Conference Proceedings
Conference Proceedings
IJLMAS welcomes proposals from organisers of academic conferences, workshops, symposia, and colloquia in the humanities, social sciences, policy and education, technology and culture, and methods and reflexive practice who wish to publish a curated collection of proceedings articles in the journal.
What we publish
- Curated proceedings collections — selected, peer-reviewed papers from a single workshop, symposium, conference, or colloquium, gathered as a special section or supplementary issue.
- Extended conference articles — substantially expanded versions of accepted conference talks, with at least 30% new content beyond the original presentation.
- Editorial introductions — short editorials by conference chairs framing the collection's scope, methods, and contribution.
How it works
- Submit a proposal. Conference organisers send a proposal to the editorial office — see Conference Proposal for the required information and template.
- Editorial review. The IJLMAS editorial team reviews the proposal for fit with the journal's scope and editorial standards. Outcomes: accept, accept-with-revisions, or decline.
- Article submission. Once a proposal is accepted, individual articles are submitted through the standard IJLMAS submission system with a pre-agreed section identifier; each article receives the journal's standard double-blind peer review.
- Publication. Accepted proceedings articles are published open-access under CC BY 4.0 with full DOI metadata, alongside the journal's regular issues.
Editorial standards
- Every article in a proceedings collection is independently peer-reviewed under the journal's standard double-blind process — conference acceptance is not a substitute for journal peer review.
- Articles must be original work, or substantially extended beyond a prior conference paper, with all overlap clearly disclosed at submission.
- Conference organisers acting as guest editors must follow the same conflict-of-interest disclosure rules as IJLMAS section editors.
Article processing
IJLMAS is currently operating an indefinite launch-period APC waiver, so no charges apply during this period. See Article Processing Charges for the future schedule and Waiver Policy for fee-relief options that will apply once a regular APC schedule is announced.
