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L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature

International Association for Research in L1 Education (ARLE) · Belgium · Est. 2001

ISSN1573-1731eISSN1573-1731

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.334

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.783

Total Worksi

578

Total Citationsi

4,031

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Literature and Literary Theory; Health Professions (miscellaneous); Linguistics and Language; Education; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionBelgium

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications578

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2019

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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?

International Association for Research in L1 Education (ARLE)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-1731 / 1573-1731

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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

456

2019

256

2020

179

2021

168

2022

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q2

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

EducationQ3

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Health Professions (miscellaneous)Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningReading and Literacy DevelopmentLiteracy, Media, and EducationWriting and Handwriting EducationSecond Language Learning and TeachingMultilingual Education and PolicyDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducator Training and Historical PedagogySecond Language Acquisition and Learning

Frequently asked questions about L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature

Is L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature: 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 L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature?

L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature 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 0.78.

Is L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature?