Chinese as a Second Language Research

Aims & Scope

Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR) focuses on research on the acquisition, development, and use of Chinese as a Second Language.

It supports scholars and researchers from different linguistic fields, and serves as a forum to discuss, investigate, and better understand Chinese as a Second Language.

Each issue (2 per year) of the journal publishes three papers in Chinese and three papers in English; summaries are always provided both in Chinese and English.

We are especially interested in publishing articles and research papers that investigate how empirical findings of CSL research can advance and develop better Chinese language teaching methodologies, explore the implications of CSL research for theoretical developments and practical applications, focus on the acquisition and use of varieties of CSL, study the nature of interaction between native speakers and non-native speakers of Chinese, address major issues of second language acquisition from the perspective of CSL, analyze the ways in which language is both shaped by culture and is the medium through which culture is created.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22760

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	12

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.175

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	6

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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

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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.

• Production of formulaic expressions in L2 Chinese: A developmental investigation in a study abroad context

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Naoko, Shuai, Feng

• When in China, do as the Chinese do? Learning compliment responding in a study abroad program

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Li

• L2 acquisition of Mandarin zai and -le

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Xiner, Yasuhiro

• A measure of Chinese language learning anxiety: Scale development and preliminary validation

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Han

• The perception of Mandarin lexical tones by listeners from different linguistic backgrounds

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Kimiko, Hui Ling, Nan Xu

• The gap between the perception and production of tones by American learners of Mandarin – An intralingual perspective

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Bei

• Pragmatic competence of heritage learners of Chinese and its relationship to social contact

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Naoko, Haomin, Qiong

• An exploratory study on the role of foreign language aptitudes in instructed pragmatics learning in L2 Chinese

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Shuai

• Epistemic stance in Chinese heritage language writing – A developmental view

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Yang, Ka F.

• Teaching Chinese as a foreign language: A classroom study on the timing of grammar around a task

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Melissa, Marcela López

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