Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

Aims & Scope

The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (AJLL), the research journal of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association, is produced three times a year.

It is directed at Australian and overseas audiences whose research interests range from early childhood to adult literacy education, English as an additional language, Indigenous education and learners with diverse language and literacy needs.

AJLL is abstracted and indexed with Elsevier.

The current acceptance rate for AJLL is approximately 20%.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14687

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	105

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.366

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Multimodal literacy: What does it mean for classroom practice?

  Citation: 190

  Authors: Maureen

• The role of touch in preschool children’s learning using iPad versus paper interaction

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Lucrezia, Carey, Sara

• A grammatics ‘good enough’ for school English in the 21st century: Four challenges in realising the potential

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Mary, Kristina, Len

• Systems-based literacy practices: Digital games research, gameplay and design

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Christopher

• Talk, text, and knowledge in cumulative, integrated learning: A response to ‘intellectual challenge’

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Peter, Karl, J. R.

• Keep taking the tablets: iPads, story apps and early literacy

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Guy

• Exploring linguistic repertoires: Multiple language use and multimodal literacy activity in five classrooms

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Jacqueline

• Touch: A resource for making meaning

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Jeff, Gunther

• Place literacies

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Margaret

• Touching the virtual, touching the real: iPads and enabling literacy for students experiencing disability

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Rosie, Natalia, David

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