Journal profile · Multiple
Language Awareness
ISSN 0965-8416 · eISSN 1747-7565 · Taylor & Francis
Language Awareness: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 2.97; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 228 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Language Awareness is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Multilingual Education and Policy, together about 53.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Language Awareness is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes theoretically and methodologically rigorous studies related to language awareness. The journal strives to be inclusive in terms of languages and contexts at all educational levels. It includes research conducted in naturalistic and instructed learning settings with different theoretical and methodological approaches. Although the journal primarily invites studies related to L2 learning and teaching, it also welcomes research related to first language use and language awareness. The notion of ‘language awareness’ encompasses a wide range of issues concerning L2 learning and teaching, including, but not limited to, the following: The role of cognition (e.g., attention, noticing, awareness) in L2 learning Explicit knowledge, explicit learning, and explicit instruction in L2 learning The function of metacognition in language awareness, learning, and instruction Instructional techniques and technology in relation to language awareness Learner psychology and its mediation of language awareness The relationship between bi/multilingualism, translanguaging, and language awareness Critical language awareness (e.g., awareness of how language use indexes structures of power) The journal further hosts issues related to teacher language awareness including: Teacher beliefs about language learning, language use, and instruction Teacher psychology and its mediation of teacher language awareness Professional knowledge in relation to language learning and instruction Teacher education targeting language awareness Special Section: Focus on Practice Language Awareness invites submissions that aim at connecting research and practice in the field of second language education. The overarching objectives of the section (“Focus on Practice”) are: (a) to showcase empirical research designed to investigate or facilitate the research-practice relationship (Type I); (b) to share short reports in which researchers and/or practitioners share their experiences with pedagogical recommendations suggested by empirical research (Type II); and (c) to provide practitioners with a platform to share their experiences, knowledge, and feedback to researchers (Type III). Type I: Empirical Studies of the Research-Practice Relationship (RPR) While much has been written about the research-practice relationship (RPR) in second language education, little empirical work has examined the nature of this relationship, identify cause
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Masatoshi SatoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 17%); most named Canada 2, Mainland China 1, Japan 1, Poland 1, Chile 1 (6 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 Humanities24.6%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities15.7%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences13.3%
- Second Language Acquisition and LearningPsychology8.9%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.5%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities4.7%
- Linguistic Variation and MorphologySocial Sciences2.9%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
ERICPublisher website
Other: British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, Current Abstracts, EBSCOhost, MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association), Language Teaching, Linguistics Abstracts Online, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
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
- Impact factor
- 2.97LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.08Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.81LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.81Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 449OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 105,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 970 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 15 | 25 |
| 2025 | 59 | 17 | 122 |
| 2024 | 43 | 17 | 285 |
| 2023 | 37 | 9 | 382 |
| 2022 | 19 | 6 | 183 |
| 2021 | 45 | 14 | 791 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
228 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 153 days – 303 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 251 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (101 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 22 daysPublisher 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access
- AI use ESL tertiary learners’ engagement in ChatGPT-assisted second language writing
Shujun Yuan et al. Research Article | Published online: 12 Apr 2026
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Language Awareness is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and read…
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0965-8416
- Electronic ISSN
- 1747-7565
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 35, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Language Awareness
What CAS zone is Language Awareness in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Language Awareness is in Zone 2 of Literature, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Language & Linguistics / Linguistics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Language Awareness?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.97; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at Language Awareness?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 228 days (interquartile range 153–303 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14%. 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 JCR quartile is Language Awareness in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Literature.
Where are the editorial board members of Language Awareness based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 17%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (2), Mainland China (1) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Language Awareness?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Language Awareness is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Language Awareness open access, and what is the APC?
Language Awareness is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .