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Journal of Language and Education

National Research University Higher School of Economics · Russian Federation · Est. 2014

ISSN2411-7390eISSN2411-7390
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
50
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS ESCI+10
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total50
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.386
H-Index
21
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.748
Total Works
582
Total Citations
2,882
2yr Mean Citedness
1.44
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Aims & Scope

Journal of Language and Education (JLE) is a high-quality open access peer-reviewed international journal published quarterly by the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. JLE provides a platform for researchers, academicians, professionals, and practitioners to impart and share knowledge in the form of high quality empirical and theoretical research papers, pilot studies, opinion papers and reviews (scoping / systematical reviews, meta-analysis and book reviews). The journal provides an international source of peer-reviewed information on scholarly communication at large, with language- and education-related issues in closeup covering niches and issues such as academic and scholarly writing, writing for publishing, science editing, canonical patterns and non-standard irregularities of scholarly and academic texts, English as an Additional Language (EAL), English as lingua franca and multilingualism, literacy brokerage, journal writing conventions, structural and thesis-driven aspects of scholarly writing, research readability, self-awareness of writing confidence, publishing norms, fostering academic writing skills, writing-enriched university curricula, moves and steps theory and practice in scholarly writing, rhetoric schemas. The Education section coverage include such topics as changing universities and their missions, university graduates’ employability skills, soft skills, education reframing, innovative models of teaching and progressive learning technologies (flipped class, mixed learning, deep active learning, etc.), virtual education and MOOCs, gamification and game-based curricula, redefining of quality of tertiary education and international rankings, mobility and autonomy in higher education. The list is certain to be regularly updated as the educational settings are prone to fast and constant change.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
18
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2014
Frequency4 issues per year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications582
Publisher OrgNational Research University – Higher School of Economics
Region🌍 Global South
OA Since2014
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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~18 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/12 · 75%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2411-7390 / 2411-7390
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1
EducationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesSecond Language Acquisition and LearningLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionLanguage, Communication, and Linguistic StudiesTechnology-Enhanced Education StudiesMultilingual Education and PolicyEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentDiscourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref