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Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2021

ISSN2772-7661eISSN2772-7661

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

2.794

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

307

Total Citationsi

4,658

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 83 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications307

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2772-7661 / 2772-7661

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

2021

3.4k

2022

1.4k

2023

720

2024

116

426

2025

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

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Acquisition and LearningDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesNatural Language Processing TechniquesSecond Language Learning and TeachingLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesMultilingual Education and PolicyTopic ModelingText Readability and SimplificationSpeech and dialogue systems

Frequently asked questions about Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

Is Research Methods in Applied Linguistics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics?

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 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 3.56.

Is Research Methods in Applied Linguistics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Research Methods in Applied Linguistics?