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Language and Education
H-index 7

Language and Education

0950-0782

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rlae20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 741 11 13 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 15
Documents by Best Scientists*: 18
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 63
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.213
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Language and Education?

Language and Education is mainly concerned with subjects like Pedagogy, Mathematics education, Linguistics, Literacy and Teaching method. While Pedagogy is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Context (language use), Discourse analysis and First language. The study on Mathematics education presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Higher education.

In the Linguistics research discussed, Grammar, Comprehension approach, Language education, Neuroscience of multilingualism and Language assessment are all tackled. The research on Language education discussed in Language and Education draws on the closely related field of Foreign language. Language and Education focuses on Literacy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Information literacy, Ethnography and Reading (process).

Topics in Teaching method explored in Language and Education were investigated in conjunction with research in Bilingual education and Dialogic. Many of the studies tackled connect Multilingualism with a similar field of study like Language policy.

  • Pedagogy (53.95%)
  • Mathematics education (26.88%)
  • Linguistics (21.98%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Student Writing as 'Academic Literacies': Drawing on Bakhtin to Move from Critique to Design (269 citations)
  • Incomplete Journeys: Code-switching and Other Language Practices in Mathematics, Science and English Language Classrooms in South Africa (236 citations)
  • Revisiting the Continua of Biliteracy: International and Critical Perspectives. (205 citations)

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

The published papers investigate areas of study like Pedagogy, Teaching method, Mathematics education, Literacy and Linguistics. The published articles explore issues in Pedagogy which can be linked to other research areas like Context (language use), Discourse analysis and First language. The studies on Mathematics education discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Higher education and Mainstream.

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

  • Linguistics
  • Law
  • Pedagogy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Language and Education tackles a plethora of topics, such as Pedagogy, Mathematics education, Systemic functional linguistics, Linguistics and Teacher education. Pedagogy study tackled is connected to the field of Institution. Second language, Literacy and Metalanguage are some topics wherein Mathematics education research discussed in Language and Education have an impact.

The journal focuses on Systemic functional linguistics but also tackles concerns of closely connected disciplines like

  • Praxis and related Critical language awareness, Student writing, Disposition and Teaching method,
  • Discourse analysis which connect with English second language, Computational linguistics, Appraisal theory, Knowledge economy and Interpersonal communication.. Language and Education tackles studies in Sociocultural evolution and the interrelated subject of Language development and Academic language to gain insights into Linguistics. The studies on Teacher education discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Posthuman, Diversity (politics) and Semiotics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Critical SFL Praxis in Teacher Education: Insights from Australian SFL Scholars. (8 citations)
  • SFL praxis in U.S. teacher education: a critical literature review (8 citations)
  • Language teacher candidates’ SFL development: a sociocultural perspective (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 Language and Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Neil Mercer (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mastin Prinsloo (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • 豊子 松村 (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Martin (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen (6 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 Language and Education (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Pennsylvania (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (20 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Lancaster University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Exeter (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institute of Education (12 papers) published 1 paper 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, 7.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.19% of all publications and 62.50% 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.

Career Opportunities and Requirements in Language and Education

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Top Publications

  • Co-Learning in Hong Kong English medium instruction mathematics secondary classrooms: a translanguaging perspective

    Kevin W. H. Tai;Li Wei

    (2021)
    90 Citations
  • Academic language and the minoritization of U.S. bilingual Latinx students

    Ofelia García;Cristian R. Solorza

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • An analysis of the forms of teacher-student dialogue that are most productive for learning

    Sara Hennessy;Elisa Calcagni;Alvin Leung;Neil Mercer

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Engaging students in learning and creating different translanguaging sub-spaces in Hong Kong English Medium Instruction history classrooms

    (2023)
    14 Citations
  • What has changed over 18 years? Future teachers’ language use and attitudes towards multilingualism in the Basque Autonomous Community

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Expanding participation: supporting newcomer students’ language development through disciplinary practices

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Exploring the professional identity and agency of student teachers in multilingual classrooms

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Threading systemic change for language equity in schools

    Bryant Jensen;Guadalupe Valdés

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Teacher education for diversity : afterword

    Anthony J. Liddicoat

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Can the Monkey King break through the ‘Jin-Gang-Quan’ (金剛圈)? Overcoming the multiple contradictions in EMI education

    (2023)
    3 Citations

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