementary material, together with the manuscript.

Ethics in Publication

Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada is dedicated to complying with good practices with regard to moral conduct in scientific journal publishing, based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) code of conduct. Preventing negligence is also a crucial responsibility of the entire editorial team: Any form of unethical behavior, as well as plagiarism in any instance, is not accepted by the journal. Authors who submit articles to TLA declare that their content is original and guarantee that the work has not been published or is in the process of being reviewed or evaluated in any other journal.

Authors must comply with the Brazilian Law 14.874 of May 28, 2024, which regulates research with human beings in Brazil and establishes the National System of Ethics in Research with Human Beings, in particular Article 27.

Focus and Scope

The journal expects that manuscripts submitted for publication embrace social and political issues and are directly linked to contemporary debates in Applied Linguistics, as evidenced by the themes, research questions and dialogue with the field's literature. The journal's main areas of research are: interculturality and identities; language education; technologies and social networks; translation; multimodalities and intermedialities; linguistic ideologies; linguistic anthropology; language policies; globalization and mobility; discourse and inequality.

In addition to articles, TLA welcomes interviews and reviews of recent works of relevance to the journal's area of interest, which are published on a continuous basis. Along with these contributions, up to three dossiers on specific themes are published each year, approved by the editorial board, published in special calls and peer-reviewed.

The journal is aimed at teachers, students, researchers and professionals who are interested in discussions in the field of Applied Linguistics.

Bibliographic Journal Information

-   Journal title: Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada
-   Short title: Trab. Linguist. Apl. (Online)
-   Published by: Campinas SP: Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp - Instituto     de Estudos da Linguagem - Departamento de Linguística Aplicada
-   Periodicity: quarterly
-   Type of publication: Continuous Publication
-   Year the journal was created: 1983

Preprints

In accordance with the open access policy, Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada accepts the submission of a preprint article, understood as a finished manuscript that is deposited on servers before it has been peer-reviewed. The use of preprints is a choice made by the authors. According to SciELO's definition, “preprints share with the journals the novelty in the publication of articles and inhibit the use of the double-blind procedure in the evaluation of manuscripts”.

TLA receives preprints archived on the following servers: SciELO Preprints, CORE (MLA), Zenodo, Preprints.org and SocArXiv. Other repositories may be considered subject to analysis and approval by the editorial board.

Information on preprints should be provided on the Open Science Compliance Form, which should be sent with the manuscript at the time of submission.

Open Data

The availability of open data is fundamental to the transparency and replicability of scientific research. Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada adheres to the best practices recommended by the TOP Guide (Transparency and Openness in Publishing), promoting access to the data underlying published studies. The following are essential guidelines for authors on handling and citing research data:

Open Data Principles

Open data refers to information that is available to the general public, allowing unrestricted use, redistribution and reuse. Adopting these principles promotes the integrity of research, making it possible to verify results and build new knowledge based on previous work.

Data Deposit

We encourage authors to deposit their datasets in appropriate repositories. We suggest consulting the List of Recommended Repositories, available in the TOP Guide, to identify reliable platforms that follow recognized standards of data preservation and access.

Data citation

Proper data citation is crucial in order to give credit to the people who generated the sets used. As indicated in the Research Data Citation Guide, authors should provide full details about the origin of the data, including persistent identifiers (such as data DOIs) whenever possible. This makes it easier for other researchers to locate and use the data correctly.

Inclusion of a Data Availability Statement: All articles should contain a section describing the availability of the data used in the study, including the location of the repository where it was deposited, the name of the dataset and the identifiers required for its citation. See item 3 of the Manuscript Preparation section below, in which we explain where the Data Availability Statement should be made in the manuscript.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Failure to comply with the Publication Rules means that the article submitted will not be accepted.

Sponsors and Promotion Agencies

The publication receives funding from the Institute for Language Studies.