About the magazine
The GL has been organized since 1969 by the German Language Atlas Research Center and is one of the most traditional organs of linguistics. To date, over 250 thematic issues have been published, 2-3 per year. GL provides an overview of fundamental issues in German linguistics and topics that have a particular influence on the subject. Each issue is dedicated to a defined topic.
ISSN Print 0072-1492
ISSN Online 2944-2419
Published semi-annually
Editorial board
Tanja Ackermann
Bielefeld University
Mathilde Hennig
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Alfred Lameli (Managing Director)
Research Center German Language Atlas Marburg
Stefan Rabanus
Università di Verona
Augustin Speyer
Saarland University
Editorial office
Research Center German Language Atlas
Editorial office “German Linguistics”
Pilgrimstein 16
35032 Marburg
E-mail: gl@staff.uni-marburg.de
Author’s notes
Contributions are published in German or English. When preparing your documents, please observe the guidelines for contributions in German Linguistics.
Publication guidelines
The GL specializes in the publication of themed volumes. Each issue is dedicated to a defined topic. All guidelines for publication and peer review in the GL are available for download in the “Publication Ethics Statement” (see also “Review process”).
Publish Open Access
The GL is not a purely open access journal. However, it is possible to publish individual articles in the journal Open Access by making the digital version freely accessible under a Creative Commons license chosen by the respective author. The publisher requires a fee to cover the publication costs (Article Processing Charge – APC) in the amount of EUR 1,990.00 (plus VAT). Many scientific institutions and science funding organizations provide corresponding funds for the publication of research results.
Are you interested in this option? Talk to your editorial team or contact open-access@nomos.de!
Review process
The editors of the GL. The editors of GL agreed standards for expected ethical behavior are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Inherent in the standards is a peer review process with at least two reviews. In order to make the review process more transparent, contributors must indicate in a statement the extent to which the reviewers’ comments have been taken into account.