Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition

Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition is published by Science-res Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition and Learning and Linguistics and Language Analysis, together about 52% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal Editor: Mehmet Ozcan editor@science-res.com Focus and Scope ISSN: 2147-9747 Journal of Second and Multiple Language Acquisition-JSMULA publishes studies designed to test a part or the whole of second language acquisition/learning theories; those bringing forth new hypotheses related to the nature of second and multiple language acquisition and those which set bridges between language acquisition and other disciplines are given priority. Studies that take a descriptive approach to the nature of second language acquisition and development are also welcome. Open access policy: JSMULA is an open-access journal which enables its readers to access all the articles right after they are published without logging in, registering, and without any charge. FREQUENCY: JSMULA a quarterly journal which is published in March, June, September, and December. INDEXED IN: Index Copernicus (ICV 2024 = 84.02), DOAJ, DRJI, ICI, InfoBase Index (4.0) Academindex LANGUAGE: The publication language of JSMULA is English only. However, the manuscripts to be submitted to JSMULA may take any language as its research subject. Review policy: The review method for the submissions to JSMULA is double-blind peer review. A manuscript submitted to JSMULA is read by the editor first and then, if the content of the manuscript is within the scope of the journal, it is sent to reviewers. Our experience since 2013 show that the avarage time of the completion of the review is about 3 months. Depending on the reviewers, this time may be a litle longer or shorter. Tracking the review process/Status of my manuscript: Once you send your manuscript to the editor, you will be notified that your manuscript is received and will be provided with a tracking link where you can access the directory containing your manuscript and review reports. As soon as we receive a report for it, we will place it in the directory. If no report is placed in that directory, this means that there is no change in the status of your manuscript. Please send a message to editor@science-res.com if you have any questions. We will inform you within 24 hours. Alert me: If you would like to be alerted for the new issues of JSMULA, please send an email to the editor, at editor@science-res.com stating that you want to receive email alerts. Privacy Statement: The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpos

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Iran 2, United States 1, Qatar 1 (4 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

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Impact

h-index

2OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

0OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.09OpenAlex · 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 10 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 10 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

Science-res Publishing

Country or region

Turkey

Language

English

ISSN

2147-9747

Latest issue on the website

Volume 14 (2026)

Official links

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