Language and Intercultural Communication

Aims & Scope

Language & Intercultural Communication promotes an interdisciplinary understanding of the interplay between language and intercultural communication.

It therefore welcomes research into intercultural communication, particularly where it explores the importance of linguistic aspects; and research into language, especially the learning of foreign languages, where it explores the importance of intercultural perspectives.

The journal is alert to the implications for education, especially higher education, and for language learning and teaching.

It is also receptive to research on the frontiers between languages and cultures, and on the implications of linguistic and intercultural issues for the world of work.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8481

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	419

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.674

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	46

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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.

• Intercultural awareness: modelling an understanding of cultures in intercultural communication through English as a lingua franca

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Will

• Intercultural Competence: The Status and Future of a Controversial Concept

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Stefanie

• Caught in the Tower of Babel: university lecturers' experiences with internationalisation

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Hanne

• Changing Places: A Study of Chinese Students in the UK

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Qing, Alan

• English as a Global Language and Education for Cosmopolitan Citizenship

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Manuela

• Emerging culture of English-medium instruction in Korea: experiences of Korean and international students

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Jeongyeon, Bradley, Jinsook

• Complexity in cultural identity

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Adrian

• Negotiating Silence in American Classrooms: Three Chinese Cases

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Jun

• English as an academic lingua franca and intercultural awareness: student mobility in the transcultural university

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Will

• Unintended Outcomes in<i>Second Life</i>: Intercultural Literacy and Cultural Identity in a Virtual World

  Citation: 74

  Authors: William C., Esther

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