About this journal
Aims and scope
The International Multilingual Research Journal (IMRJ) invites scholarly contributions with strong interdisciplinary perspectives to understand and promote bi/multilingualism, bi/multi-literacy, and linguistic democracy. The journal’s focus is on these topics as related to languages other than English as well as dialectal variations of English. It has three thematic emphases: the intersection of language and culture, the dialectics of the local and global, and comparative models within and across contexts. IMRJ is committed to promoting equity, access, and social justice in education, and to offering accessible research and policy analyses to better inform scholars, educators, students, and policy makers.
IMRJ is particularly interested in scholarship grounded in interdisciplinary frameworks that offer insights from linguistics, applied linguistics, education, globalization and immigration studies, cultural psychology, linguistic and psychological anthropology, sociolinguistics, literacy studies, post-colonial studies, critical race theory, and critical theory and pedagogy. It seeks theoretical and empirical scholarship with implications for research, policy, and practice. Submissions of research articles based on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods are encouraged.
The journal includes two occasional sections: Perspectives and Research Notes. Perspectives allows for informed debate and exchanges on current issues and hot topics related to bi/multilingualism, bi/multi-literacy, and linguistic democracy from research, practice, and policy perspectives. Research Notes are shorter submissions that provide updates on major research projects and trends in the field.
Peer Review Policy: All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by anonymous referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 61K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.434 (2023) SNIP
- 0.839 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 84 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 222 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 11% 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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jeff MacSwan - University of Maryland
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Deborah Palmer - University of Colorado BoulderLuis Poza - San Jose State University
Kellie Rolstad - University of Maryland
Bedrettin Yazan - University of Texas at San Antonio
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
John Chi - University of Maryland
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
H. Samy Alim - University of California, Los Angeles
Alfredo J. Artiles - Stanford University
Laura Ascenzi-Moreno - Brooklyn College
Jeff Bale - University of Toronto
Lilia Bartolomé - University of Massachusetts, Boston
John Baugh - Washington University in St. Louis
Rakesh M. Bhatt - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
George Bunch - University of California, Santa Cruz
Rebecca Callahan - The University of Vermont
Suresh Canagarajah - Pennsylvania State University
Katja Francesca Cantone-Altintas - University of Duisburg-Essen
Jasone Cenoz - University of Basque Country
Claudia Cervantes-Soon - Arizona State University
Donna Christian - Center for Applied Linguistics
Meghan Corella - The University of British Columbia
Peter de Costa - Michigan State University
Kathy Escamilla - University of Colorado Boulder
Christian Faltis - Texas A&M International State University
Mileidis Gort - University of Colorado Boulder
Kathryn Henderson - University of Texas at San Antonio
Elizabeth Howard - University of Connecticut
Francis Hult - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Margarita Jimenez-Silva - University of California, Davis
Amanda Kibler - Oregon State University
Kendall King - University of Minnesota
Jin Sook Lee - University of California, Santa Barbara
Francesca Lopez - Pennsylvania State University
Donaldo Macedo - University of Massachusetts Boston
Laura Mahalingappa - University of Maryland
Melinda Martin-Beltrán - University of Maryland
Danny C. Martinez - University of California, Davis
Ramon Martinez - Stanford University
Teresa McCarty - University of California, Los Angeles
Kate Menken - Queens College of City University of New York
Patricia Morita-Mullaney - Purdue University
Megan Madigan Peercy - University of Maryland
Peter Sayer - The Ohio State University
Patriann Smith - University of South Florida
Guillermo Solano-Flores - Stanford University
Jamy Stillman - University of Colorado Boulder
Zhongfeng Tian - Rutgers University–Newark
Fuhui Tong - Texas A&M University
Guadalupe Valdés - Stanford University
Li Wei - University of College London
Terrence Wiley - Arizona State University
Wayne Wright - Purdue University
Angie Zapata - University of Missouri
Christian Zuniga - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Abstracting and indexing
International Multilingual Research Journal is Abstracted/Indexed in:
- EBSCOhost
- Communication & Mass Media Complete
- Communication Source
- TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
- Elsevier BV
- Scopus
- ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
- Ovid
- ProQuest
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Online)
- Social Science Premium Collection
- Taylor & Francis
- Educational Research Abstracts Online
- Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online)
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
- Linguistics Abstracts (Online)
Open access
International Multilingual Research Journal 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.
Use our APC finder to calculate your article publishing charge
4 issues per year. 2 issues will be print.
Advertising information
Would you like to advertise in International Multilingual Research Journal?
Reach an engaged target audience and position your brand alongside authoritative peer-reviewed research by advertising in International Multilingual Research Journal.
Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents (including the editor, any member of the editorial team or editorial board, and any guest editors), and our licensors, make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor & Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to, or arising out of the use of the Content. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions .
Ready to submit?
Start a new submission or continue a submission in progress
Go to submission site (link opens in a new window) Instructions for authors