The Journal of Child Language is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of the scientific study of language behavior in children, the principles which underlie it, and the theories which may account for it. This includes various aspects of linguistics such as phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, semantics, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. Its editor-in-chief is Heike Behrens (University of Basel). It was established in 1974 with David Crystal (Bangor University) as its founding editor. The journal is published by Cambridge University Press and is the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Child Language.
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| Discipline | Linguistics |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Heike Behrens |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1974-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | 5/year |
| 1.505 (2010) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Child Lang. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0305-0009 (print) 1469-7602 (web) |
| LCCN | 76649848 |
| OCLC no. | 485704851 |
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Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
- Scopus
- EBSCOhost
- MLA International Bibliography
- Social Sciences Citation Index
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2013 impact factor of 1.505 ranking it 20th out of 169 journals in the category "Area Studies".[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Area Studies". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.
External links
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