List of Open Access Journals for Language and Linguistics

 List of Open Access Journals

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The journals below are diamond (also called platinum) open access, which means that neither the author nor the reader pays any fees. Generally, as a quality assurance measure, the journals listed below are indexed in Wed of Science (previously known as ISI), Scopus, and/or Directory of Open Access Journals. Journals indexed in Web of Science (esp. SSCI for applied linguistics; see below for explanation) are perceived to be of higher status and to have higher standards (i.e., harder to publish in). Web of Science has an additional category called Emerging Sources Citation Index, which lists journals provisionally included in Web of Science with no impact factor yet (possibly easier to publish in). 

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Legend: 

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SSCI = Social Sciences Citation Index. Perceived to be the most prestigious. A service by WoS. 

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ESCI = Emerging Sources Citation Index. This is like "conditionally accepted." A service by WoS.

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Scopus = A service by Elsevier. Offers a different set of impact factors (e.g., SJR & CiteScore). 

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1. Across the Disciplines 

2. Alsic. Apprentissage des langues et systèmes d’information et de communication 

3. Alsinatuna: Journal of Arabic Linguistics and Education 

4. Altre Modernita Scopus, ESCI

5. Arabiyat 

6. Arboles y Rizomas 

7. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching 

8. Asp. La revue du GERAS 

9. Atlantis Scopus, ESCI

10. Aula Abierta Scopus, ESCI

11. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Scopus, SSCI

12. Babylonia 

13. Bahastra 

14. BC TEAL Journal

15. Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & Literature Scopus 

16. Beyond Words

17. Boletin de Literatura Oral Scopus, ESCI

18. CALL-EJ Scopus 

19. Caracteres Scopus, ESCI

20. Chi'e: Journal of Japanese Learning and Teaching

21. Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion Scopus, SSCI

22. CLIL Journal of Innovation and Research in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Education

23. Communiquer Scopus, ESCI

24. Computational Linguistics Scopus, SSCI

25. Comunicar Scopus, SSCI

26. Continua 

27. Culture, Language and Representation Scopus, ESCI

28. Current Issues in Philology and Pedagogical Linguistics

29. DELTA: Documentação de estudos em lingüística teórica e aplicada Scopus

30. Dialectologia Scopus, ESCI

31. Dialektika

32. Dialogic Pedagogy Scopus, ESCI

33. Dialogues: An Interdisciplinary Journal of English Language Teaching and Research

34. Dinamika Ilmu

35. Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics Scopus, ESCI

36. Edukasi: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran

37. E-JournALL: EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages

38. Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT) Scopus

39. ELT Forum: Journal of English Language Teaching

40. ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching

41. English Australia Journal Scopus

42. English Community Journal

43. English Language Teaching Educational Journal

44. ESP Today Scopus, ESCI

45. Estudios de Asia y África Scopus, ESCI

46. Estudios de Lingüística Inglesa Aplicada Scopus, ESCI

47. EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages 

48. EuroLinguistiX 

49. Forma y Funcion Scopus, ESCI

50. GIST Education and Learning Research Journal

51. Global Business Languages

52. HOW Journal

53. IAFOR Journal of Education Scopus

54. Iberica Scopus, SSCI

55. IC Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion Scopus, ESCI

56. Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature

57. Indonesian JELT

58. International Journal of Arabic Teaching and Learning

59. International Journal of Emerging Issues in Early Childhood Education

60. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Scopus, SSCI

61. International Journal of English Studies Scopus, ESCI

62. International Journal of English for Academic Purposes: Research and Practice 

63. International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Research

64. International Journal of Language Teaching and Education

65. International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies

66. International Journal of TESOL Studies

67. International Journal on Language Research and Education Studies

68. Investigaciones Sobre Lectura

69. Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research Scopus, ESCI 

70. Italian at School

71. Journal of English Language and Education

72. Jurnal Ilmiah Bahasa dan Sastra

73. Journal for Foreign Languages Scopus

74. Journal for Research on Adult Education

75. Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning

76. Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development 

77. Journal of Classics Teaching

78. Journal of Communication Pedagogy

79. Journal of Education for Multilingualism

80. Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology

81. Journal of ELT Research

82. Journal of English Educators Society

83. Journal of English Language Teaching in Indonesia

84. Journal of Foreign Language Education and Technology

85. Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, & Practice

86. Journal of Language and Education Scopus, ESCI

87. Journal of Language and Law Scopus, ESCI

88. Journal of Language and Literature Education

89. Journal of Language Contact Scopus, ESCI

90. Journal of Language Education and Research

91. Journal of Linguistics Research

92. Journal of Media Literacy Education

93. Journal of Mother Tongue Education

94. Journal of Multilingual Education Research

95. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics Scopus, ESCI

96. Journal of Research in Language & Translation 

97. Journal of Saudi Electronic University on Digitalization 

98. Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation

99. Journal of Teaching and Learning Scopus, ESCI

100. Journal of the European Second Language Association

101. Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Language Sciences and Literature

102. Journal of Writing Research Scopus, ESCI

103. Jurnal Bahasa Lingua Scientia

104. Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia Metalingua

105. Jurnal Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

106. KOME Scopus, ESCI

107. Konin Language Studies

108. L2 Journal

109. Laboratory Phonology Scopus, SSCI

110. Language and Linguistics Scopus, SSCI

111. Language & Literacy

112. Language Development Research

113. Language Documentation and Conservation Scopus, ESCI

114. Language Learning & Technology Scopus, SSCI

115. Language Teaching and Educational Research

116. Language Value Scopus 

117. Latin American Journal of Content & Language Integrated Learning

118. LACLIL

119. LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network Scopus

120. Lenguas Modernas Scopus

121. Lexikos Scopus, SSCI

122. LingTera

123. Lisanuna: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa Arab dan Pembelajarannya

124. LITERA, the International Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and their Teaching

125. Literator Scopus, ESCI

126. LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching

127. Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching

128. MEXTESOL Journal Scopus

129. Mimbar Pendidikan: Jurnal Indonesia untuk Kajian Pendidikan

130. Muróbbî: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan

131. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics

132. NYS TESOL Journal

133. Ocnos

134. Onomazein Scopus, SSCI

135. Papers in Language Testing and Assessment ESCI

136. Parole: Journal of Linguistics and Education

137. PASAA Scopus

138. Pixel-Bit, Revista de Medios y Educacion Scopus, ESCI

139. Polish Journal of English Studies 

140. Polyglot: Jurnal Ilmiah

141. Porta Linguarum Scopus, SSCI

142. Problems of Onomastics Scopus, ESCI

143. Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural Scopus, ESCI

144. Professional Discourse & Communication

145. Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development Scopus 

146. Psiholingvistika Scopus

147. Psychology of Language and Communication Scopus 

148. Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Literaris Scopus, ESCI

149. RATE Issues

150. Reading & Writing Scopus, ESCI

151. Reading in a Foreign Language ESCI

152. Recherches en didactique des langues et des cultures

153. Recherche et pratiques pédagogiques en langues de spécialité. Cahiers de l'APLIUT

154. Res Rhetorica Scopus, ESCI

155. Research in Corpus Linguistics

156. Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning

157. Researching and Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes Scopus, ESCI

158. Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento Scopus, ESCI

159. Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas Scopus, ESCI

160. Revista EntreLínguas

161. Revista Espaço

162. Revista Nebrija de Linguistica Aplicada a la Enseñanza de Lenguas

163. Revista Signos Scopus, SSCI

164. RLA, Revista de linguistica teorica y aplicada Scopus, SSCI

165. Saudi Journal of Language Studies 

166. SCENARIO Journal

167. Scientific Journal of King Faisal University: Humanities and Management Sciences

168. Scripta Manent

169. SED - Journal of Art Education

170. Sign Systems Studies Scopus; Arts & Humanities Citation Index (a service by WoS)

171. Sintagma Scopus, SSCI

172. Sinteze

173. SiSAL Journal Scopus 

174. Special Education and Rehabilitation Scopus, SSCI

175. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus Scopus 

176. Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL

177. Studies in Language Assessment ESCI

178. Studies in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis

179. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching Scopus, SSCI

180. Sustainable Multilingualism

181. Tabuk University Journal of Human and Social Sciences

182. Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice

183. Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders Scopus, ESCI

184. Tejuelo

185. TESL Canada Journal ESCI

186. TESL-EJ Scopus

187. TESOLANZ Journal 

188. Texto Livre: Linguagem e Tecnologia Scopus, ESCI

189. The Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics ESCI

190. The Journal of Asia TEFL Scopus, ESCI

191. The Journal of Teaching English with Technology Scopus 

192. The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages

193. The Literacy Trek

194. The International Journal of Arabic Linguistics

195. Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition Scopus

196. Tomsk State University Journal of Philology Scopus, ESCI

197. Training, Language and Culture

198. Vocabulary Learning and Instruction: A Journal of Vocabulary Research

199. Westcliff International Journal of Applied Research

200. Word and Text - A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics Scopus, ESCI

201. Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft Scopus, SSCI

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