Language and Education provides a forum for the discussion of recent topics and issues in language and literacy which have an immediate bearing upon thought and practice in education. Articles draw important and well-communicated implications from their subject matter for one or more of the following: policy, curriculum, pedagogy or evaluation in education.
The task of the Journal is to encourage language specialists and researchers in language in education and educational linguists to organise and present their material in such a way as to highlight its educational implications, thereby influencing educational theorists and practitioners and leading to improved educational outcomes for students.
Articles are welcomed concerning all aspects of language education in the dominant language of the country, society, or educational system in question. This includes mother tongue and second language education, issues related to immersion education, content-based language teaching, CLIL, bi/multilingualism, and medium-of-instruction. The remit of Language and Education, however, does not extend to modern foreign language education (i.e. modern foreign languages or English as a foreign language).
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
211K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.8 (2023) 5 year IF
4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.532 (2023) SNIP
1.183 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
7 days avg. from submission to first
decision
83 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
11 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
13% 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.
Prof Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen-University of Bath, UK Prof Fiona Copland- University of Stirling, UK Dr. Xia Chao - Duquesne University, USA Prof Zubeida Desai-University of Western Cape, South Africa Prof Anwei Feng- University of Nottingham, Ningbo, ChinaDr Dr. Nicola Galloway - University of Glasgow, UK Dr. Frances Giampapa - University of Bristol, UK Prof Phan Le Ha- Univerti Brunei Darussalam and University of Hawai'i at Manoa Dr Andy Hancock- University of Edinburgh, UK Dr Mari Haneda - Pennsylvania State University, USA Dr Leena Helavaara Robertson - Middlesex University, UK Prof Nancy H. Hornberger-University of Pennsylvania, USA Prof Russell Kaschula - University of the Western Cape, South Africa Dr Ted Kesler- City University New York, USA Dr Khng Kiat Hui - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof Adam Lefstein - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Dr Constant Leung-King's College London, UK Prof Angel Lin-Simon Fraser University, Canada Dr Yongcan Liu - University of Cambridge, UK Prof Stephen May-University of Waikato, New Zealand Prof Kate Menken-City University of New York Dr Neil Mercer-University of Cambridge, UK Prof Kaori Horne Okano-La Trobe University, Australia Prof Alastair Pennycook-University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Dr Jennifer Rowsell-University of Sheffield , UK Ruanni Tupas - University College London, UK Dr Csilla Weninger - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dr Lyn Wright - University of Memphis, USA Prof Haomin (Stanley) Zhang - East China Normal University, China
Abstracting and indexing
Language and Education is abstracted/indexed by the following sources:
Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List
Contents Pages in Education Current Abstracts Periodicals Index Online EBSCOhost Education Resources Information Center ( ERIC)
ERIH Elsevier BV (Scopus) Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur Language Teaching Linguistics Abstracts Online Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts ArticleFirst PsycFIRST PsycINFO
SCOPUS® Social Sciences Citation Index® Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Open access
Language and Education 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.
Language and Education (L&E) is inviting proposals from prospective guest editors for a special issue(s) (SI) to appear in the journal in 2026.
Before you submit a proposal, please read the following guide carefully. If you have any questions, please contact the Co-Editor-in-Chiefs (EICs), Rita Silver ( [email protected]) and Dongbo Zhang ( [email protected]).
SI Proposal Preparation
1. Prepare a 2-3 page proposal, setting out the aims of SI and describing how the special issue has come about/would move things forward in relation to the existing literature. Make sure the SI proposal fits within the overall aims and scope of the journal, which can be found on the journal’s website as follows.
5. A timeline for completion including date to post CFP, date for potential authors to submit abstracts, date for SI editor initial decision (for proposed abstracts to submit full articles) targeted initial submission date for full articles, time for review (allow 3-6 months) and author revision. Note that from open call to final decisions likely takes one year.
SI proposals, including all elements above, should be emailed to the EICs by July 31st 2024.
SI proposals are first reviewed by the EICs and then, if not rejected at that stage, sent for comment to the Editorial Board. Depending on comments from the Editorial Board and the EICs, the SI proposal might be rejected, accepted, or asked to revise.
Decision will be made and the accepted proposal(s) announced by September 30th 2024.
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