Interpreter and Translator Trainer

Interpreter and Translator Trainer is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Translation Studies and Practices, Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare and Second Language Learning and Teaching, together about 57.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Interpreter and Translator Trainer is a peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to research in the education and training of professional translators and interpreters, and of those working in other forms of interlingual and intercultural mediation and communication. With the expansion of the intercultural communication and language services provision sectors has come a proliferation of training programmes in the field. Since its inception in 2007, ITT has been the leading journal in the field of translation and interpreting studies to specialize in training-related issues. ITT welcomes contributions from diverse theoretical and applied approaches among trainers, educators, researchers and all associated professionals, with the aim of exchanging and enriching skills and knowledge in the professional translator and interpreter communities and amongst trainers themselves. The journal encourages critical reflection on: curricular design; syllabus design; translator and translation competence(s); interpreter and interpreting competence(s); teaching and learning approaches; resources (including ICT), methods and techniques; assessment and accreditation; trainer training. It seeks in particular to encourage interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate appropriate research methods and insights from fields such as (higher) education, curricular studies and language acquisition, as well as others more frequently associated with translation and interpreting studies, such as cultural studies, linguistics, communication studies, anthropology, cognitive science and literary studies. The journal invites submissions of research articles. Please refer to the instructions in the Submit an Article > Instructions for Authors and read them carefully before submission. Manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to double anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Extended special issues guest-edited by leading scholars are published regularly and proposals are welcome. ITT is listed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Social Science Citation Index.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 33%); most named Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, Spain 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub

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

Indexing the journal's website claims

Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: FRANCIS, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Online, MLA International Bibliography

As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Impact

Impact factor

2.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

4.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.84LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.84Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SNIP 2026-06

1.36LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.36Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

50OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

238OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.35OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

14.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

11.96%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

33LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

94,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

13%Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to first decision

18 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

106 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

10 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1750-399X

Electronic ISSN

1757-0417

Latest issue on the website

Volume 20, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website