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Trends in Language Acquisition Research

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2001

ISSN1569-0644

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.87

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

631

Total Citationsi

7,492

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Cultural Studies; Education; Linguistics and Language; Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications631

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1569-0644

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2017

538

2018

278

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

CommunicationQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

EducationQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyCultural StudiesCommunicationLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language Development and DisordersSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationReading and Literacy DevelopmentLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionMultilingual Education and PolicyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningHearing Impairment and Communication

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Language Acquisition Research

Is Trends in Language Acquisition Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trends in Language Acquisition Research: it is indexed in 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 Trends in Language Acquisition Research?

Trends in Language Acquisition Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.87.

Is Trends in Language Acquisition Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trends in Language Acquisition Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Trends in Language Acquisition Research?