Language Acquisition

Aims & Scope

Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics aims to be the premier journal in the fields of first and second language acquisition.

Research published in the journal addresses the theory of language and its development by considering theoretical, experimental and computational perspectives.

Coverage includes solutions to the logical problem of language acquisition, as it arises for particular grammatical proposals; the character of children's grammatical representations; from theory-driven studies of second language acquisition, language-impaired speakers, and other domains of cognition.

Types of articles the journal publishes include: i) full-length research articles, ii) brief research reports, which report originial empirical findings, major theoretical advances or crucial developments that warrant rapid communication to the developmental linguistics community; iii) review articles, which provide an original and synthetic perspective on a focused subarea of developmental linguistics; iv) dissertation synopses.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3
2024	1.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11948

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.481

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	32

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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.

• The Structural Sources of Verb Meanings

  Citation: 914

  Authors: Lila

• Children's Knowledge of Locality Conditions in Binding as Evidence for the Modularity of Syntax and Pragmatics

  Citation: 313

  Authors: Yu-Chin, Kenneth

• Some Notes on Linguistic Theory and Language Development: The Case of Root Infinitives

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Luigi

• Morphological Deficits in Children With Specific Language Impairment: The Status of Features in the Underlying Grammar

  Citation: 224

  Authors: Laurence B., M. Cristina, Umberta, Karla K., Letizia

• Article Semantics in L2 Acquisition: The Role of Specificity

  Citation: 221

  Authors: Tania, Heejeong, Kenneth

• Differential Object Marking in Child and Adult Spanish Heritage Speakers

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Silvina, Noelia

• A Developmental Investigation of Processing Costs in Implicature Production

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Nausicaa, Ira A., Guy, Anne

• SLI in Children: Movement, Economy, and Deficits in the Computational-Syntactic System

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Heather K.J.

• Feature Blindness: A Case Study

  Citation: 140

  Authors: M.

• Constraints on Parameter Setting: A Grammatical Analysis of Some Acquisition in Stages in German Child Language

  Citation: 139

  Authors: Harald

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