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Journal of English for Academic Purposes is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.5), WoS AHCI/SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1475-1585Verify ISSN ↗1878-1497Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$3,730 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 39 / 1137 | 96th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 44 / 1221 | 96th | Q1 |
| Education | 205 / 1698 | 87th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.5.
Journal of English for Academic Purposes is Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 39 of 1137), Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 44 of 1221) and Q1 in Education (rank 205 of 1698), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of English for Academic Purposes is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.445, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 90.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,730 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of English for Academic Purposes is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1475-1585 and its online ISSN is 1878-1497.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of English for Academic Purposes has an h-index of 115 and a 2-year mean of 3.58 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #43 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Journal of English for Academic Purposes published 115 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 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (25.1%), Hong Kong SAR China (12.7%) and United Kingdom (12.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.3 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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