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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 02671905, 14716356

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
4.3
SJR
1.417
CiteScore
8.1
Categories
Linguistics and Language
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Areas
Psychology
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2005-2025
journal names
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
ANNU REV APPL LINGUI
Publications
725
Citations
23 122
h-index
84
Publications
77
Citations
11 872
Top-3 citing journals
System
System (602 citations)
Modern Language Journal
Modern Language Journal (397 citations)
Language Teaching Research
Language Teaching Research (396 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Georgetown University
Georgetown University (10 publications)
Lancaster University
Lancaster University (7 publications)
University College London
University College London (4 publications)
Georgetown University
Georgetown University (4 publications)
University College London
University College London (4 publications)
Florida State University
Florida State University (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (99 publications)
United Kingdom (15 publications)
Canada (11 publications)
USA (29 publications)
United Kingdom (7 publications)
Germany (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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System
602 citations, 2.6%
Modern Language Journal
397 citations, 1.72%
Language Teaching Research
396 citations, 1.71%
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
306 citations, 1.32%
Language Learning
258 citations, 1.12%
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
235 citations, 1.02%
Frontiers in Psychology
235 citations, 1.02%
TESOL Quarterly
220 citations, 0.95%
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
213 citations, 0.92%
Language Teaching
198 citations, 0.86%
Foreign Language Annals
190 citations, 0.82%
International Journal of Applied Linguistics
181 citations, 0.78%
Task-Based Language Teaching
173 citations, 0.75%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
171 citations, 0.74%
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
166 citations, 0.72%
International Journal of Multilingualism
165 citations, 0.71%
Applied Linguistics
159 citations, 0.69%
Linguistics and Education
152 citations, 0.66%
World Englishes
147 citations, 0.64%
Computer Assisted Language Learning
145 citations, 0.63%
Studies in Corpus Linguistics
145 citations, 0.63%
Journal of Second Language Writing
142 citations, 0.61%
Journal of Language, Identity and Education
139 citations, 0.6%
Journal of English for Academic Purposes
137 citations, 0.59%
Language Testing
136 citations, 0.59%
Canadian Modern Language Review
135 citations, 0.58%
IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
135 citations, 0.58%
Language Learning Journal
134 citations, 0.58%
Languages
127 citations, 0.55%
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
120 citations, 0.52%
Educational Linguistics
120 citations, 0.52%
Applied Linguistics Review
113 citations, 0.49%
Language and Education
112 citations, 0.48%
Language Assessment Quarterly
112 citations, 0.48%
Second Language Learning and Teaching
110 citations, 0.48%
Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education
110 citations, 0.48%
Language Awareness
107 citations, 0.46%
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
101 citations, 0.44%
Current Issues in Language Planning
100 citations, 0.43%
English for Specific Purposes
100 citations, 0.43%
RELC Journal
95 citations, 0.41%
TESOL Journal
91 citations, 0.39%
Language Learning & Language Teaching
87 citations, 0.38%
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
86 citations, 0.37%
Bilingualism
85 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Bilingualism
84 citations, 0.36%
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
83 citations, 0.36%
SAGE Open
78 citations, 0.34%
Benjamins Translation Library
76 citations, 0.33%
Assessing Writing
76 citations, 0.33%
Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Chinese Literacy in China
75 citations, 0.32%
Second Language Research
74 citations, 0.32%
Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
73 citations, 0.32%
SSRN Electronic Journal
71 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Pragmatics
70 citations, 0.3%
Language Policy
66 citations, 0.29%
Language, Culture and Curriculum
57 citations, 0.25%
Bilingual Research Journal
56 citations, 0.24%
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
54 citations, 0.23%
Cogent Education
52 citations, 0.22%
International Multilingual Research Journal
52 citations, 0.22%
Multilingualism and Diversity Management
51 citations, 0.22%
Language Testing in Asia
50 citations, 0.22%
Applied Psycholinguistics
50 citations, 0.22%
Education Sciences
49 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Education
49 citations, 0.21%
Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching
48 citations, 0.21%
Dynamics and Terminology
46 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education
43 citations, 0.19%
ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium)
43 citations, 0.19%
Critical Inquiry in Language Studies
41 citations, 0.18%
Language and Intercultural Communication
41 citations, 0.18%
Journal of English as a Lingua Franca
40 citations, 0.17%
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
40 citations, 0.17%
