Journal profile
Language Development Research
ISSN 2771-7976 · Carnegie Mellon University Library Publishing Service · United States
Language Development Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 50 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Language Development Research is published by Carnegie Mellon University Library Publishing Service. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Hearing Impairment and Communication and Language and cultural evolution, together about 100% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Cultural Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Language Development Research: An Open-Science Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of empirical and theoretical scholarship relevant to the study of language development. The field of language development (typical and atypical, mono-, bi- and multi-lingual) is broadly construed to include, for example, studies of second language learning (or artificial language learning) in older children or adults, studies of nonhuman animals, computational modeling studies, studies or theories of the adult endpoint, etc., provided that they are relevant to the issue of language development. We invite submissions that meet our criteria for rigour, without regard to the perceived novelty or importance of the findings. We publish general and special issues ("Special Collections") in a rolling format, to ensure rapid, cost-free publication for authors. Language Development Research was founded by Ben Ambridge and Brian MacWhinney as the official journal of the TalkBank system, which comprises the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES), PhonBank, HomeBank, Multilingualism and Clinical banks, the CLAN software (used by hundreds of researchers worldwide to analyze children's spontaneous speech data) and the Info-CHILDES mailing list; with over 1,600 subscribers, the de-facto mailing list for the field of child language development.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Patricia BrooksPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 25, United Kingdom 10, France 3, Canada 3, Australia 3 (56 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities33.3%
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology33.3%
- Language and cultural evolutionSocial Sciences33.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 50 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted4
- articleArticle Yes Yes YesLength not stated
- registered reportRegistered Report Yes Yes YesLength not stated
- special issue: metaphor comprehensionSpecial Issue: Metaphor Comprehension Yes Yes YesLength not stated
- special issue: multimodal directive-response trajectoriesSpecial Issue: Multimodal Directive-Response Trajectories Yes Yes YesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Peer review
- Data availability
Data, code and materials sharing is mandatory unless an exemption is agreed. Model summary
Sharing of data, analysis code and experimental materials is mandatory, unless authors have agreed an exemption with the journal at the point of submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Model summary
Language Development Research Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode Although authors grant first digital publication rights to LDR, and agree to publish under the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence, authors retain their copyright and full publishing rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Single-anonymous review policy and optional double-anonymous review policy. Model summary
The journal operates a single-anonymous review policy and an optional double-anonymous review policy. That is, reviewers are anonymous to authors, unless they waive anonymity by clearly signing their review (we will not remove the names of reviewers who have signed their review). By default, authors are not anonymous to reviewers, since the journal encourages public posting and sharing of submitte…
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
- Carnegie Mellon University Library Publishing Service
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2771-7976
- Society / sponsor
- TalkBank system
- 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
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Language Development Research
How long does peer review take at Language Development Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 50 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 Language Development Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. 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 Language Development Research based?
Of the 56 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (25), United Kingdom (10) and France (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Language Development Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Language Development Research is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Language Development Research open access, and what is the APC?
Language Development Research 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: .