International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Applied Linguistics (InJAL) publishes articles that explore the relationship between expertise in linguistics, broadly defined, and the everyday experience of language.

Its scope is international in that it welcomes articles which show explicitly how local issues of language use or learning exemplify more global concerns.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6653

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	215

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.811

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	57

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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.

• Closing A Conceptual Gap: The Case For A Description Of English As A Lingua Franca

  Citation: 464

  Authors: Barbara

• Task‐based language teaching: sorting out the misunderstandings

  Citation: 395

  Authors: Rod

• Academic clusters: text patterning in published and postgraduate writing

  Citation: 208

  Authors: Ken

• Squaring the circles: issues in modeling English worldwide

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Paul

• Points of view and blind spots: ELF and SLA

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Jennifer

• Convivial communication: recontextualizing communicative competence

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Constant

• Lexical teddy bears and advanced learners: a study into the ways Norwegian students cope with English vocabulary

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Angela

• Elicited imitation:a brief overview

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Thora

• Who speaks “broken English”? US undergraduates’ perceptions of non‐native English¹

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Stephanie

• Toward an appropriate EIL pedagogy: re‐examining common ELT assumptions

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Sandra Lee

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