Overview


Aim: 

The International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders (IJLCD) aims to drive forward advanced knowledge and practice about the speech, language, communication, eating, and swallowing differences and difficulties faced by individuals across the lifespan.

Scope:

Submissions to the IJLCD must have specific relevance to speech and language therapy/pathology.

Submissions may explore questions around, for example: aetiology, assessment, screening and diagnosis; intervention and its outcomes; evidence-based service provision for those with communication and/or swallowing disorders; the speech and language therapy workforce, including training and education of Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and emerging roles for SLTs; the SLT profession; and issues of equity/equality, diversity, and inclusion related to SLT.

Conditions of interest to IJCLD include: aphasia, apraxia of speech, dysarthria, cognitive communication difficulties, communication disorders associated with other conditions, intellectual disability, augmentative and alternative communication, craniofacial disorders, developmental language disorder and language disorder associated with biomedical conditions, child speech sound disorder, stuttering/fluency disorders, dysphagia, other difficulties with eating, drinking and swallowing, and voice disorders. Where the application to speech and language therapy/pathology is clear, submissions considering written language and literacy may be considered.

Submissions for speech and language therapy-related quantitative and qualitative research, literature syntheses, and quality improvement (QI) work must all adhere to appropriate reporting guidelines. QI work must focus on applying evidence to practice rather than solely on process changes. Many reporting guidelines can be found in the EQUATOR network site, or equivalent, which aim to enhance the quality and transparency of reporting on health research: https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/ . See the author guidelines for specific information on the types of submissions accepted, and specific guidelines to be completed for each.

Research using single case study methodology is not routinely accepted and, at a minimum, must adhere to standards for single-subject experimental design.

Papers submitted by authors may be stand-alone papers or invited as part of a special issue/collection supported by the journal.


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