ReCALL
39 citations, 0.17%
Asian Englishes
38 citations, 0.16%
Education and Information Technologies
37 citations, 0.16%
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education
37 citations, 0.16%
Classroom Discourse
36 citations, 0.16%
Sustainability
35 citations, 0.15%
TASK Journal on Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning
35 citations, 0.15%
Language Teaching for Young Learners
35 citations, 0.15%
Teaching and Teacher Education
34 citations, 0.15%
Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
34 citations, 0.15%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
33 citations, 0.14%
Lingua
33 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of the Sociology of Language
30 citations, 0.13%
Multilingua
30 citations, 0.13%
Reading and Writing
30 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
30 citations, 0.13%
Studies in Bilingualism
29 citations, 0.13%
Intercultural Pragmatics
29 citations, 0.13%
English Teaching and Learning
28 citations, 0.12%
ELT Journal
27 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Listening
26 citations, 0.11%
Learning and Individual Differences
26 citations, 0.11%
International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching
26 citations, 0.11%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
25 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
25 citations, 0.11%
Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education
25 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
3643 citations, 15.76%
Cambridge University Press
2907 citations, 12.57%
Wiley
2688 citations, 11.63%
Elsevier
2390 citations, 10.34%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1813 citations, 7.84%
Springer Nature
1798 citations, 7.78%
SAGE
1419 citations, 6.14%
Walter de Gruyter
955 citations, 4.13%
IGI Global
544 citations, 2.35%
Frontiers Media S.A.
405 citations, 1.75%
MDPI
337 citations, 1.46%
Oxford University Press
326 citations, 1.41%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
152 citations, 0.66%
Emerald
118 citations, 0.51%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
104 citations, 0.45%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
97 citations, 0.42%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
76 citations, 0.33%
OpenEdition
71 citations, 0.31%
Academy Publication
70 citations, 0.3%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
65 citations, 0.28%
Equinox Publishing
65 citations, 0.28%
SciELO
62 citations, 0.27%
Peeters Publishers
53 citations, 0.23%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
38 citations, 0.16%
Consortium Erudit
36 citations, 0.16%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
34 citations, 0.15%
American Educational Research Association
34 citations, 0.15%
Hindawi Limited
30 citations, 0.13%
Edinburgh University Press
29 citations, 0.13%
Annual Reviews
27 citations, 0.12%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
26 citations, 0.11%
Hans Publishers
26 citations, 0.11%
RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Arastirmalari Dergisi
26 citations, 0.11%
IntechOpen
25 citations, 0.11%
CAIRN
24 citations, 0.1%
AOSIS
24 citations, 0.1%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
24 citations, 0.1%
Hacettepe University
22 citations, 0.1%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
22 citations, 0.1%
American Psychological Association (APA)
21 citations, 0.09%
Liverpool University Press
19 citations, 0.08%
University of Chicago Press
19 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Research Publishing
18 citations, 0.08%
Consortia Academia Publishing
18 citations, 0.08%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
18 citations, 0.08%
EDP Sciences
17 citations, 0.07%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
17 citations, 0.07%
Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo
16 citations, 0.07%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
13 citations, 0.06%
Nakom
13 citations, 0.06%
University of Warsaw
12 citations, 0.05%
Masaryk University Press
12 citations, 0.05%
Groupe detude et de recherche en anglais de specialite
12 citations, 0.05%
MIT Press
10 citations, 0.04%
F1000 Research
10 citations, 0.04%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
10 citations, 0.04%
Modestum Ltd
10 citations, 0.04%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9 citations, 0.04%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
9 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
9 citations, 0.04%
Akademiai Kiado
9 citations, 0.04%
Selcuk University
7 citations, 0.03%
Association des Professeurs de Langues des Instituts Universitaires de Technologie (APLIUT)
7 citations, 0.03%
Australian Reading Association
7 citations, 0.03%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
7 citations, 0.03%
Brill
6 citations, 0.03%
6 citations, 0.03%
Universidad de La Sabana
6 citations, 0.03%
Eurasian Society of Educational Research
6 citations, 0.03%
Intellect
6 citations, 0.03%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
6 citations, 0.03%
E-Content Management
6 citations, 0.03%
Duke University Press
5 citations, 0.02%
AIP Publishing
5 citations, 0.02%
Vilnius University Press
5 citations, 0.02%
Florida Gulf Coast University
5 citations, 0.02%
Academic Journals
5 citations, 0.02%
BMJ
5 citations, 0.02%
S. Karger AG
5 citations, 0.02%
JMIR Publications
5 citations, 0.02%
Korean Association of Multimedia-Assisted Learning
5 citations, 0.02%
Gramota Publishing
