Journal of English as a Lingua Franca

Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter
ISSN: 21919216, 2191933X

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.2
SJR
0.373
CiteScore
1.8
Categories
Linguistics and Language
Communication
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2012-2025
journal names
Journal of English as a Lingua Franca
J ENGL LING FR
Publications
279
Citations
2 780
h-index
26
Publications
59
Citations
1 483
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of Vienna
University of Vienna (18 publications)
University of Lorraine
University of Lorraine (12 publications)
University of Southampton
University of Southampton (9 publications)
Boğaziçi University
Boğaziçi University (2 publications)
Shantou University
Shantou University (2 publications)
University of Southampton
University of Southampton (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (24 publications)
Austria (21 publications)
Japan (19 publications)
China (5 publications)
Spain (5 publications)
Japan (4 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Journal of English as a Lingua Franca
302 citations, 10.86%
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99 citations, 3.56%
Asian Englishes
84 citations, 3.02%
World Englishes
74 citations, 2.66%
System
50 citations, 1.8%
Journal of Pragmatics
48 citations, 1.73%
Multilingualism and Diversity Management
42 citations, 1.51%
ELT Journal
41 citations, 1.47%
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
38 citations, 1.37%
Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics
37 citations, 1.33%
International Journal of Applied Linguistics
32 citations, 1.15%
Applied Linguistics
30 citations, 1.08%
English for Specific Purposes
28 citations, 1.01%
Journal of English for Academic Purposes
27 citations, 0.97%
Language and Intercultural Communication
27 citations, 0.97%
TESOL Quarterly
26 citations, 0.94%
English Today
24 citations, 0.86%
RELC Journal
23 citations, 0.83%
Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Chinese Literacy in China
23 citations, 0.83%
Englishes in Practice
22 citations, 0.79%
Applied Linguistics Review
19 citations, 0.68%
Language Teaching
17 citations, 0.61%
International Journal of Multilingualism
16 citations, 0.58%
Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education
16 citations, 0.58%
Language Learning in Higher Education
15 citations, 0.54%
Educational Linguistics
15 citations, 0.54%
Linguistics and Education
14 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Second Language Pronunciation
14 citations, 0.5%
Language Teaching Research
12 citations, 0.43%
Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching
12 citations, 0.43%
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
11 citations, 0.4%
Frontiers in Psychology
11 citations, 0.4%
Modern Language Journal
11 citations, 0.4%
Multilingua
11 citations, 0.4%
Cogent Education
10 citations, 0.36%
Applied Pragmatics
10 citations, 0.36%
Language and Education
9 citations, 0.32%
Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts
9 citations, 0.32%
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
9 citations, 0.32%
Lingua
9 citations, 0.32%
Developing Global Awareness for Global Citizenship Education
9 citations, 0.32%
Language Awareness
8 citations, 0.29%
SAGE Open
8 citations, 0.29%
International Journal of Learner Corpus Research
8 citations, 0.29%
Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
8 citations, 0.29%
Asia Pacific Journal of Education
7 citations, 0.25%
AILA Review
7 citations, 0.25%
Intercultural Pragmatics
7 citations, 0.25%
Language, Culture and Curriculum
7 citations, 0.25%
Critical Inquiry in Language Studies
7 citations, 0.25%
English World-Wide
7 citations, 0.25%
Languages
7 citations, 0.25%
Corpus Pragmatics
7 citations, 0.25%
AILA Applied Linguistics Series
7 citations, 0.25%
Reči (Beograd)
7 citations, 0.25%
Revista Brasileira de Linguistica Aplicada
6 citations, 0.22%
Translator
6 citations, 0.22%
English Teaching and Learning
6 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Business Communication
6 citations, 0.22%
Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy and Psychology
6 citations, 0.22%
SSRN Electronic Journal
6 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Communication
6 citations, 0.22%
Studies in Corpus Linguistics
6 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
5 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of the Sociology of Language
5 citations, 0.18%
Pragmatics and Society
5 citations, 0.18%
Tourism Management Perspectives
5 citations, 0.18%
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
5 citations, 0.18%
Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
5 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
5 citations, 0.18%
Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education
5 citations, 0.18%
Interpreting
5 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
5 citations, 0.18%
