English for Specific Purposes

Aims & Scope

English For Specific Purposes is an international peer-reviewed journal that welcomes submissions from across the world.

Authors are encouraged to submit articles and research/discussion notes on topics relevant to the teaching and learning of discourse for specific communities: academic, occupational, or otherwise specialized.

Topics such as the following may be treated from the perspective of English for specific purposes: second language acquisition in specialized contexts, needs assessment, curriculum development and evaluation, materials preparation, discourse analysis, descriptions of specialized varieties of English, teaching and testing techniques, the effectiveness of various approaches to language learning and language teaching, and the training or retraining of teachers for the teaching of ESP.

In addition, the journal welcomes articles and discussions that identify aspects of ESP needing development, areas into which the practice of ESP may be expanded, possible means of cooperation between ESP programs and learners' professional or vocational interests, and implications that findings from related disciplines can have for the profession of ESP.

The journal also carries reviews of scholarly books on topics of interest to the profession.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.097

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	98

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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.

• As can be seen: Lexical bundles and disciplinary variation

  Citation: 528

  Authors: Ken

• Lexical bundles in published and student disciplinary writing: Examples from history and biology

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Viviana

• Humble servants of the discipline? Self-mention in research articles

  Citation: 348

  Authors: Ken

• Lexical bundles in university spoken and written registers

  Citation: 323

  Authors: Douglas, Federica

• Hedges and textual communicative function in medical English written discourse

  Citation: 263

  Authors: Françoise

• The medical research paper: Structure and functions

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Kevin Ngozi

• Rhetorical structure of biochemistry research articles

  Citation: 241

  Authors: Budsaba

• Introductions in research articles: variations across disciplines

  Citation: 240

  Authors: B.

• Meeting the challenges of English-medium higher education: The first-year experience in Hong Kong

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Stephen, Bruce

• Specificity revisited: how far should we go now?

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Ken

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