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ELT Journal

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1946

ISSN1477-4526

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 6.3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.676

H-Indexi

158

CiteScorei

6.3

SNIPi

1.903

Total Worksi

6,144

Total Citationsi

110,285

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1946

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,144

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-4526

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

1.5k

2020

1.7k

2021

561

2022

794

2023

501

2024

152

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

EducationQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchLanguage & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingMultilingual Education and PolicyHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational and Psychological AssessmentsSecond Language Acquisition and LearningEducational Reforms and InnovationsTranslation Studies and PracticesLinguistic Variation and Morphology

Frequently asked questions about ELT Journal

Is ELT Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ELT Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ELT Journal?

ELT Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 6.3.

Is ELT Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ELT Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ELT Journal?