International Journal of Multilingualism

Aims & Scope

The aim of the International Journal of Multilingualism (IJM) is to foster, present and spread research focused on psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational aspects of multilingual acquisition and multilingualism.

The journal is interdisciplinary and seeks to go beyond bilingualism and second language acquisition by developing the understanding of the specific characteristics of acquiring, processing and using more than two languages.

The International Journal of Multilingualism (IJM) provides a forum wherein academics, researchers and practitioners may read and publish high-quality, original and state-of-the-art papers describing theoretical and empirical aspects that can contribute to advance our understanding of multilingualism.Topics of interest to IJM include, but are not limited to the following: early trilingualism, multilingual competence, foreign language learning within bilingual education, multilingual literacy, multilingual identity, metalinguistic awareness in multilinguals, multilingual representations in the mind or language use in multilingual communities.

The editors encourage the submission of high quality papers on these areas as well as on other topics relevant to the interest of the International Journal Multilingualism (IJM).

Reviews of important, up-to-date, relevant publications and proposals for special issues on relevant topics are also welcome.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.134

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	57

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3930

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	773

---

---

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

---

Subjects & Keywords

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

---

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.

• Linguistic Landscape as Symbolic Construction of the Public Space: The Case of Israel

  Citation: 445

  Authors: Eliezer, Elana, Muhammad, Nira

• Polylingual Languaging Around and Among Children and Adolescents

  Citation: 407

  Authors: J.Normann

• Metrolingualism: fixity, fluidity and language in flux

  Citation: 401

  Authors: Emi, Alastair

• Translanguaging and semiotic assemblages

  Citation: 352

  Authors: Alastair

• Linguistic Landscape and Minority Languages

  Citation: 327

  Authors: Jasone, Durk

• The Cumulative-Enhancement Model for Language Acquisition: Comparing Adults' and Children's Patterns of Development in First, Second and Third Language Acquisition of Relative Clauses

  Citation: 310

  Authors: Suzanne, Claire, Inna

• Beyond languages, beyond modalities: transforming the study of semiotic repertoires

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Annelies, Massimiliano, Ruth, Elina

• Teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism and a multilingual pedagogical approach

  Citation: 232

  Authors: Ã…sta

• Multilingualism in Tokyo: A Look into the Linguistic Landscape

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Peter

• Bangkok's Linguistic Landscapes: Environmental Print, Codemixing and Language Change

  Citation: 168

  Authors: Thom

---