The aim of Zabanic is to publish, promote, and advance researchers’ achievements in the fields of lexicography, terminology, and translation, and to reflect an exchange of ideas and the emergence of new ones, drawing on the Iranian and indigenous research tradition. Zabanic focuses on the Persian language and other language varieties in Iran; however, high-quality articles on other languages will also be accepted for publication in this journal.

The peer-review period for manuscripts in this journal is 4 to 8 weeks. After a manuscript is accepted, a fee of 2,500,000 rials is charged for conducting the peer review. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, a fee of 15,000,000 rials is collected from the authors.

In order to safeguard research integrity, protect the rights of original authors, and maintain publication quality, the journal uses the Samim Noor similarity-checking software for Persian articles and iThenticate for English articles.

The journal’s open-access policy follows the principles of the BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative), meaning that the full text of published articles is made available on the journal’s website, and users can access and download the online version free of charge.