Developing and producing an issue of the LDJ
The editors of each issue of the LDJ work to bring together a group of authors in a community of research and writing practices. Editors and authors collaborate for about 18 months in total, following an overall timeline that goes something like this:
| Year | Period | Who / Role | Collaborative process | |
| Year 1 | By end of July | Co-editors | Submit your proposal to <ldjournaljsg@gmail.com> | |
| Year 1 | August & September | Co-editors | Draft and develop a Call for Proposals/Contributions/ CfP/C (articles, interviews, book reviews, and so on) | |
| Year 1 | October to December | Co-editors | CfP/C sent out to various lists (co-editors may respond to inquiries and give feedback on draft proposals) | |
| Year 2 | January | Contributors | Submit proposals by a mid- or end-of-January deadline | |
| Year 2 | February | Co-editors | Review and select Notify contributors of acceptance | |
| Year 2 | March to April | Editors to contributors & Contributor to contributor | Form response communities, share proposals, questions, puzzles, outlines, plans, ideas | |
| Year 2 | End of April-May | Contributor to contributor | Complete first piece of writing (1500 words?) and get peer responses from within your response community | |
| Year 2 | June-August | Contributor to contributor & Editors to contributor | Complete second piece of writing (2000-3000 words?) (building on, re-working, and extending the first piece) and get peer responses and editor feedback Choose open peer review or blind peer review | |
| Year 2 | September-October | LDJ Review Network | Feedback (comments, questions, and responses) from LDJ Review Network members | |
| Years 2-3 | 15 Dec– 31 Jan | Contributor | Complete third piece of writing (full draft) | |
| Year 3 | Feb-March | Editors & JSG | Feedback from editors and the Journal Steering Group | |
| Year 3 | April-May | Contributors | Finalised drafts | |
| Year 3 | June-August | Contributors & editors | Finalisation of all texts, including abstracts and keywords (English and Japanese, plus another language) and author bios (English and Japanese, plus another language) | |
| Year 3 | September | Editors, JSG, Lay-out | Proofreading and final checks | |
| Year 3 | October | Editors, JSG, Lay-out | Publication |