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Journal of Modern Languages

Universiti Malaya · Malaysia · Est. 1975

ISSN1675-526XeISSN2462-1986
DOAJOpen Access
H-Indexi
7
Total Worksi
154
Total Citationsi
288
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.18
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

About the Journal Founded in 1983 as Jurnal Bahasa Moden , the name of the journal was changed to the Journal of Modern Languages (JML) in 2003. JML is now an international peer-reviewed, open access journal published by Universiti Malaya in Malaysia. Aims and Scope: JML is devoted to publishing manuscripts that contribute to current understandings of issues in the field of language studies from various linguistic perspectives with a strong commitment to scholarship on Indigenous and minority languages. Fees: JML does not impose any submission or publication fee. Open Access Policy: The Journal of Modern Languages is an open access journal. This means that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as the source is properly cited. Licensing : All the articles published in JML are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License ( CC BY-NC 4.0 ). Online ISSN: 2462-1986 Print ISSN: 1675-526X Publisher: Universiti Malaya Publication Type: Online Publication Schedule: From 2020, JML publishes two issues per year in June and December. Indexing and Archiving: JML is indexed in the Malaysian Citation Index (MyCite), Google Scholar, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography and EBSCO. It is archived and preserved through Universiti Malaya's journal database https://ejournal.um.edu.my/.

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1975
FrequencyBiannual
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications154
OA Since2016
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Universiti Malaya
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1675-526X / 2462-1986
Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
5
12
2019
21
195
2020
16
24
2021
17
28
2022
17
8
2023
16
7
2024
18
2
2025
8
0
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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicyEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingLinguistic Variation and MorphologyDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesTranslation Studies and PracticesSecond Language Acquisition and LearningLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesPostcolonial and Cultural Literary StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Modern Languages

Is Journal of Modern Languages a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Modern Languages: it is indexed in DOAJ, 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 Journal of Modern Languages?

Journal of Modern Languages is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.18.

Is Journal of Modern Languages indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Modern Languages is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Modern Languages?

About the Journal Founded in 1983 as Jurnal Bahasa Moden , the name of the journal was changed to the Journal of Modern Languages (JML) in 2003. JML is now an international peer-reviewed, open access journal published by Universiti Malaya in Malaysia. Aims and Scope: JML is devoted to publishing manuscripts that contribute to current understandings of issues in the field of language studies from various linguistic perspectives with a strong commitment to scholarship on Indigenous and minority languages. Fees: JML does not impose any submission or publication fee. Open Access Policy: The Journa

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Data updated: 2026-05-26 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref