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Language Assessment Quarterly

Routledge · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1543-4303eISSN1543-4311

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. 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

1.189

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.632

Total Worksi

651

Total Citationsi

16,335

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Language Assessment Quarterly is dedicated to the advancement of theory, research, and practice in first, second, and foreign language assessment for school, college, and university students, for employment, and for immigration and citizenship. It publishes original articles addressing theoretical issues, empirical research, and professional standards. The journal covers assessment from around the world at all instructional levels, including specific purposes, and issues of validity, reliability, fairness, access, accommodations, administration, and legal remedies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications651

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1543-4303 / 1543-4311

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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

948

2019

804

2020

467

2021

296

2022

340

2023

2024

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguisticsPsychology, Educational

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningStudent Assessment and FeedbackSecond Language Learning and TeachingMultilingual Education and PolicyEducational and Psychological AssessmentsSecond Language Acquisition and LearningPsychometric Methodologies and TestingInterpreting and Communication in HealthcareReading and Literacy DevelopmentDiscourse Analysis in Language Studies

Frequently asked questions about Language Assessment Quarterly

Is Language Assessment Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Language Assessment Quarterly: 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 Language Assessment Quarterly?

Language Assessment Quarterly 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.85.

Is Language Assessment Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language Assessment Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.