5 citations, 0.02%
Tomsk State Pedagogical University
4 citations, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
4 citations, 0.02%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
4 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
4 citations, 0.02%
Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli Universitesi SBE Dergisi
4 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
3 citations, 0.01%
University of Bialystok
3 citations, 0.01%
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
3 citations, 0.01%
Academy of Management
3 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
3 citations, 0.01%
CMV Verlag
3 citations, 0.01%
Infra-M Academic Publishing House
3 citations, 0.01%
Ubiquity Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
3 citations, 0.01%
MGIMO University
3 citations, 0.01%
South Florida Publishing LLC
3 citations, 0.01%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
3 citations, 0.01%
Research Square Platform LLC
3 citations, 0.01%
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Georgetown University
10 publications, 1.38%
Lancaster University
7 publications, 0.97%
University College London
4 publications, 0.55%
Michigan State University
4 publications, 0.55%
Northern Arizona University
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Maryland, College Park
4 publications, 0.55%
University of Toronto
4 publications, 0.55%
Florida State University
3 publications, 0.41%
Stanford University
3 publications, 0.41%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Vienna
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Pennsylvania
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Pittsburgh
3 publications, 0.41%
University of Tübingen
2 publications, 0.28%
Manchester Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.28%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 0.28%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.28%
Iowa State University
2 publications, 0.28%
University of Auckland
2 publications, 0.28%
City University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.28%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.28%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0.28%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.28%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.28%
Brigham Young University
2 publications, 0.28%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.28%
Concordia University
2 publications, 0.28%
Ankara University
1 publication, 0.14%
Middle East Technical University
1 publication, 0.14%
Boğaziçi University
1 publication, 0.14%
Yildiz Technical University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Bojnord
1 publication, 0.14%
Fudan University
1 publication, 0.14%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
1 publication, 0.14%
TED University
1 publication, 0.14%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.14%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.14%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.14%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.14%
Linköping University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Fribourg
1 publication, 0.14%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 0.14%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.14%
Shanghai International Studies University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Nottingham
1 publication, 0.14%
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
1 publication, 0.14%
Carnegie Mellon University
1 publication, 0.14%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.14%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 0.14%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.14%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.14%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.14%
Kyung Hee University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.14%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.14%
Sogang University
1 publication, 0.14%
San Francisco State University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
1 publication, 0.14%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 0.14%
Nagoya University
1 publication, 0.14%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 0.14%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.14%
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
1 publication, 0.14%
Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.14%
McGill University
1 publication, 0.14%
Macao Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.14%
Ruhr University Bochum
1 publication, 0.14%
Simon Fraser University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.14%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 0.14%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1 publication, 0.14%
Waseda University
1 publication, 0.14%
East Carolina University
1 publication, 0.14%
Hosei University
1 publication, 0.14%
Kyoto Sangyo University
1 publication, 0.14%
Kansai University
1 publication, 0.14%
Aoyama Gakuin University
1 publication, 0.14%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.14%
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
1 publication, 0.14%
York University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Victoria
1 publication, 0.14%
Saint Mary's University
1 publication, 0.14%
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University College London
4 publications, 5.19%
Georgetown University
4 publications, 5.19%
Florida State University
