Journal Information
Diksi: Jurnal Ilmiah Bahasa, Sastra, dan Pengajarannya is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original research-based and conceptual articles on languages, literature, and their teaching. It provides a forum for scholars, teachers, and practitioners in Indonesia and beyond to share research that advances linguistic and literary scholarship and the teaching of language and literature.
The journal was first published in January 1993 by Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta and is managed by the Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Culture. It is accredited SINTA 2 by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (Decree No. 79/E/KPT/2023, valid 2022–2026).
Aims
- To disseminate high-quality research and conceptual thinking on languages, literature, and their teaching.
- To bring research from Indonesia and the region into dialogue with international scholarship.
- To connect research with the practice of language and literature education in schools, universities, and communities.
- To provide an open, rigorous, and ethical forum for researchers, lecturers, and teachers.
Focus and Scope
The journal welcomes contributions on topics including, but not limited to:
- Languages: linguistics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, translation, and regional languages.
- Literature: literary criticism and theory, literary history, comparative literature, oral and regional literature, children’s literature, and literature in digital media.
- Teaching: language and literature education, curriculum and materials, assessment, teacher education, and technology in language learning.
Article Types
- Research articles: reports of original empirical research (case studies, text- or corpus-based studies, literary studies, and classroom or educational research).
- Conceptual articles: theoretical arguments or critical syntheses grounded in current literature.
All manuscripts must be written in English and prepared with the journal’s templates (see the Author Guidelines).