Discourse, Context and Media
5 citations, 0.18%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
5 citations, 0.18%
Language Policy and Nation-Building in Post-Apartheid South Africa
5 citations, 0.18%
Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies
5 citations, 0.18%
English Language Teaching: Theory, Research and Pedagogy
5 citations, 0.18%
Computer Assisted Language Learning
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Second Language Writing
4 citations, 0.14%
Language Policy
4 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
4 citations, 0.14%
Teaching and Teacher Education
4 citations, 0.14%
Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
4 citations, 0.14%
European Journal of Language Policy
4 citations, 0.14%
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
4 citations, 0.14%
Discourse and Interaction
4 citations, 0.14%
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes
4 citations, 0.14%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
4 citations, 0.14%
Handbook of Pragmatics
4 citations, 0.14%
Advances in Cultural Linguistics
4 citations, 0.14%
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
3 citations, 0.11%
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
3 citations, 0.11%
Management International Review
3 citations, 0.11%
Scientometrics
3 citations, 0.11%
TESOL Journal
3 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
3 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
3 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Sociolinguistics
3 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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Walter de Gruyter
501 citations, 18.02%
Wiley
314 citations, 11.29%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
300 citations, 10.79%
Taylor & Francis
292 citations, 10.5%
Cambridge University Press
289 citations, 10.4%
Elsevier
247 citations, 8.88%
Springer Nature
176 citations, 6.33%
Oxford University Press
76 citations, 2.73%
SAGE
76 citations, 2.73%
IGI Global
24 citations, 0.86%
Frontiers Media S.A.
20 citations, 0.72%
MDPI
14 citations, 0.5%
Emerald
12 citations, 0.43%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
8 citations, 0.29%
SciELO
7 citations, 0.25%
Liverpool University Press
6 citations, 0.22%
OpenEdition
6 citations, 0.22%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
6 citations, 0.22%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
5 citations, 0.18%
Masaryk University Press
4 citations, 0.14%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
3 citations, 0.11%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.11%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
3 citations, 0.11%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.11%
Ceviribilim ve Uygulamalari Dergisi, Hacettepe University
3 citations, 0.11%
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
2 citations, 0.07%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
2 citations, 0.07%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
2 citations, 0.07%
AMO Publisher
2 citations, 0.07%
Duke University Press
1 citation, 0.04%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.04%
Hacettepe University
1 citation, 0.04%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
1 citation, 0.04%
International Journal of Information and Education Technology
1 citation, 0.04%
Peeters Publishers
1 citation, 0.04%
South African Speech And Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.04%
1 citation, 0.04%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
1 citation, 0.04%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.04%
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1 citation, 0.04%
Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC)
1 citation, 0.04%
Nakom
1 citation, 0.04%
Groupe detude et de recherche en anglais de specialite
1 citation, 0.04%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.04%
Annual Reviews
1 citation, 0.04%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.04%
Universitas Negeri Semarang
1 citation, 0.04%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.04%
MGIMO University
1 citation, 0.04%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
1 citation, 0.04%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.04%
American Educational Research Association
1 citation, 0.04%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.04%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
1 citation, 0.04%
National Research Mordovia State University MRSU
1 citation, 0.04%
OOO Centr naucnyh i obrazovatelnyh proektov
1 citation, 0.04%
Islamic Pedagogical Faculty of the University in Zenica
1 citation, 0.04%
Journal of Comparative International Management
1 citation, 0.04%
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Universitesi Egitim Fakultesi Dergisi
1 citation, 0.04%
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University of Vienna
18 publications, 6.45%
University of Lorraine
