About LD&C

What is LD&C?

Established in 2007, Language Documentation & Conservation (LD&C) (ISSN 1934-5275) is a free, double-blind peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center and published exclusively in electronic form by the University of Hawai‘i Press. LD&C is indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ERIC, Open Science Press, and Scopus. Additional information is available at Scimago or Resurchify. LD&C is also listed as a green OA journal by Sherpa Romeo and is a member of the Free Journal Network. There is no charge to authors to publish in LD&C. 
 
LD&C publishes original research on all topics related to language documentation and conservation, including, but not limited to: the goals of language documentation, speech community collaboration, data management, fieldwork methods and methodologies, ethical issues, orthography design, reference grammar design, lexicography, ethnolinguistic vitality assessment, archiving, language planning, areal survey reports, short field reports, as well as issues related to language maintenance, preservation, revitalization, and reclamation. The journal also publishes book and technology reviews.
 
LD&C employs a “publish upon acceptance” system, taking advantage of our online status to publish articles as they become ready for publication after review and editing processes. LD&C is exclusively dedicated to serving the needs of linguists and language activists engaged in the essential work of documenting, describing, revitalizing, and reclaiming space for languages that may be shifting out of regular use due to pressures from more dominant languages. Articles are archived electronically by the ScholarSpace system of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library. 
 
More information on the history of and need for the journal may be found here and here. Our annual reports, which provide detailed statistics about the journal on a yearly basis, can be found here. Our Ethics & Malpractice Statement can be found here.

Our editors

Editor-in-Chief

Racquel-María Sapién, University of Oklahoma, USA

Associate Editors

Bradley McDonnell (LD&C), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla (Kanaka Hawaiʻi ) (ILR&R), University of British Columbia, Canada

Assistant Editor

Shannon Bischoff (ILR&R), Purdue University, USA

Copy Editor

Cole Flottman, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Web Production Editor

Cedar Lay, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Our editorial board

Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA

Lyle Campbell
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA

Emiliana Cruz
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Unidad Regional Ciudad de México

Nicholas Evans
Australian National University, Australia

Bruna Franchetto
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Tom Güldemann
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Birgit Hellwig
University of Cologne, Germany

Keita Kurabe
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan

Hsiu-chuan Liao,
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Ulrike Mosel
Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Claire Moyse-Faurie
LACITO, CNRS, France

Toshihide Nakayama
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan

Kenneth L. Rehg
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Keren D. Rice
University of Toronto, Canada

Nick Thieberger
University of Melbourne (Australia)

Anthony Woodbury
University of Texas at Austin, USA

Our past editors

Editor

Kenneth L. Rehg, 2007-2011 (Founding Editor), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Nick Thieberger, 2012-2021, University of Melbourne, Australia

Associate Editor

Dagmar Jung, 2012-2013, University of Cologne, Germany

Book Review Editor

Yuko Otsuka, 2007-2017, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA / Sophia University, Japan

Copy Editors

Albert J. Schütz, 2007-2010, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Laura Berbusse, 2010, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Rebecca Clifford, 2010-2012, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
John Van Way, 2011-2012, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Matthew Magnuson, 2011-2013, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Catherine Lee, 2013-2015, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Elizabeth Nielsen, 2015, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa USA
Anna Belew, 2016-2018, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa USA
Katherine Strong, 2019-2020,University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Blaine T. Billings, 2020-2021, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Rui Yamawaki, 2021-2024, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Associate Copy Editors

Laurie Durand, 2008-2009, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Emerson Odango, 2010-2013, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Katie Jepson, 2014-2015, University of Melbourne, Australia
Maria R. Tartaglia, 2015-2018
Claudia Soria, Michael Rießler 2018-2023

Spanish Copy Editors

Lilián Guerrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Associate Web Production Editors

Jill Vaughan, 2014-2015, University of Melbourne, Australia

Managing Editors

Akiemi S. Glenn, 2007-2009, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Kaori Ueki, 2010, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Web Production Editors

Jun Nomura, 2007-2009, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Kaori Ueki, 2010, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Katie L. Butler, 2010-2013, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Bradley Rentz, 2014-2017, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Ashleigh Surma, 2018-2021, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Associate Book Review Editors

Emerson Odango, 2010-2013, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Technology Review Editor

Nicholas Thieberger, 2007-2011, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Andrea L. Berez, 2012-2015, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Associate Technology Review Editors

Ryan Bungard, 2010, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA

Past members of the Editorial Board

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, 2007-2011, James Cook University, Australia
Byron W. Bender, 2007-2011, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Robert A. Blust, 2007-2011, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA
Ritsuko Kikusawa, 2007-2011, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, 2007-2011, University of Hyderabad, India
Andrew K. Pawley, 2007-2011, Australian National University, Australia
Kenneth Sumbuk, 2007-2011, University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Joseph E. Grimes, 2007-2012, Cornell University, USA; University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA; SIL International
Paul Newman, 2007-2012, Indiana University, USA
Norvin Richards, 2007-2013, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Arienne M. Dwyer, 2007-2013, University of Kansas, USA
Margaret Florey, 2007-2017, Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity
Graham Thurgood, 2007-2017, California State University, Chico, USA
Alexander Vovin, 2007-2017, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France
Carol Genetti, 2007-2019,University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Michael E. Krauss, 2007-2019, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA
John Lynch, 2007-2020, University of the South Pacific, Vanuatu
Luisa Maffi, 2007-2023, Terralingua, Canada
Linda Barwick, 2007-2023, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney, Australia
Spike Gildea, 2007-2023, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
Nikolaus Himmelmann, 2007-2023, Universität zu Köln, Germany
Larry Kimura, 2007-2023, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, USA
Stefan Georg, 2012-2017, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn