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International Journal of TESOL Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by International Tesol Union Co., Ltd.
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ISSN 2632-6779Verify ISSN ↗2633-6898Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Tesol Union Co., Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | 12 / 1186 | 99th | Q1 |
| Language and Linguistics | 177 / 1137 | 84th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 207 / 1221 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Education | 713 / 1698 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.7.
International Journal of TESOL Studies is Q1 in Literature and Literary Theory (rank 12 of 1186), Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 177 of 1137) and Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 207 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of TESOL Studies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.451, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 8.
International Journal of TESOL Studies is published by International Tesol Union Co., Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2632-6779 and its online ISSN is 2633-6898.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of TESOL Studies has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 3.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 1,079 Scopus journals in Literature and Literary Theory.
International Journal of TESOL Studies published 66 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 35 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (14.3%), New Zealand (11.4%) and Thailand (8.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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