12 publications, 4.3%
University of Southampton
9 publications, 3.23%
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
9 publications, 3.23%
Stockholm University
8 publications, 2.87%
University of Helsinki
8 publications, 2.87%
Griffith University
6 publications, 2.15%
Boğaziçi University
4 publications, 1.43%
King's College London
4 publications, 1.43%
University of Verona
4 publications, 1.43%
Tamagawa University
4 publications, 1.43%
University of Turin
3 publications, 1.08%
National Cheng Kung University
3 publications, 1.08%
Technical University of Dortmund
3 publications, 1.08%
Hellenic Open University
3 publications, 1.08%
University of Siegen
3 publications, 1.08%
Waseda University
3 publications, 1.08%
University of Zaragoza
3 publications, 1.08%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
2 publications, 0.72%
Ege University
2 publications, 0.72%
University of Malaya
2 publications, 0.72%
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2 publications, 0.72%
University of Geneva
2 publications, 0.72%
Beijing Foreign Studies University
2 publications, 0.72%
Nanyang Technological University
2 publications, 0.72%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.72%
Shantou University
2 publications, 0.72%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.72%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.72%
Education University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.72%
Lingnan University
2 publications, 0.72%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
2 publications, 0.72%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2 publications, 0.72%
Hamburg University
2 publications, 0.72%
University of Regensburg
2 publications, 0.72%
Vienna University of Economics and Business
2 publications, 0.72%
Niigata University
2 publications, 0.72%
University of Malaga
2 publications, 0.72%
Goldsmiths University of London
2 publications, 0.72%
Golestan University
1 publication, 0.36%
Erciyes University
1 publication, 0.36%
Islamic Azad University of Tabriz
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Al-Qadisiyah
1 publication, 0.36%
Adana Alparslan Türkeş University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Tübingen
1 publication, 0.36%
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
1 publication, 0.36%
Hue University
1 publication, 0.36%
Fudan University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Lisbon
1 publication, 0.36%
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.36%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.36%
Linnaeus University
1 publication, 0.36%
Aalto University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Fribourg
1 publication, 0.36%
University College London
1 publication, 0.36%
Aalborg University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.36%
China Three Gorges University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.36%
Oslo Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.36%
Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.36%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.36%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Agder
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Catania
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Trieste
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Salento
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Udine
1 publication, 0.36%
Roma Tre University
1 publication, 0.36%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Bergamo
1 publication, 0.36%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.36%
Australian Catholic University
1 publication, 0.36%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Iceland
1 publication, 0.36%
Mahidol University
1 publication, 0.36%
Prince of Songkla University
1 publication, 0.36%
Seoul National University
1 publication, 0.36%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of California, Berkeley
1 publication, 0.36%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.36%
Kyoto University
1 publication, 0.36%
Southwest Forestry University
1 publication, 0.36%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.36%
City University of Macau
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Macau
1 publication, 0.36%
Lancaster University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.36%
Technical University of Braunschweig
1 publication, 0.36%
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Duisburg-Essen
1 publication, 0.36%
Tilburg University
1 publication, 0.36%
Hokkaido University
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Groningen
1 publication, 0.36%
Trier University of Applied Sciences
1 publication, 0.36%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.36%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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Boğaziçi University
2 publications, 3.39%
Shantou University
2 publications, 3.39%
University of Southampton
