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Journal of Language Teaching and Research

Academy Publication · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1798-4769

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2015-11-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.367

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.548

Total Worksi

2,763

Total Citationsi

21,178

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics and Language; Literature and Literary Theory; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 207 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,763

Publisher OrgAcademy Publication

OA Since2016

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academy Publication

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1798-4769

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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

175

1.3k

2019

109

619

2020

122

492

2021

153

854

2022

225

691

2023

180

464

2024

216

146

2025

144

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

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingSecond Language Acquisition and LearningDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesMultilingual Education and PolicyLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionTranslation Studies and PracticesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEnglish Language Learning and Teaching

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Language Teaching and Research

Is Journal of Language Teaching and Research a predatory journal?

Journal of Language Teaching and Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2015-11-13). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Language Teaching and Research?

Journal of Language Teaching and Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.367.

Is Journal of Language Teaching and Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Language Teaching and Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Language Teaching and Research?