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Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9.7), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Adam Mickiewicz University.
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Publisher: Adam Mickiewicz University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 21 / 1137 | 98th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 24 / 1221 | 98th | Q1 |
| Education | 79 / 1698 | 95th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.7.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching is Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 21 of 1137), Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 24 of 1221) and Q1 in Education (rank 79 of 1698), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 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 9.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.229, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 40.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching is published by Adam Mickiewicz University. Its print ISSN is 2083-5205 and its online ISSN is 2084-1965.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 7.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching published 39 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 39. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (18.9%), China (16.3%) and Hong Kong SAR China (8%).
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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