2 publications, 3.39%
University of Vienna
2 publications, 3.39%
University of Malaga
2 publications, 3.39%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
1 publication, 1.69%
Islamic Azad University of Tabriz
1 publication, 1.69%
University of Al-Qadisiyah
1 publication, 1.69%
Adana Alparslan Türkeş University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.69%
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
1 publication, 1.69%
Hue University
1 publication, 1.69%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 1.69%
Aalborg University
1 publication, 1.69%
Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University
1 publication, 1.69%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 1.69%
National Cheng Kung University
1 publication, 1.69%
Mahidol University
1 publication, 1.69%
Prince of Songkla University
1 publication, 1.69%
Education University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 1.69%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 1.69%
Southwest Forestry University
1 publication, 1.69%
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1 publication, 1.69%
City University of Macau
1 publication, 1.69%
Hokkaido University
1 publication, 1.69%
Waseda University
1 publication, 1.69%
Yokohama City University
1 publication, 1.69%
University of Salamanca
1 publication, 1.69%
Tamagawa University
1 publication, 1.69%
University of Santiago de Compostela
1 publication, 1.69%
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
1 publication, 1.69%
Norwegian School of Economics
1 publication, 1.69%
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Publishing countries

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United Kingdom, 24, 8.6%
United Kingdom
24 publications, 8.6%
Austria, 21, 7.53%
Austria
21 publications, 7.53%
Japan, 19, 6.81%
Japan
19 publications, 6.81%
Germany, 17, 6.09%
Germany
17 publications, 6.09%
China, 16, 5.73%
China
16 publications, 5.73%
France, 13, 4.66%
France
13 publications, 4.66%
Spain, 12, 4.3%
Spain
12 publications, 4.3%
Italy, 12, 4.3%
Italy
12 publications, 4.3%
Australia, 11, 3.94%
Australia
11 publications, 3.94%
Finland, 11, 3.94%
Finland
11 publications, 3.94%
USA, 9, 3.23%
USA
9 publications, 3.23%
Brunei, 9, 3.23%
Brunei
9 publications, 3.23%
Sweden, 9, 3.23%
Sweden
9 publications, 3.23%
Turkey, 7, 2.51%
Turkey
7 publications, 2.51%
Switzerland, 6, 2.15%
Switzerland
6 publications, 2.15%
Greece, 5, 1.79%
Greece
5 publications, 1.79%
Canada, 3, 1.08%
Canada
3 publications, 1.08%
Netherlands, 3, 1.08%
Netherlands
3 publications, 1.08%
Norway, 3, 1.08%
Norway
3 publications, 1.08%
Russia, 2, 0.72%
Russia
2 publications, 0.72%
Algeria, 2, 0.72%
Algeria
2 publications, 0.72%
Brazil, 2, 0.72%
Brazil
2 publications, 0.72%
Hungary, 2, 0.72%
Hungary
2 publications, 0.72%
Denmark, 2, 0.72%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.72%
Iran, 2, 0.72%
Iran
2 publications, 0.72%
Malaysia, 2, 0.72%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.72%
Singapore, 2, 0.72%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.72%
Portugal, 1, 0.36%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.36%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.36%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.36%
Vietnam, 1, 0.36%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.36%
Indonesia, 1, 0.36%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.36%
Iraq, 1, 0.36%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.36%
Ireland, 1, 0.36%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.36%
Iceland, 1, 0.36%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.36%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.36%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.36%
Thailand, 1, 0.36%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.36%
Croatia, 1, 0.36%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.36%
Montenegro, 1, 0.36%
Montenegro
1 publication, 0.36%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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China, 5, 8.47%
China
5 publications, 8.47%
Spain, 5, 8.47%
Spain
5 publications, 8.47%
Japan, 4, 6.78%
Japan
4 publications, 6.78%
Austria, 2, 3.39%
Austria
2 publications, 3.39%
United Kingdom, 2, 3.39%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 3.39%
Turkey, 2, 3.39%
Turkey
2 publications, 3.39%
Russia, 1, 1.69%
Russia
1 publication, 1.69%
USA, 1, 1.69%
USA
1 publication, 1.69%
Australia, 1, 1.69%
Australia
1 publication, 1.69%
Algeria, 1, 1.69%
Algeria
1 publication, 1.69%
Vietnam, 1, 1.69%
Vietnam
1 publication, 1.69%
Greece, 1, 1.69%
Greece
1 publication, 1.69%
Denmark, 1, 1.69%
Denmark
1 publication, 1.69%
Iraq, 1, 1.69%
Iraq
1 publication, 1.69%
Iran, 1, 1.69%
Iran
1 publication, 1.69%
Norway, 1, 1.69%
Norway
1 publication, 1.69%
Thailand, 1, 1.69%
Thailand
1 publication, 1.69%
Finland, 1, 1.69%
Finland
1 publication, 1.69%
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