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Teaching English Language

Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI) · Iran · Est. 2007

ISSN2538-5488eISSN2538-547X
SJR Q2Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.268
H-Indexi
10
SNIPi
0.417

Aims & Scope

Journal of Teaching English Language (TEL), formerly known as TELL, owned and published by Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI), is adouble blind,peer reviewed, andopen access(all content is freely available without charge to the users) international journal of applied linguistics. TEL Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0,CC-BY-NCInternational License. The journal was launched in June 2007.TEL, published biannually in both print and electronic formats, provides a forum devoted to the study of all issues of teaching and learning English as a foreign/second language.TELpublishes empirical articles of comparative or methodological interest to both scholars and teachers as well as students in applied linguistics and related disciplines, but not confined to, teaching and learning language skills and components, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse and pragmatics, EAP/ESP, assessment and evaluation, psychology of language education, CALL/MALL/RALL, etc. It encourages approaches to the study of language with methodological innovations.TELaims to boost interdisciplinary cooperation among researchers interested in language and education by publishing high quality works which speak to a wide range of audience.TELconsistently publishes articles that are scientifically sound and relevant to an international academic or professional audience in the field. Thus,TELinvites all Iranian and foreign linguists, applied linguists, and teaching practitioners to contribute to the journal by submitting manuscripts onApplied Linguistics.

General Information

Country / RegionIran
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2007
FrequencySemiannual
StatusActive
Total Publications
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2538-5488 / 2538-547X
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
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)?
DOAJ verified
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
0
2007
1
39
2008
1
6
2009

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 LanguageQ2
EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageEducation

Frequently asked questions about Teaching English Language

Is Teaching English Language a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Teaching English Language: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Teaching English Language?

Teaching English Language is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.268.

Is Teaching English Language indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Teaching English Language is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Teaching English Language?

Journal of Teaching English Language (TEL), formerly known as TELL, owned and published by Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI), is adouble blind,peer reviewed, andopen access(all content is freely available without charge to the users) international journal of applied linguistics. TEL Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0,CC-BY-NCInternational License. The journal was launched in June 2007.TEL, published biannually in both print and electronic formats, provides a forum devoted to the study of all issues of teaching and learning

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref