Overview
The KORA Journal of Korean Language & Studies (KJKS) was established to support the growing need for an integrated research platform addressing the Korean language, its teaching and learning, and the wider study of Korea.
The journal is published by The Korean Academy (KORA) and is managed by the Academic Publishing Division of The Korean Academy, based in India.
The division oversees the journal's editorial operations, peer review process, and academic development.
The journal brings together research from multiple disciplines, including Korean linguistics, language pedagogy, second-language acquisition, translation and interpreting studies, Korean literature and media, and language technology.
KJKS publishes original research and review articles that present theoretical advances, classroom-based studies, corpus and data resources, and applied solutions in Korean language and Korean studies.
The journal is published twice annually, in June and December, and accepts submissions from authors worldwide in both English and Korean.
Mission & Vision
Mission
To advance knowledge of the Korean language and Korean studies by publishing high-quality, impactful research and making it freely accessible to the global scholarly community.Vision
To become a leading international journal recognised for excellence in interdisciplinary research on the Korean language, its teaching, and the cultures and societies that carry it.
KJKS is founded on the belief that the classroom is a research site. The journal exists to connect practising teachers, linguists, translators and area specialists in a single scholarly conversation, and to give careful work a home regardless of where its author is based or how early they are in their career.
Aims & Scope
The KORA Journal of Korean Language & Studies (KJKS) publishes original research and review articles that contribute to the understanding, teaching, and analysis of the Korean language and of Korea as a field of study.
The journal focuses on interdisciplinary research integrating linguistic analysis, language pedagogy, translation, and cultural inquiry.
Core Research Areas
Korean Language & Linguistics 한국어학
- Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics
- Historical linguistics and language change
- Dialectology, sociolinguistics and variation
- Corpus linguistics and Korean natural language processing
- Lexicography, terminology and romanization
- Contrastive and comparative studies with other languages
- And any related scope within this field
Korean Language Education & Acquisition 한국어 교육
- Curriculum, syllabus and teaching materials design
- Classroom method, practice and teacher development
- Assessment, testing and TOPIK preparation research
- Second-language acquisition and learner corpora
- Heritage learners, bilingualism and diaspora education
- Technology-assisted and AI-supported Korean language learning
- Any other related scope within this field
Korean Studies, Translation & Culture 한국학 · 번역
- Korean literature, classical and modern
- Film, television, popular music and digital media
- History, society, religion and intellectual thought
- Migration, diaspora and Korean communities abroad
- Literary and technical translation, interpreting and subtitling
- Language policy, cultural diplomacy and Korean studies pedagogy
- And any related scope within this field
Submissions are welcome in English or Korean. Manuscripts that fall between these areas, or that bring methods from one to bear on another, are particularly encouraged.
Publishing Policy
The KORA Journal of Korean Language & Studies (KJKS) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal committed to maintaining high standards of academic integrity and editorial quality.
All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process conducted by independent expert reviewers selected for their expertise in the specific subject of the manuscript.
The journal publishes two issues per year, in June and December. Each volume corresponds to one calendar year.
KJKS publishes only original scholarly work and does not accept commissioned or third-party content.
Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board, and are based solely on academic merit, originality, methodological rigour, and relevance to the journal's scope.
The publisher supports the journal's production, dissemination, and preservation functions but does not influence editorial decisions or the peer review process.
Students, alumni and staff of The Korean Academy may submit manuscripts to the journal. Such manuscripts are handled by an independent editor with no connection to the author, who selects the reviewers and takes the decision alone. Acceptance remains subject to the outcome of peer review in every case — submission is not an entitlement to publication, and the connection to the publisher neither helps nor hinders a manuscript.
The journal adheres to internationally recognised standards of ethical scholarly publishing.
ISSN Registration
KJKS has not yet been assigned an ISSN. An ISSN can only be applied for once a serial publication has issued its first number, so the journal's application will be submitted after Volume 1, Issue 1 is published in December 2026.
No ISSN is displayed anywhere on this site until one has been formally assigned. An ISSN is an identifier and not a mark of quality, approval, indexing or peer-review status, and the journal will present it as such.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
The journal does not currently register DOIs, and is not a member of any DOI registration agency. An application for DOI registration will be made in future, once the ISSN has been assigned, as an ISSN is normally required before a journal title can be registered.
Until DOI registration is in place, each published article is identified by its volume, issue and page numbers together with a permanent article URL maintained by the publisher. DOIs will be assigned to articles published from that point onward, and the journal intends to register earlier articles retrospectively where possible.
Open Access
The KORA Journal of Korean Language & Studies (KJKS) is a fully open-access journal.
All published articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, without subscription or access fees. This ensures that research findings are accessible to the global scholarly community, language teachers, students, and the public.
Copyright Information
Copyright of published articles is held by The Korean Academy, the publisher of the journal.
Articles are made freely accessible to readers under the journal's open access policy, while copyright and publishing rights remain with the publisher in accordance with the journal's publishing agreement.
Publication is funded by an Article Processing Charge of ₹2,000 for authors in India and USD 30 for international authors, invoiced only after a manuscript has been accepted. There is no submission fee, nothing is payable while a manuscript is under review, and a manuscript that is rejected is never charged for. The charge meets the real cost of running the journal — editorial administration, copy-editing and proofreading, typesetting and PDF production, hosting and preservation — none of which is passed on to readers. Full details, including waivers and refunds, are on the Article Processing Charges page.
Open access supports knowledge dissemination, research visibility, and scholarly impact — and keeps the journal readable by the teachers and students whose work it publishes.
Archiving
Preservation Policy
KJKS is committed to the long-term preservation and accessibility of published research.
All published articles are stored and maintained through institutional and digital archiving systems managed by The Korean Academy to ensure permanent availability and accessibility independent of changes to journal management or hosting platforms.
This preservation strategy ensures that all digital assets remain safe, secure, and retrievable for future generations of scholars and researchers.