About the Journal

Journal “KazNU Bulletin. Philology Series” was founded in 1992. The founder and publisher of the journal is  Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and it is published 4 times a year. The journal has an official website. The editorial board includes leading Kazakhstani and foreign scientists. The publications are available in full text in three languages.

The journal "KazNU Herald. Philology Series" adheres to high peer-review standards, strict editorial requirements, and a strong commitment to open access to knowledge, ensuring the accessibility and integrity of published research. All journal articles are registered in the CrossRef database, and each published work is assigned a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), ensuring correct citation, referencing, and access to electronic versions of publications.

Initial review: approximately 2 weeks from article acceptance.

Review policy: double-blind review.

Average review time: 8-14 weeks.

Acceptance rate: 20%.

Indexing and Participation

  • CrossRef
  • Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
  • Science and Higher Education Quality Assurance Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (SHEQAC MSHE RK)
  • JSC National Center of Science and Technological Evaluation (NCSTE)
  • Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI)
  • CiteFactor
  • WorldCat
  • EBSCO
  • ROAD

Goals and objectives of the journal

The journal is aimed at highlighting modern achievements of philological sciences and the development of scientific professional dialogue. It publishes original scientific and applied research in the field of humanities, materials on innovations in education, theory and practice of language, literature and translation.

Thematic areas of the journal

Linguistics (general, applied, socio-, psycho-, computational linguistics), languages of the world, comparative studies, theory and practice of translation, literary studies, textual criticism, methods of teaching philological disciplines, innovative educational technologies, intercultural communication.

Open Access and Publication Fees

The journal provides open access to all published materials. The article publication fee is 60,000 tenge. In exceptional cases, authors may be fully or partially exempt from the fee if alternative funding sources are available.