1. Scope of eligible contributions

Aleph. Langues, Médias et Sociétés welcomes original contributions in language sciences, textual studies, discourse analysis, media studies, cultural and literary studies, information practices and information and communication sciences. Submitted texts must include an explicit research problem, an identifiable theoretical or methodological framework, a clearly defined corpus or fieldwork, a structured argument and a recognisable contribution to the relevant field.

The journal does not consider purely compilatory texts, teaching materials, unproblematized opinion essays, literature reviews with no original contribution, manuscripts lacking an identifiable methodology or texts manifestly outside the journal’s scientific scope.

2. Types of submissions and indicative length

Type of contribution	Indicative maximum length
Research article	45,000 characters, including spaces, notes and references
Research note or methodological contribution	25,000 to 35,000 characters
Scholarly interview	30,000 characters
Book review or review essay	6,000 characters
Scholarly chronicle	10,000 to 15,000 characters
Issue editorial	20,000 characters

These limits may be adapted for thematic issues or special issues, subject to prior approval by the editorial leadership.

3. Submission requirements

Any manuscript submitted to the journal must be original, unpublished, not previously published in a substantially identical form, and not under simultaneous consideration by another journal, collective volume or peer-reviewed outlet. Authors undertake to comply with the rules of research integrity, citation, attribution and confidentiality applicable to their corpus or fieldwork.

• an anonymised main file, containing neither author names nor direct identifying information;

• a separate metadata page containing full names, affiliations, countries, academic email addresses and ORCID identifiers where available;

• a title in the language of the article, in French, in English and in Arabic;

• an abstract in the language of the article, in French, in English and in Arabic;

• five to seven keywords in the same languages;

• a standardised and consistent reference list;

• where applicable, a funding statement, conflict-of-interest statement, substantial generative-AI-use statement and permissions for copyrighted material.

4. Abstracts, keywords and metadata

Abstracts must clearly present the research object, the problem addressed, the theoretical or methodological framework, the corpus or fieldwork, the main findings and the scholarly contribution of the article. They must not be limited to a general thematic announcement.

Keywords must be precise, stable and useful for indexing. They should avoid overly general terms unless such terms designate the core of the contribution. Author names, affiliations, countries, email addresses and ORCID identifiers must be consistent in the author file, submission platform and final published version.

5. Submission procedure

Article proposals are submitted through the journal’s space on ASJP or through any submission system publicly indicated by the journal. Proposals for thematic issues, conference proceedings or special issues must be sent to the journal’s editorial leadership at: revue.aleph@gmail.com.

Authors must complete their platform profile accurately, upload the required files, verify that the manuscript has been anonymised and ensure that the text complies with the style sheet. Authors must not send a manuscript directly to reviewers.

6. Preliminary editorial screening

Each manuscript undergoes a preliminary screening covering fit with the journal’s scope, presence of required metadata, minimal compliance with the style sheet, general readability, apparent originality, initial scholarly quality and absence of obvious breaches of research integrity.

A manuscript may be rejected without external review when it is manifestly out of scope, insufficiently scholarly, closer to a teaching handout than to a problematised research article, seriously non-compliant with minimum presentation requirements or affected by an evident ethical issue.

7. Scholarly evaluation

Manuscripts deemed admissible are anonymised and evaluated through a double-blind peer-review process by at least two external and independent reviewers. Reviewers are selected according to their expertise, independence and absence of conflicts of interest. A third report may be requested in the event of conflicting assessments.

Possible decision	Editorial consequence
Acceptance	The text is accepted subject to final editorial checks.
Minor revisions	The author submits a revised version, verified by the editorial team.
Major revision	The text undergoes substantial revision and may be sent for further review.
Reasoned rejection	The author receives a reasoned notification, accompanied where applicable by anonymised comments.

When revisions are requested, authors submit a revised version accompanied, if requested by the journal, by a response to reviewers indicating the changes made, the scientific choices maintained and any reasoned disagreements.

8. Free publication and optional services

The journal does not charge any mandatory submission, peer-review, acceptance, publication or online hosting fee. Access to articles is free of charge, and content is disseminated in immediate open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence — CC BY 4.0.

When a manuscript is scientifically admissible but requires linguistic correction, bibliographical harmonisation or in-depth typographical preparation, authors may carry out the revision themselves or freely choose a professional of their choice. Any optional editorial service is separate from the scientific evaluation process and does not condition acceptance or publication.

9. Final acceptance, author agreement and publication

After final acceptance, authors sign a non-exclusive publication, dissemination and archiving authorisation consistent with the CC BY 4.0 licence and with retention of copyright by the authors. The final version may be disseminated on the journal website, on ASJP where used by the journal, and in the archiving or indexing spaces specified in the editorial policy.

Authors review proofs or the final version within the timeframe indicated by the journal. Corrections at this stage must be limited to material, linguistic, typographical or bibliographical errors; they must not substantially transform the accepted article without editorial approval.

10. Pre-submission checklist

• The manuscript is unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere.

• The main file is anonymised.

• Metadata are complete in French, English, Arabic and in the language of the article.

• The abstract presents the object, problem, method, corpus, findings and contribution.

• The reference list follows one consistent style.

• Long quotations, tables, figures and illustrations are properly attributed.

• Conflicts of interest, funding and substantial AI use are declared.

• The text complies with the style sheet and typographic guidelines.

11. Contact

For any question concerning submission, review or publication: revue.aleph@gmail.com