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IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG · Germany · Est. 1963

ISSN1613-4141

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.068

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.413

Total Worksi

2,201

Total Citationsi

33,293

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,201

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1613-4141

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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

609

2019

105

2020

779

2021

610

2022

700

2023

555

2024

178

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

Education & Educational ResearchLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Acquisition and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingLegal case studies and regulationsHuman auditory perception and evaluationEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesLegal Cases and CommentaryFinancial Crisis of the 21st CenturyLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionMultilingual Education and Policy

Frequently asked questions about IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching

Is IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching: 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 IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching?

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching 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 2.94.

Is IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching?