International Journal of Chinese Language Teaching

International Journal of Chinese Language Teaching is published by Clifford Media International. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition and Learning and Second Language Learning and Teaching, together about 48.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

International Journal of Chinese Language Teaching (IJCLT) is a fully peer-reviewed international journal published by Clifford Media International. It publishes four issues per year, highlighting both original empirical research and systematic review studies on teaching and learning Chinese as a first and foreign language at all education levels. The journal accepts submissions written in English or Chinese. IJCLT is an Open Access journal and all published papers are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, or to use them for any other lawful purpose. Authors retain copyrights and full publishing rights without restrictions. Authors are also welcome to deposit all versions of their paper in an institutional or other repository of the authors' choice without embargo. There are no article processing charges or submission charges applicable to authors. The journal welcomes contributions in the following areas, but not limited to: Chinese linguistics; processing of Chinese as a first and second language; translation and interpreting studies; curriculum design and development; teaching methodology; teacher professional development; language and culture; language and society; language testing and evaluation; language planning and policy; multilingualism and multilingual education; information technology and language education. IJCLT publishes a range of article types on the topic of language and education. Full-length Research Articles A carefully designed complete project is reported with quantitative and/or qualitative original data. Submissions at this category should generally follow the overall structure of IMRD, namely introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussions and conclusion. Within the text, keep tables and figures in minimum. Articles in this category may vary in length, but normally they should not exceed 9,000 English words (inclusive of notes and bibliography) or 10,000 Chinese characters. Brief Reports This section is designed to presenting original data from a larger project or work in progress. Articles in this category should not exceed 6,000 English words (inclusive of notes and bibliography) or 9,000 Chinese characters. Apart from length, other requirements are the same with those for Full-length Research Articles. Review Articles These articles address practical strategies

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Editorial board by country: 35 in mainland China (about 47%); most named Mainland China 35, United States 9, United Kingdom 6, Hong Kong, China 4, Spain 3 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

DOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, Semantic Scholar, MLA Directory of Periodicals, REAO: East Asian Studies Journals, EBSCO Education, ROAD, BASE, Helka Helsinki Library, Baidu Scholar, Ex Libris, Jouroscope, US Department of Commerce Research LibraryPublisher website

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Impact

h-index

10OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

10OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.58OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Average review time (community reports)

about 6 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 6 weeksDOAJ · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

Clifford Media International

Country or region

Hong Kong

Language

English, Chinese

ISSN

2708-9517

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub