Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Journal of Language and Education
ISSN 2411-7390 · National Research University Higher School of Economics · Russian Federation
Journal of Language and Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 18 weeks (community reports); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Language and Education is published by National Research University Higher School of Economics and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, together about 37.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Language and Education (JLE) is a high-quality open access peer-reviewed international journal published quarterly by the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. JLE provides a platform for researchers, academicians, professionals, and practitioners to impart and share knowledge in the form of high quality empirical and theoretical research papers, pilot studies, opinion papers and reviews (scoping / systematical reviews, meta-analysis and book reviews). The journal provides an international source of peer-reviewed information on scholarly communication at large, with language- and education-related issues in closeup covering niches and issues such as academic and scholarly writing, writing for publishing, science editing, canonical patterns and non-standard irregularities of scholarly and academic texts, English as an Additional Language (EAL), English as lingua franca and multilingualism, literacy brokerage, journal writing conventions, structural and thesis-driven aspects of scholarly writing, research readability, self-awareness of writing confidence, publishing norms, fostering academic writing skills, writing-enriched university curricula, moves and steps theory and practice in scholarly writing, rhetoric schemas. The Education section coverage include such topics as changing universities and their missions, university graduates’ employability skills, soft skills, education reframing, innovative models of teaching and progressive learning technologies (flipped class, mixed learning, deep active learning, etc.), virtual education and MOOCs, gamification and game-based curricula, redefining of quality of tertiary education and international rankings, mobility and autonomy in higher education. The list is certain to be regularly updated as the educational settings are prone to fast and constant change.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities15.5%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities15.4%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities6.4%
- Second Language Acquisition and LearningPsychology6%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology4.6%
- Language, Communication, and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Technology-Enhanced Education StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Russian Index of Scientific Citations (RINC)Publisher website
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 594 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 114 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | 126 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | 370 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 351 |
| 2021 | 70 | 70 | 615 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Open peer review, Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5
- empirical and theoretical research papershigh quality empirical and theoretical research papers, pilot studies, opinion papers and reviews (scoping / systematical reviews, meta-analysis and book review…Length not stated
- opinion papershigh quality empirical and theoretical research papers, pilot studies, opinion papers and reviews (scoping / systematical reviews, meta-analysis and book review…Length not stated
- original research article (ora)How to Write an Original Research Article (ORA)Length not stated
- perspective and opinion articleHow to Write a Perspective and Opinion ArticleLength not stated
- pilot studieshigh quality empirical and theoretical research papers, pilot studies, opinion papers and reviews (scoping / systematical reviews, meta-analysis and book review…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Plagiarism/self-plagiarism screening required. Model summary
The submission is plagiarism / self-plagiarism free.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright agreement required. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the Copyright Notice.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review options: blinded and open peer review available. Model summary
The Journal offers both blinded and open peer-review options for authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2411-7390
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Language and Education
What CAS zone is Journal of Language and Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Language and Education is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Language and Education?
Authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Language and Education?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Language and Education based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Language and Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Language and Education is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Language and Education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Language and Education is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .