The Australian Journal of Linguistics is the official journal of the Australian Linguistic Society and the premier international journal on language in Australia and the region. The focus of the journal is research on Australian Indigenous languages, Australian Englishes, community languages in Australia, language in Australian society, and languages of the Australian-Pacific region. The journal publishes papers that make a significant theoretical, methodological and/or practical contribution to the field and are accessible to a broad audience.
The Australian Journal of Linguistics does not publish work on the teaching of English as an additional language.
Peer Review Policy All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees. All review, invited, opinion, and reflective papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Journal metrics
Usage
37K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
0.8 (2023) 5 year IF
1.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.581 (2023) SNIP
0.255 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
5 days avg. from submission to first
decision
13% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor: Jean Mulder, University of Melbourne, Australia
Associate Editors: Felicity Cox, Macquarie University, Australia Evan Kidd, Australian National University, Australia Bill Palmer, University of Newcastle, Australia Erich Round, University of Surrey, UK; University of Queensland, Australia Catherine Travis, Australian National University, Australia James Walker, La Trobe University, Australia
Editorial Board: Brett Baker, University of Melbourne, Australia Danielle Barth, Australian National University, Australia Rosey Billington, Australian National University, Australia Joe Blythe, Macquarie University, Australia Kate Burridge, Monash University, Australia Gerry Docherty, Griffith University, Australia Helen Fraser, University of Melbourne, Australia Alice Gaby, Monash University, Australia Lauren Gawne, La Trobe University, Australia Clarence Green, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mark Harvey, University of Newcastle, Australia Michael Haugh, University of Queensland, Australia Rachel Hendery, Western Sydney University, Australia Gwendolyn Hyslop, University of Sydney, Australia Kiwako Ito, University of Newcastle, Australia William McGregor, Aarhus University, Denmark Rachel Nordlinger, University of Melbourne, Australia Ingrid Pillar, Macquarie University, Australia Celeste Rodriguez Louro, University of Western Australia, Autralia Adam Schembri, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Lesley Stirling, University of Melbourne, Australia Jakelin Troy, University of Sydney, Australia
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: A P A I S: Australian Public Affairs Information Service; Australian Education Index; Bibliographic Index; Communications Abstracts; Communication and Mass Media Complete; Contents Pages in Education; Dietrich's Index Philosophicus; EBSCOhost; Education Research Index; Educational Research Abstracts Online; Humanities International Index; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences;
ISI:
Social Sciences Citation Index; Linguistics Abstracts; Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts; Linguistic Bibliography; M L A International Bibliography; Multicultural Education Abstracts; OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; Research into Higher Education Abstracts; Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies; SCOPUS; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Swets Information Services; Technical Education & Training Abstracts and Thomson Gale.
Link to Australian Linguistic Society: https://als.asn.au/
Open access
Australian Journal of Linguistics is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
The Australian Linguistic Society is the national organization for linguists and linguistics in Australia. Its primary goal is to further interest in and support for linguistics research and teaching in Australia.
The Society, established in 1967, publishes the Australian Journal of Linguistics, a journal of international standing, which includes articles from all areas of linguistics, although having a particular focus on linguistics carried out by Australian linguists or about Australian indigenous languages or Australian English.
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