Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Last updated ISSN 0272-2631
Studies in Second Language Acquisition is published by Cambridge University Press in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Studies in Second Language Acquisition concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Reading and Literacy Development
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0272-2631, 1470-1545 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,315 |
| Publishing since | 1978 |
| Journal website | journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SLA |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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