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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.
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ISSN 2345-3303Verify ISSN ↗2588-3887Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 300 / 1137 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Linguistics and Language | 357 / 1221 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.4.
Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics is Q2 in Language and Linguistics (rank 300 of 1137) and Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 357 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics 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 1.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.328, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 13.
Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics is published by Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Its print ISSN is 2345-3303 and its online ISSN is 2588-3887.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #894 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics published 1 papers in 2023; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 155. 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 10 research articles (2021), authors are most often from Iran (70%), Australia (15%) and United Kingdom (10%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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