First Language

SJR Rank #6,536H-index: 55SJR: 0.830Best quartile: Q1APC: US$3,650
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Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Country

United Kingdom

Type

journal

SJR by Edition

2022202500.250.50.751

Subject Categories

  • EducationQ1
  • Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Areas: Social Sciences

Most published research topics

Language Development and DisordersReading and Literacy DevelopmentChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesHearing Impairment and CommunicationMultilingual Education and PolicyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Source: OpenAlex

Publication Statistics

2025 Docs3-Year DocsCitable Docs0306090120

Documents per Year

20222025020406080

Detailed Information

ISSN

1740-2344, 0142-7237

SJR Best Quartile

Q1

Region

Western Europe

Citations per Document (2 years)

1.94

References per Document

54.48

Coverage

1980-1984, 1986-2026

Scope

First Language is an international peer reviewed journal that publishes the highest quality original research in child language acquisition. Child language research is multidisciplinary and this is reflected in the contents of the journal: research from diverse theoretical and methodological traditions is welcome. Authors from a wide range of disciplines - including psychology, linguistics, anthropology, cognitive science, neuroscience, communication, sociology and education - are regularly represented in our pages. Empirical papers range from individual case studies, through experiments, observational/ naturalistic, analyses of CHILDES corpora, to parental surveys.

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