Language Acquisition is an interdisciplinary journal serving the fields of first and second language acquisition. Research published in the journal addresses theoretical questions about language acquisition and language development from a variety of perspectives and a variety of methodological approaches. Studies may have implications for our understanding of grammatical representation and/or our understanding of cognition. Tools, applied rigorously, from formal linguistics, behavioral and neurolinguistic experiments, and computational approaches are equally welcome. Research involving diverse languages, including understudied languages; and diverse populations, including typical monolingual or multilingual learners as well as children and adults with language impairments, are particularly encouraged. Although we prioritize research that makes a strong theoretical contribution, we also welcome submissions that emphasize description of understudied languages. Such submissions can be primarily descriptive but should highlight why the languages or phenomena studied are relevant for addressing important theoretical issues.
Types of articles the journal publishes include: i) full-length research articles, ii) brief research reports, which report original empirical findings, major theoretical advances or crucial developments that warrant rapid communication to the scientific community; iii) review articles, which provide an original and synthetic perspective on a focused subarea of the field; iv) target and response, which consist of a longer target article and several shorter responses; and v) dissertation synopses.
At Language Acquisition, we are committed to ensuring that manuscripts are fairly reviewed regardless of English language proficiency. Please indicate on your cover letter if you wish to be considered for English Language support, a member of our editorial team may pre-review your manuscript and may provide you with suggestions for edits you can make that will increase readability. Please note that this is not a formal or professional editing service. We will only provide suggestions (which you can take or leave), and we will not do line-by-line editing. Requesting support consideration does not guarantee that your manuscript will be pre-reviewed, nor that the manuscript will be sent out for review or be favorably reviewed.
In addition, Language Acquisition awards two prizes. One is for the best article written by an early career scientist. The other prize is for the best contribution that expands the diversity of language acquisition research, by, for example, presenting data from an understudied language. Winners will be determined by the Editorial Team, consisting of the Editor in Chief, Brief Articles Editors, Associate Editors and Managing Editor. The prize winners will be announced in the first issue of the following year. Inquiries about the prizes should be directed to the Editor-in-Chief.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and a double-anonymous review policy.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Readership:This journal will appeal to researchers and professionals in linguistics and psycholinguistics, and developmentalists.
Journal metrics
Usage
44K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.3 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.213 (2023) SNIP
0.431 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
3 days avg. from submission to first
decision
80 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
43 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
14% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
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-IN-CHIEF Sudha Arunachalam-New York University, USA
MANAGING EDITOR Simone Møller Krogh-New York University, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Elaine Grolla - Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil Makiko Hirakawa -Chuo University, Japan Yi Ting Huang- University of Maryland, USA Tania Ionin -University of Illinois, USA Karen Miller -Penn State University, USA Mitsuhiko Ota -University of Edinburgh, UK Antje Sauermann- Humboldt-Universität, Germany Rex A. Sprouse - Indiana University, USA Katherine White- University of Waterloo, Canada
ADVISORY BOARD
Misha Becker- University of North Carolina, USA Jenny Culbertson- University of Edinburgh, UK Kathryn Davidson - Harvard University, USA Kamil Ud Deen- University of Hawaii, USA Naomi Feldman- University of Maryland, USA Claudia Felser- University of Potsdam, Germany Naama Friedmann- Tel Aviv University, Israel Judit Gervain- CNRS & Université Paris Descartes, France Heather Goad- McGill University, Canada Lisa Green- University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA John Grinstead- The Ohio State University, USA Petra Hendriks- University of Groningen, The Netherlands Barbara Hoehle- University of Potsdam, Germany Angeliek van Hout- University of Groningen, The Netherlands Nina Hyams- University of California Los Angeles, USA Masa Koizumi - Tohoku University, Japan Thomas Lee- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Laurence Leonard- Purdue University, USA Diane Lillo-Martin- University of Connecticut, USA Jeffrey Lidz- University of Maryland, USA Theo Marinis- University of Konstanz, Germany & University of Reading, UK Rachel Mayberry - University of California San Diego Toben Mintz- University of Southern California, USA Ira Noveck- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France Anna Papafragou- University of Pennsylvania, USA Lisa Pearl - University of California Irvine, USA Colin Phillips-University of Maryland, USA William Sakas-City University of New York, USA Tetsuya Sano-Meiji Gakuin University, Japan Teresa Satterfield- University of Michigan, USA Uli Sauerland- Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Germany Bonnie D. Schwartz- University of Hawaii, USA Amanda Seidl- Purdue University, USA Rushen Shi- University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada William Snyder- University of Connecticut, USA Megha Sundara- University of California Los Angeles, USA Kristen Syrett- Rutgers University, USA John Trueswell- University of Pennsylvania, USA Virginia Valian- City University of New York, USA Laura Wagner- Ohio State University, USA Lydia White- McGill University, Canada Charles Yang- University of Pennsylvania, USA
PAST EDITORS
1990-2003 Robert Berwick, Tom Roeper, Ken Wexler 2004-2012 Diane Lillo-Martin, William Snyder 2013-2020 Jeffrey Lidz
Abstracting and indexing
Language Acquisition is currently covered by the following indexing and abstracting services:
· CSA
- Biological Sciences
- CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
- Ecology Abstracts (Online)
- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
- PsycINFO
· Elsevier
- Scopus
· Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
· OCLC
· ProQuest
· Thomson Reuters
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Web of Science
· Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Open access
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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
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