CELJ booth of member-editor journals at the 2020 MLA Convention in Seattle, WA

About Our Organization

The Council of Editors of Learned Journals, an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association (MLA), is an organization of editors of scholarly journals in all disciplines. As the major national organization in the United States dedicated to supporting academic journal publishing, our membership represents an invaluable collective wellhead of editorial wisdom and experience. Making this expertise available to new and veteran editors alike for sharing common editorial concerns and advice is one of our major purposes. Membership is open to all editors and alumni editors involved in scholarly publication in the U.S. and internationally upon payment of annual dues.

CELJ Affiliates’ Resources

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    Modern Language Association

    CELJ is an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association. This free affiliation provides us with several guaranteed sessions under CELJ’s name at the annual convention.

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    Library Publishing Coalition

    CELJ is a Strategic Affiliate of the LPC. This free affiliation provides us with cross-distribution of information between CELJ and LPC listservs and select discounts on the annual Library Publishing Forum convention.

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    C4DISC

    CELJ has adopted the C4DISC (Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication) Joint Statement of Principles for diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarly publishing.

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    Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices


    CELJ is a signatory on the guidelines set forth in the independently authored “Anti-Racist Scholarly Reviewing Practices: A Heuristic for Editors, Reviewers, and Authors.”