Aims & Scope

The growth of Applied Linguistics as a separate discipline is a success story of the 1950s.

The field has developed in many parts of the world and is clearly destined to continue developing well into the twenty-first century.

Being concerned with pragmatically motivated study of language in social and cultural settings, Applied Linguistics brings together work in a wide array of fields, including linguistics, literary studies, history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and economics.

The purpose of Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics is to contribute to the development of the field, reflect the breadth of work in Applied Linguistics, and enable readers to share in the exciting new developments that are taking place at the present time.

Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics (RALs) invites all Iranian and foreign linguists, applied linguists, and teaching practitioners to contribute to the journal by submitting papers under the following main headings: Applied Linguistics Literary Studies Translation Studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 0.9
2024 1.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.239

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q2

h-index

Year Value
2024 12

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 19078

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 81

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.


Subjects & Keywords

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


Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
0.9
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.239
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q2
First Published: 2024

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