Journal of Child Language

The Journal of Child Language is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of the 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 editors-in-chief are Elma Blom (Utrecht University) and Melanie Soderstrom (University of Manitoba). It was established in 1974 with David Crystal (Bangor University) as its founding editor. The journal is published by Cambridge University Press and is fully open access. It is the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Child Language.

Journal of Child Language

Discipline	Linguistics
Language	English
Edited by	Elma Blom, Melanie Soderstrom
Publication details
History	1974–present
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Frequency	Bimonthly
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons
Impact factor	1.7 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Child Lang.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	0305-0009 (print) 1469-7602 (web)
LCCN	76649848
OCLC no.	485704851
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
• EBSCO databases
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• MLA International Bibliography
• Scopus
• Social Sciences Citation Index

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.7.^[1]

See also

• List of applied linguistics journals