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Language Learning and Language Teaching

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2002

ISSN1569-9471

SJR Q2✓ 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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.191

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,180

Total Citationsi

28,243

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,180

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?

1569-9471

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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

530

2017

504

2018

129

2019

591

2020

2022

109

2023

2024

2025

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 LanguageQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingSecond Language Acquisition and LearningLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesMultilingual Education and PolicyDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLinguistic Variation and MorphologyWireless Body Area NetworksBluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Language Learning and Language Teaching

Is Language Learning and Language Teaching a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Language Learning and Language Teaching: 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 Language Learning and Language Teaching?

Language Learning and Language Teaching is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.191.

Is Language Learning and Language Teaching indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language Learning and Language Teaching is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Language Learning and Language Teaching?