3 publications, 3.9%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 3.9%
Manchester Metropolitan University
2 publications, 2.6%
Stanford University
2 publications, 2.6%
University of Vienna
2 publications, 2.6%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 2.6%
Ankara University
1 publication, 1.3%
Boğaziçi University
1 publication, 1.3%
Yildiz Technical University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Bojnord
1 publication, 1.3%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
1 publication, 1.3%
TED University
1 publication, 1.3%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Fribourg
1 publication, 1.3%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 1.3%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 1.3%
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
1 publication, 1.3%
Cornell University
1 publication, 1.3%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Auckland
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 1.3%
Monash University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 1.3%
Columbia University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 1.3%
Kyung Hee University
1 publication, 1.3%
Sogang University
1 publication, 1.3%
Northern Arizona University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
1 publication, 1.3%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 1.3%
Nagoya University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 1.3%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of South Florida
1 publication, 1.3%
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
1 publication, 1.3%
Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
1 publication, 1.3%
Macao Polytechnic University
1 publication, 1.3%
Lancaster University
1 publication, 1.3%
Ruhr University Bochum
1 publication, 1.3%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Minnesota
1 publication, 1.3%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 1.3%
Purdue University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 1.3%
East Carolina University
1 publication, 1.3%
Kyoto Sangyo University
1 publication, 1.3%
Kansai University
1 publication, 1.3%
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Leicester
1 publication, 1.3%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 1.3%
Texas Tech University
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Texas at San Antonio
1 publication, 1.3%
University of North Texas
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 1.3%
William & Mary
1 publication, 1.3%
Birkbeck, University of London
1 publication, 1.3%
National University of Lesotho
1 publication, 1.3%
University of Oregon
1 publication, 1.3%
Hunter College
1 publication, 1.3%
Montclair State University
1 publication, 1.3%
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USA, 99, 13.66%
USA
99 publications, 13.66%
United Kingdom, 15, 2.07%
United Kingdom
15 publications, 2.07%
Canada, 11, 1.52%
Canada
11 publications, 1.52%
China, 6, 0.83%
China
6 publications, 0.83%
Australia, 5, 0.69%
Australia
5 publications, 0.69%
Sweden, 5, 0.69%
Sweden
5 publications, 0.69%
Germany, 4, 0.55%
Germany
4 publications, 0.55%
Japan, 4, 0.55%
Japan
4 publications, 0.55%
Austria, 3, 0.41%
Austria
3 publications, 0.41%
Ireland, 3, 0.41%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.41%
India, 2, 0.28%
India
2 publications, 0.28%
Netherlands, 2, 0.28%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.28%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.28%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.28%
Turkey, 2, 0.28%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.28%
France, 1, 0.14%
France
1 publication, 0.14%
Belgium, 1, 0.14%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.14%
Iraq, 1, 0.14%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.14%
Iran, 1, 0.14%
Iran
1 publication, 0.14%
Spain, 1, 0.14%
Spain
1 publication, 0.14%
Latvia, 1, 0.14%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.14%
Lesotho, 1, 0.14%
Lesotho
1 publication, 0.14%
Malawi, 1, 0.14%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.14%
New Zealand, 1, 0.14%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.14%
Norway, 1, 0.14%
Norway
1 publication, 0.14%
Poland, 1, 0.14%
Poland
1 publication, 0.14%
Tunisia, 1, 0.14%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.14%
Finland, 1, 0.14%
Finland
1 publication, 0.14%
Switzerland, 1, 0.14%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.14%
South Africa, 1, 0.14%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.14%
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USA, 29, 37.66%
USA
29 publications, 37.66%
United Kingdom, 7, 9.09%
United Kingdom
7 publications, 9.09%
Germany, 3, 3.9%
Germany
3 publications, 3.9%
China, 2, 2.6%
China
2 publications, 2.6%
Austria, 2, 2.6%
Austria
2 publications, 2.6%
Canada, 2, 2.6%
Canada
2 publications, 2.6%
Republic of Korea, 2, 2.6%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 2.6%
Australia, 1, 1.3%
Australia
1 publication, 1.3%
Iran, 1, 1.3%
Iran
1 publication, 1.3%
Lesotho, 1, 1.3%
Lesotho
1 publication, 1.3%
Norway, 1, 1.3%
Norway
1 publication, 1.3%
Poland, 1, 1.3%
Poland
1 publication, 1.3%
Turkey, 1, 1.3%
Turkey
1 publication, 1.3%
Switzerland, 1, 1.3%
Switzerland
1 publication, 1.3%
Sweden, 1, 1.3%
Sweden
1 publication, 1.3%
South Africa, 1, 1.3%
South Africa
1 publication, 1.3%
Japan, 1, 1.3%
Japan
1 publication, 1.3%
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