About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Rainbow journal has commitment to exchange and share ideas as well as research findings from researchers. Also, it provides the interdisciplinary forum for the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Literature, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies:

  • Children Literature
  • Cyber Literature
  • Gender Studies
  • Issues in Ecoliterature
  • Literature in the context of Asia
  • Postcolonial Issues in Literature and Culture
  • World Literature
  • Travel Literature
  • Popular Literature
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Translation of Literary Works
  • Cultural Studies

Peer Review Process

The research article submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed. The accepted research articles will be available online (free download) following the journal peer-reviewing process. Language used in this Journal is English.

Reviewing a manuscript written by a fellow scientist is a privilege. However, it is a time-consuming responsibility. Hence, Rainbow Editorial Board, authors, and audiences appreciate your willingness to accept this responsibility and your dedication. Rainbow adheres to a blind peer-review process that is rapid and fair, and also ensures a high quality of articles published. In so doing, Raibow needs reviewers who can provide insightful and helpful comments on submitted manuscripts with a turn around time of about 4 weeks. Maintaining Rainbow as a scientific journal of high quality depends on reviewers with a high level of expertise and an ability to be objective,  fair, and  insightful  in their evaluation of manuscripts.

Here list of items that need to be reviewed:

  1. Novelty  of the topic
  2. Originality
  3. Scientific  reliability
  4. Valuable  contribution  to the science
  5. Adding  new aspects  to the existed field of study
  6. Ethical aspects
  7. Structure  of the article submitted and its  relevance  to authors' guidelines
  8. References provided to substantiate the content
  9. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling
  10. Scientific misconduct

Open Access Policy

Rainbow provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Non-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.

Rainbow  also operates under the Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC. This allows for the reproduction of articles, free of charge, for non-commercial use only and with the appropriate citation information. All authors publishing with the journal accept these as the terms of publication.

Benefits of open access for authors, include:

  • Free access for all users worldwide
  • Authors retain copyright to their work
  • Increased visibility and readership
  • Rapid publication
  • No spatial constraints

Publication Fee

Papers submitted to and published by Rainbow Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies are free of Article Processing Charge (APC).

Publication Frequency

Rainbow is published biannually in April and October with a minimum number 8 articles for a volume and a maximum number 15 articles. The submission will be open for the whole year.

Rainbow accepts submissions for the following types.

1. Research article

Regular articles are full-length original empirical investigations and research, consisting of introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions.  Original work must provide references and an explanation on research findings that contain new and significant findings.

Note: The article should in 6 and 12 journal pages (excluding the abstract, references, tables and/or figures), a minimum of 20 references, and an abstract of 150-250 words.

2. Review article

Review article is critical evaluation of materials about current research that has already been published by organizing, integrating, and evaluating previously published materials. It summarizes the status of knowledge and outline future directions of research within the journal scope. It aims to provide systemic overviews, evaluations and interpretations of research in a given field. The manuscript title must start with "Review Article:".

Note: The articles is about 7-10 pages, include appropriate figures and/or tables, and an abstract of 100-200 words.

Language Accuracy and Plagiarism Check

Rainbow emphasizes on language accuracy. It must be writeen in English with clear and concise grammatical English. The authors are suggest to have the manuscript checked by a colleague or reputable institution. Author must provide submission with Certificate of Check from reputable institution.

Rainbow also concern about the originality of the article. Plagiarism is intolerable. The article will be banished and the author will be rejected for future submission. 

For screening language accuracy and plagiarism check, Rainbow uses several tools including: