Journal of Second Language Writing

*Journal of Second Language Writing*
Discipline	Linguistics, education
Language	English
Edited by	Amanda Kibler, Todd Ruecker
Publication details
History	1992-present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	3.538 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Second Lang. Writ.
Indexing;
ISSN	1873-1422;
LCCN	92643958
OCLC no.	45343364
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

The Journal of Second Language Writing is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the fields of linguistics and language education. Its scope encompasses all aspects of second and foreign language writing, including writing instruction and assessment. It was established in 1992 and is published quarterly by Elsevier. The current editors-in-chief are Amanda Kibler (Oregon State University) and Todd Ruecker (University of New Mexico). The founding editors were Ilona Leki (University of Tennessee) and Tony Silva (Purdue University).

According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2020 impact factor of 3.538, ranking it 12th out of 193 journals in the category "Linguistics".^[1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in the following services:^[2]

^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Linguistics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
^ "Abstracting and indexing". Elsevier. 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-05.