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Journal of Second Language Writing is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.1), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 1060-3743Verify ISSN ↗1873-1422Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,830 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 28 / 1137 | 97th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 33 / 1221 | 97th | Q1 |
| Education | 128 / 1698 | 92nd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.1.
Journal of Second Language Writing is Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 28 of 1137), Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 33 of 1221) and Q1 in Education (rank 128 of 1698), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Second Language Writing is indexed in the 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 8.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 97th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.319, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 121.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,830 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 Second Language Writing is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1060-3743 and its online ISSN is 1873-1422.
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 Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Second Language Writing has an h-index of 152 and a 2-year mean of 6.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Journal of Second Language Writing published 80 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 93. 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (28.9%), China (23.8%) and United Kingdom (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.7 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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