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Published by: Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-second-language-acquisition
| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences and Humanities | 122 | 33 | 74 | 19 |
Studies in Second Language Acquisition focuses on Linguistics, Second-language acquisition, Media studies, Language acquisition and Cognitive psychology. The journal facilitated presentations on Linguistics research, particularly First language, Language transfer, Comprehension approach, Language assessment and Grammar. Most of the First language studies addressed also intersect with Language proficiency.
Second-language attrition and Language pedagogy are some of the facets of Comprehension approach tackled in Studies in Second Language Acquisition. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Language assessment and the similar topic of Language education. The journal explores issues in Second-language acquisition which can be linked to other research areas like Developmental linguistics and Interlanguage.
Media studies research presented in Studies in Second Language Acquisition encompasses a variety of subjects, including Anthropology, Classics and Humanities. The Language acquisition study featured in it draws connections with the study of Cognitive science. The research on Cognitive psychology featured in it combines topics in other fields like Cognition and Task (project management).
The most cited papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Linguistics, Second-language acquisition, Comprehension approach, Cognitive psychology and Language transfer. The studies on Comprehension approach discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Comprehension, Vocabulary development and Language assessment. While Cognitive psychology is the key highlight in the published papers, thet also covered some subjects on Cognition and Discourse analysis.
The main points discussed in the journal deals with Cognitive psychology, Linguistics, Vocabulary, Task (project management) and Reading (process). The concepts on Cognitive psychology presented in Studies in Second Language Acquisition can also apply to other research fields, including Perception, Cognition, Aptitude, Second language and Construct validity. The tackled Cognition research is interrelated with Imitation which concerns subjects like Grammaticality.
The in-depth study on Linguistics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Meaning (existential). In it, Context (language use), Recall, Word recognition, Meaning (linguistics) and Lexical decision task are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Vocabulary research. It focuses on Task (project management) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Grammar and Procedural memory.
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 Studies in Second Language Acquisition (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Studies in Second Language Acquisition (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 67.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.81% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.81% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 29.63% of all publications and 40.74% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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