Linguistics and Education

Aims & Scope

Linguistics and Education is an international peer-reviewed journal that welcomes submissions from across the world that advance knowledge, theory, or methodology at the intersections of linguistics and education.

The journal is concerned with the role played by language and other communicative/semiotic systems in mediating opportunities for learning and participation in a globalized world.

Research published in the journal engages with the complexities and changing realities of educational contexts and practices, focusing on all levels of formal education, as well as a wide variety of informal learning contexts throughout the lifespan and across modes, genres and technologies.

Linguistics and Education encourages submissions that incorporate theories and methodologies from all traditions of linguistics and language study to explore any aspect of education.

Areas of study at the intersection of linguistics and education include, but are not limited to: sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversation analysis, linguistic anthropology, ethnography of communication, language socialization, narrative studies, gesture/sign/visual forms of communication, social semiotics, literacy studies, language policy, language ideology, functional grammar or text/corpus linguistics.

Linguistics and Education is a research-oriented journal.

Papers may address practical and policy implications for education but must be built on robust research and have a strong conceptual grounding in their analyses and discussions.

Linguistics and Education welcomes papers from across disciplinary and interdisciplinary research traditions that reflect principled application of qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodological paradigms and research designs (e.g. case studies, ethnographic fieldwork, experimental/semi-experimental studies, etc.).

Papers must be relevant to an international readership.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.764

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	63

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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.

• Towards a language-based theory of learning

  Citation: 575

  Authors: M.A.K.

• Reevaluating the IRF sequence: A proposal for the articulation of theories of activity and discourse for the analysis of teaching and learning in the classroom

  Citation: 323

  Authors: Gordon

• Linguistic Features of the Language of Schooling

  Citation: 295

  Authors: Mary J

• Intertextuality in critical discourse analysis

  Citation: 241

  Authors: Norman

• Making semantic waves: A key to cumulative knowledge-building

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Karl

• Genre and language learning: A social semiotic perspective

  Citation: 212

  Authors: J.R.

• Questioning linguistic instrumentalism: English, neoliberalism, and language tests in Japan

  Citation: 212

  Authors: Ryuko

• Interactional Ethnography: An Approach to Studying the Social Construction of Literate Practices

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Maria Lucia, Teresa, Carol N, Judith L

• Narratives in Two Languages: Assessing Performance of Bilingual Children

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Vera F

• Bilingualism or linguistic segregation1? Symbolic domination, resistance and code switching in Hong Kong schools

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Angel M.Y.

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