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ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL

ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL · Est. 2010

ISSN2229-9327eISSN2229-9327
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2016-09-01). 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 ↗
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.412
H-Indexi
48
Total Worksi
2,121
Total Citationsi
14,950
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.38
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Welcome to the Arab World English Journal (AWEJ). It is a refereed, double-blind, peer-reviewed international journal in which both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the evaluation process. AWEJ is an open-access electronic journal dedicated to scholars, researchers, educators, and professionals in the field of English language studies. We invite original and unpublished research papers. The journal is published quarterly (Four issues a year), and its issues are released in March, June, September, and December. The Journal welcomes original and unpublished research papers in the following topics but is not limited to Applied Linguistics, CALL, TESL, TEFL, Sociolinguistics, Language Learning and Teaching, Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Semiotics, Literacy, Computational Linguistics, Corpus linguistics, English Globalization Second Language Acquisition, Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment, Accountability issues. We also invite submissions that analyze the implementation of AI and English language Studies.

General Information

Country / Region
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2010
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,121
Publisher OrgArab World English Journal
OA Since2009
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind, peer-reviewed
OA LicenseCreative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 4.0)
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2229-9327 / 2229-9327
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind, peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
215
2.4k
2019
219
3.2k
2020
245
2k
2021
224
1.4k
2022
181
666
2023
163
625
2024
163
203
2025
128
21
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

Language & Linguistics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesSecond Language Acquisition and LearningEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentMultilingual Education and PolicyEnglish Language Learning and TeachingDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesOnline and Blended LearningInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Frequently asked questions about ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL

Is ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL a predatory journal?

ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2016-09-01). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL?

ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL 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 1.38.

Is ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL?

Welcome to the Arab World English Journal (AWEJ). It is a refereed, double-blind, peer-reviewed international journal in which both authors and reviewers remain anonymous throughout the evaluation process. AWEJ is an open-access electronic journal dedicated to scholars, researchers, educators, and professionals in the field of English language studies. We invite original and unpublished research papers. The journal is published quarterly (Four issues a year), and its issues are released in March, June, September, and December. The Journal welcomes original and unpublished research papers in th

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