International Journal of Learner Corpus Research

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Learner Corpus Research (IJLCR) is a forum for researchers who collect, annotate, and analyse computer learner corpora and/or use them to investigate topics in Second Language Acquisition and linguistic theory in general, inform foreign language teaching, develop learner-corpus-informed tools (e.g. courseware, proficiency tests, dictionaries and grammars) or conduct natural language processing tasks (e.g. annotation, automatic spell- and grammar-checking, L1 identification).

IJLCR aims to highlight the multidisciplinary and broad scope of practice that characterizes the field and publishes original research covering methodological, theoretical and applied work in any area of learner corpus research.

IJLCR features research articles, review articles, replication studies, corpus reports, materials & methods reports, software reports, shared task reports, position papers and reviews of books, corpora and software tools.

The language of the journal is English.

The journal will occasionally publish special issues (for details please contact the general editors).

All contributions are peer-reviewed.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.732

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7654

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	65

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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.

• Contrastive interlanguage analysis

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Sylviane

• Quantitative research methods and study quality in learner corpus research

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Magali, Luke

• The importance of task variability in the design of learner corpora for SLA research

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Nicole, Florence

• Exploring big educational learner corpora for SLA research

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Theodora, Jeroen, Anna, Detmar

• EFL and/vs. ESL?

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Stefan Th., Sandra C.

• A phrase-frame approach to investigating phraseology in learner writing across proficiency levels

  Citation: 30

  Authors: James R.

• Exploring the longitudinal development of grammatical complexity in the disciplinary writing of L2-English university students

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Douglas, Randi, Shelley, Jesse

• The Trinity Lancaster Corpus

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Dana, Vaclav, Tony

• Applying phraseological complexity measures to L2 French

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Nathan, Alex, Magali

• Learner Corpus Research

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Marcus, Magali

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