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Issues in Language Studies

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak · Malaysia · Est. 2012

ISSN2180-2726

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-10-01). 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 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.156

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.448

Total Worksi

246

Total Citationsi

528

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes articles on teaching, learning and the study of languages covering areas of linguistics, applied linguistics, language education, technology-mediated language learning, and other related areas. It offers a forum for the discussion of local issues that are of global concern.

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish, Bahasa Melayu

1st Year Published2012

Frequencybiannually

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications246

Publisher OrgUniversity Malaysia Sarawak

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

OA LicenseNon-commercial use and distribution in any medium is permitted, provided the author and the journal are properly credited.

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2180-2726

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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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, Bahasa Melayu

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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

CommunicationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSecond Language Acquisition and LearningEducation and Islamic StudiesEnglish Language Learning and TeachingMultilingual Education and PolicyDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesEducational Methods and TechnologySecond Language Learning and TeachingSwearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

Frequently asked questions about Issues in Language Studies

Is Issues in Language Studies a predatory journal?

Issues in Language Studies was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-10-01). 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 Issues in Language Studies?

Issues in Language Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.156.

Is Issues in Language Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Issues in Language Studies is indexed in Scopus.