Journal of Literary Studies disseminates peer reviewed original research results in the field of Persian language and literature, history, comparative studies, and critical analysis of literary issues, in both print and open-access formats. The journal aims at providing a forum that links fields, theories, research methods, and scholarly discourses in Persian literature. Contributions must be written exclusively in Persian
Journal of Literary Studie( Jls) is aimed to publish peer-reviewed edited scientific papers and to spread the knowledge freely as much as it is possible for its readers and authors, globally.
All manuscripts are subject to double-blind peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. Each submission will be considered by an editor and—if not rejected outright—by 3 peer-reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors. Author identities will also remain anonymous to JLS reviewers.
The aim of the review process is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article, in terms of originality, interest, up-to-dateness, coherence, and balanced argumentation. As such, all manuscripts submitted to JLS go through a two-step double-blind peer review process.
The editor(s) of the journal first review(s) each manuscript to see if it meets the basic requirements for articles published in the journal (i.e., that it reports on original research or presents original content that links to previous research, theory, and that it is of sufficient quality to merit external review). Technical checks will also be made to see if manuscripts follow JLS Editorial Style, the APA reference style (6th edition), and other JLS standards (especially ethical ones). Manuscripts which do not meet these requirements are not sent out for further review, and their authors will be notified.
Following the internal review, submissions which meet the basic requirements and the bottom-line standards set by JLS are sent out for doubly-masked peer review (by 2 experts in the field) either from the journal's editorial panel or from our larger list of reviewers. Following the external review, the authors are notified of the decision (accept as is, accept pending changes, revise and resubmit, or reject) and can track the process of peer review and submission via: http://jls.um.ac.ir.
The first issue of this journal was published in spring 1965, under the title of “Journal of Mashhad Faculty of Letters”, directed by Dr. Javad Heydari (PBUH), and from the 17th issue in 2005, it changed its name to “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad”. This journal was published as “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad” from spring, 1974 (37th issue), as “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, University of Mashhad” from issue 57 to 64, as “Journal of Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad” from spring, 1984 (65th issue). Considering university journal ranks, the journal was published as a peer-reviewed one from 76th-77th issues in spring and summer, 1987 and was published as such until winter, 2002 (139th issue). Due to specialization of journal scopes, the journal’s name was changed to “Journal of Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters and Humanities” from spring, 2003. Based on the rules regulated by Ministry of Sciences, Research, and Technology to specialize journals according to university fields, this journal was entitled as ‘Literary Studies” from 2005 (164th issue), and publish articles in the field of Persian language and literature