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First Language

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1740-2344

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.83

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.912

Total Worksi

1,545

Total Citationsi

30,040

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Psychology, Development; Education; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyThree No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,545

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-2344

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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

1.2k

2019

572

2020

214

2021

506

2022

225

2023

133

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.

EducationQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguisticsPsychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language Development and DisordersReading and Literacy DevelopmentChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesHearing Impairment and CommunicationMultilingual Education and PolicyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Frequently asked questions about First Language

Is First Language a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for First Language: 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 First Language?

First Language 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 1.34.

Is First Language indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

First Language is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of First Language?