Table 2 Top 20 journals in which Asian ‘Language and linguistics’ research was the most frequently published.

From: Bibliometric analysis of Asian ‘language and linguistics’ research: A case of 13 countries

Journal titles (* indicates that the journal is indexed in WoS, SSCI, SCI-E, or A&HCI)

Publisher

No. of articles published by the 13 target countries (inclusive years)

Theory and Practice in Language Studies

Academy Publication

759 (2011–2014, 2019–2021)

System* (indexed in SSCI since 2010 without being discontinued)

Elsevier

86 (2000–2009)/

426 (2010–2021)

Language Related Research

Tarbiat Modares University

471 (2012–2021)

Journal of Pragmatics* (indexed in SSCI since 1997 without being discontinued)

Elsevier

432 (2000–2021)

Asian EFL Journal

Asian EFL Journal Press

432 (2005, 2011–2021)

Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics

Indonesia University of Education

403 (2011–2021)

Journal of Asia TEFL

The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

374 (2004, 2007, 2010–2021)

Lingua* (indexed in SSCI since 1997 without being discontinued)

Elsevier

350 (2000–2021)

Information Processing and Management* (indexed in SSCI since 1997 without being discontinued)

Elsevier

347 (2000–2021)

GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies

UKM Press

345 (2009–2021)

Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Universiti Putra Malaysia

310 (2009–2021)

3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature

Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

309 (2008–2021)

English Linguistics

The English Linguistic Society of Japan

260 (2000–2020)

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research* (indexed in SSCI since 1997 without being discontinued)

Springer Nature

252 (2000–2021)

Language and Linguistics* (indexed in SSCI since 2009 without being discontinued)

The Institute of Linguistics at Academia Sinica

23 (2008)/222 (2009–2021)

Language Teaching Research* (indexed in SSCI since 2008 without being discontinued)

Sage Publications

21 (2000–2007)/

194 (2008–2021)

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development* (indexed in SSCI since 2010 without being discontinued)

Taylor & Francis

25 (2000–2009)/

176 (2010–2021)

International Journal of Instruction

Gate Association for Teaching and Education

195 (2013–2021)

Computer Assisted Language Learning* (indexed in SSCI since 2010 without being discontinued)

Taylor & Francis

18 (2004–2009)/

175 (2010–2021)

SAGE Open* (indexed in SSCI since 2018 without being discontinued)

Sage Publications

50 (2011–2017)/

143 (2018–2021)