Journal Analysis

Years of publication 1974-2018

publisher Cambridge University Press

Number of issues per year 5 (average)

Number of articles per issue 14 (average)

impact factor 1.79

The Journal of Child Language is one of the journals in the field of Linguistics. As

understanding child language is related to the field of linguistics as well as the field of

psychology, studies that mentally, linguistically and intellectually investigate children’s acts in

language can be found in the articles of this journal ( Cambridge Core, 2018).

The apparent vision of this journal is to inform the interested readers about latest studies

of child’s behavior towards language, the fundamentals cause that behavior, and theories stating

what is found in data. During decades of publishing, the Journal of Child Language has provided

a great number of articles for early childhood educators, linguists, psychologists. These articles

include long experimental studies and short research reports. The authors who publish and edit

articles in this journal are researchers from universities all over the world as well as book authors

and psychologists ( Cambridge Core, 2018).

Publishing in Journals in the field of Linguistics requires very high level of academic

writing. This journal is willing to publish studies based on new databases or using innovative

tools. In order to publish in this journal, many requirements need to be considered. There is a set

limit of words not to exceed 10000 for general articles and 4000 words for shorter research
reports. All articles should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological

Association (6th Edition 2010). For phonetic transcription, symbols and conventions of the IPA

are preferred. The submitted article are reviewed through several stages before publication. The

journal occasionally publishes special issues with topics and formats determined by the editorial

team ( Cambridge Core, 2018).

Reference

Journal of Child Language, Cambridge Core. Retrieved from:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-child-language/most-cited