About the Journal
“Sustainable Multilingualism” is a biannual scientific journal (issues are published twice a year: in June and December).
The journal aims at fostering sustainable multilingualism and multiculturalism by presenting research on the issues of language policy, preservation of minority and less widely taught languages, maintenance of linguistic rights, language ecology, pluralistic approach to languages, acquisition and development of plurilingual competence, interdisciplinary language sensitive teaching, mediation, intercultural dialogue development, and plurilingual didactics. The contemporary socio-political climate makes it imperative to study multilingualism as a vital pillar of a dynamic and coherent international society.
The Journal was established by Vytautas Magnus University science cluster “Research in Plurilingual Competence Development” H-08-09 in 2012 and has been published by the Institute of Foreign Languages, in partnership with Paradigm Publishing Services.
The journal is registered with CrossRef and utilizes the IThenticated powered ChrossCheck system to ensure original content through rigorous plagiarism detection. Editorial management and publishing are facilitated via the Open Journal System (OJS). All published articles have assigned DOI numbers.
Scientific periodical journal “Sustainable Multilingualism” is indexed in SCOPUS, MLA, DOAJ, C.E.E.O.L., EBSCO, Google Scholar, J-GATE, LINGUISTICS ABSTRACTS ONLINE, LINGUISTIC BIBLIOGRAPH, Yand WANFANG DATA databases.
Scopus metrix for 2024:
• CiteScore ‒ 0.9
• SJR ‒ 0.211
• SNIP ‒ 0.547
Acceptance rate in 2025: 31% (desk rejection rate: 47%; after reviews: 22%)
Editor-in-Chief ‒ Prof. Dr. Nemira Mačianskienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Executive Editors ‒ Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vilma Bijeikienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Prof. Dr. Servet Çelik, Trabzon University, Türkiye; Akhmet Yassawi University, Kazakhstan
Associate Editor-in-Chief ‒ Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aurelija Daukšaitė-Kolpakovienė, Vytautas Magnus University
