About the Journal

Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions publishes research papers, notes and documents, reviews, etc. in the fields of dialectology, sociolinguistics and other linguistic disciplines pertaining to spoken language as well as ethnology, folklore research and cultural history. Research papers are peer reviewed by at least two experts in the field.

The journal was founded in 1878 by J A Lundell and it is one of Sweden’s oldest in the fields of linguistics and folk culture. Today, it is published by the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture in collaboration with the Institute for Language and Folklore and the Folklife Archives with the Scania Music Collections at Lund University.

Aims & Scope

Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions aims to be a leading Nordic journal in the fields of dialectology, sociolinguistics, ethnology, folklore research and cultural history. The dual fields of interest of the journal – linguistics and ethnology – can be traced back to a time when these fields were more integrated with one another than they are today. It makes the journal a forum especially apt for interdisciplinary research.

The journal was founded in 1878 by J A Lundell. Early on, it was tied to the student societies for local and regional heritage studies, in particular dialect studies at the universities of Uppsala, Lund and Helsinki. When the activities and collections of these student associations were taken over by state-supported dialect and tradition archives, Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions became closely tied to the archives and the official documentation of and research into dialects and folk culture in Sweden.

Since 1997, Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions has been published by The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.

Since its 2016 issue, the journal has been published in collaboration with the Institute for Language and Folklore. In 2021, a collaboration was initiated with the Folklife Archives with the Scania Music Collections at Lund University. The journal remains closely tied to the tradition archives.

Readership

Researchers, teachers and students of Scandinavian languages, Swedish, ethnology, folklore research, cultural history and other fields in the humanities.

Peer Review

All submitted manuscripts are first assessed by one or more editors who determine if the manuscript is suitable to be sent for peer review.

Manuscripts deemed suitable for further review are sent to two or more experts who are tasked with highlighting the manuscript's general and specific merits and shortcomings.

The journal uses a double-blind review procedure before acceptance/rejection of manuscripts, which means that authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the review process. Therefore, remember to anonymize your manuscript before submitting it.

Based on the review, the editor then compiles a recommendation to

a) accept the manuscript for publication,

b) ask the author to revise the manuscript, or

c) reject the manuscript.

The overall publishing responsibility lies with the journal's editor-in-chief, who has three co-editors and a qualified editorial board to support various issues regarding the publication of individual manuscripts, the development of the journal, etc. Research articles and debate articles are externally peer-reviewed, but notices, documents, and reviews are reviewed by the editorial staff without external peer review.

Manuscript authors who are affiliated with the journal will be removed from all editorial tasks for that article, and the author's affiliation with the journal will be disclosed in the article upon publication.

The journal accepts manuscripts that have previously been uploaded as preliminary versions on personal websites, presented at conferences, or made available through other informal communication channels. However, authors must hold the copyright to the text in question. Authors are also encouraged to provide links to previous versions of the article in the final version published in the journal.

Simultaneous publication in Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions and another journal is not allowed. It is also not allowed to submit manuscripts in which the text is substantially identical to that of an already published work and that lack proper reference to the previous work.

Publication Fees

Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions does not charge any author or publication fees.

Publication Frequency

Swedish Dialects and Folk Traditions publishes one issue per year.