Top citation year was 2025 with 287 citations. Average citations per year stand at 105. Each indexed article contributes around 6.86 citations on average. Latest CiteScore for 2026 is 11.65, indicating a Upward trend. Based on 2025 CiteScore comparison across active journals, this journal falls in Z3. Most cited article currently has 339 citations.
Joal : Journal of Applied Linguistics
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Most Cited Article
Theory of cognitive development by Jean Piaget
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Yearly Citations
| Year | Citations |
|---|---|
| 2026 |
135
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| 2025 |
287
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| 2024 |
149
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| 2023 |
44
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| 2022 |
12
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| 2021 |
3
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ELTA has its own Mission : as Professional Organization of English Lecturers and Teachers who are highly dedicated, dignified and competent in carrying out teaching, research on Linguistics and community dedication which is implied and publish in JoAL
Journal of Applied Linguistics Journal (JoAL) is a journal published twice a year ,publish in January, and July .This Journal is legally and formally is formed by the letter of the leader of ELTA Medan- Indonesia Decree no : 06-/Elta/2/VI/2021, dated at 21st June 2021. It presents articles on the study of English language Teaching , linguistics and Language Maintenance which are written by ELTAs member, ELTAs sympathizers and other researcher
Teaching and curricular practices
Language teaching methodologies,
Curriculum development and teaching methods
Second and foreign language teaching and learning
Classroom-centered research
Literacy
Language education
Teacher education and professional development
Teacher training
Child, second, and foreign language acquisition
Bilingual and multilingual education
Translation
New technologies in language teaching
Testing and evaluation
Literature, language, and linguistics
Applied linguistics
Sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics
Discourse analysis
Stylistics
English Language Teaching and Learning
Linguistics and Applied linguistics
English Literature
English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
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