About this journal
Aims and scope
The journal Current Issues in Language Planning provides major summative and thematic review studies spanning and focusing the disparate language policy and language planning literature related to: 1) polities and language planning and 2) issues in language planning. It also publishes individual articles related to any area of language policy and planning. The journal publishes four issues per year. Polity study issues describe language policy and planning in various countries/regions/areas around the world, while the themed issues numbers are developed around a language policy and planning topic. Polity studies and thematic issues' papers in this journal may be self-nominated or invited contributions from acknowledged experts in the field. Guidelines for polity studies are available, and our Instructions for Authors page provides further information on how to submit a paper.
Refereeing procedures
Every article within the remit of the journal is peer reviewed by a minimum of two experts.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 109K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 2.138 (2023) SNIP
- 1.144 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 13 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 65 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.
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
Executive Editor:
Professor Anthony Liddicoat - University of Warwick, [email protected]
Editors:
Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech - Griffith University, Australia [email protected]
Professor Nkonko Kamwangamalu - Howard University, USA [email protected]
Dr M. Obaidul Hamid - University of Queensland, Australia [email protected]
Book Review Editor:
Professor Patrick Ng - University of Niigata Prefecture, Japan [email protected]
Language Editor:
Dr Pauline Bryant - Australian National University, Australia [email protected]
Editorial Board:
Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo - University of Ghana, Ghana
Professor Felix Banda - University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Dr Julia de Bres - Université du Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Associate Professor Catherine Siew Kheng Chua - University of Calgary, Canada
Professor Paulin G. Djité - Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire
Professor John Edwards - St Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr William Eggington - Brigham Young University, USA
Professor Rainer Enrique Hamel - Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
Associate Professor Yawen Han - Southeast University, China
Professor Patrick Heinrich - Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy
Associate Professor Kathleen Heugh - University of South Australia
Professor Nancy H. Hornberger - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Professor Francis M. Hult - University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), USA
Associate Professor David Cassels Johnson - University of Iowa, USA
Professor Pia Lane - University of Oslo, Norway
Professor Anne-Marie Truscott de Mejía - Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Dr Jirí Nekvapil - Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen - The University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Anne Pakir - National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr Prem Phyak - The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr Terrence G. Wiley - Arizona State University, USA
Professor Colin H. Williams - Cardiff University, Wales, UK
Professor Shouhui Zhao - Bergen University, Norway
Professor Yongyan Zheng - Fudan University, China
Abstracting and indexing
Current Issues in Language Planning is abstracted/indexed by the following sources:
Australian Education Index; Contents Pages in Education; Current Abstracts; EBSCOhost; Elsevier BV (Scopus); Education Resources Information Center (ERIC); Linguistics Abstracts Online; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; SCOPUS®; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Open access
Current Issues in Language Planning 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.
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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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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