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Journal of Language, Identity, and Education
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Journal of Language, Identity, and Education

1534-8458

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hlie20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 874 11 11 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.917
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Language Identity and Education?

Journal of Language Identity and Education aims to foster the development of research in Pedagogy, Identity (social science), Gender studies, Self-concept and Context (language use). The Pedagogy works featured in it incorporate elements from Ideology and First language. It links adjacent topics like First language with Language policy.

While it focused on Identity (social science), it was also able to explore topics like Heritage language, Language acquisition, Discourse analysis, Ethnography and Negotiation. The studies on Gender studies discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Citizenship, Ethnic group, Immigration and Narrative. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Bilingual education, apply to Neuroscience of multilingualism as well.

  • Pedagogy (36.34%)
  • Identity (social science) (28.91%)
  • Gender studies (22.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Theorizing Language Teacher Identity: Three Perspectives and Beyond (620 citations)
  • Imagined Communities and Educational Possibilities: Introduction (459 citations)
  • "I Never Knew I Was a Bilingual": Reimagining Teacher Identities in TESOL (307 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Language Identity and Education:

The journal articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Pedagogy, Identity (social science), Language education, Foreign language and Gender studies. The most cited articles explore topics in Pedagogy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Language acquisition and Neuroscience of multilingualism. Issues in Identity (social science) were discussed in the journal articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Variety (linguistics), Language proficiency, Teacher education, Language ideology and Critical ethnography.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Pedagogy
  • Social science
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Pedagogy, Gender studies, Identity (social science), Ideology and Language education. Most of the Pedagogy studies addressed also intersect with Internship. It explores issues in Gender studies which can be linked to other research areas like Higher education, Immigration and Negotiation.

The concepts on Identity (social science) presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Context (language use) and Language acquisition. It emphasizes research on Ideology, which includes concerns such as Language ideology. It facilitates the exploration of Language education in relation to the field of Indigenous language.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • (Mis-/Under-)Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Locally-Produced ELT Materials (4 citations)
  • Challenging Monolingual Ways of Looking at Multilingualism: Insights for Curriculum Development in Teacher Preparation (4 citations)
  • The Socialization of L2 Doctoral Students through Written Feedback (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Language Identity and Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kendall A. King (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vaidehi Ramanathan (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Teresa L. McCarty (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yasuko Kanno (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alastair Pennycook (5 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Language Identity and Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Davis (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of British Columbia (11 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (11 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.91% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.96% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.91% of all publications and 55.22% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Professional Identity Conflict and (Re)Construction among English Teachers in Iran

    Samaneh Eslamdoost;Samaneh Eslamdoost;Kendall A. King;Zia Tajeddin

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • “Respeta mi idioma”: Latinx Youth Enacting Affective Agency

    Juan Sebastián Ferrada;Mary Bucholtz;Meghan Corella

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • “A Viable Path for Education”—Indigenous-Language Immersion and Sustainable Self-Determination

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Disciplinary Practices with Multilingual Learners in the Content Areas: Investigating Grasp of Practice in Fifth-Grade Science

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Catalan Identity and Language Attitudes Through Fan Translation of Video Games in the Digital Wilds

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Towards Educational Dignity: Translanguaging y la Preparación de Maestros

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Language Attitudes and Ethnic Identity: Examining Listener Perceptions of Latvian-Russian Bilingual Speakers

    Pavel Trofimovich;Larisa Turuševa

    (2020)
    4 Citations
  • Reproduction of Educational Disadvantage? Examining the Bachelor’s Degree Attainment, College GPA, and Graduate Degree Plan of Non-Native English-Speaking Students

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Biliteracy Metaphor Analysis: Examining Multilingual, Multicultural Pupils’ Interpretation of Canon Literature

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • A Multilingual Preschooler’s School Belonging: The Role of Translanguaging Pedagogy

    (2024)
    1 Citations

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