System is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the applications of educational technology and applied linguistics to problems of foreign language teaching and learning. It was established in 1973 and has been published by Elsevier since 1991.[1] Until 2013, the journal published four issues per year. In 2014, it published six issues, and since 2015 it has published eight issues per year. Since October 2019 (volume 85), articles have been published electronically only, with article number identifiers in place of page numbers.
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| Discipline | Applied linguistics, education |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Idoia Elola, Mairin Hennebry-Leung, Jim McKinley, Lawrence Jun Zhang, Yongyan Zheng |
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| History | 1973-present |
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| Frequency | 8/year |
| 4.9 (2023) | |
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| ISO 4 | System |
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| ISSN | 0346-251X |
| LCCN | 81643610 |
| OCLC no. | 833467391 |
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Impact
editAccording to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2023 impact factor of 4.9, ranking it 3rd out of 297 journals in the category "Linguistics" and 15th out of 756 journals in the category "Education & Educational Research".[2]
Editors
editAs of July 2024, the editors-in-chief, in alphabetical order, are Idoia Elola (Texas Tech University), Mairin Hennebry-Leung (The University of Melbourne), Jim McKinley (UCL Institute of Education, University of London), Lawrence Jun Zhang (University of Auckland), and Yongyan Zheng (Fudan University).[3]
Former editors
edit- Lluïsa Astruc, The Open University
- James A. Coleman, The Open University
- Norman Davies (founding editor 1973-2010), Linköping University
- Xuesong (Andy) Gao, The University of New South Wales
- Marta González-Lloret, The University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Regine Hampel, The Open University
- Sarah Mercer, University of Graz
- Ursula Stickler, The Open University
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ McKinley, Jim (April 2024). "Fifty years of System research and projections for the future". System. 121. doi:10.1016/j.system.2023.103210.
- ^ "System". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.
- ^ "System journal". Elsevier. Retrieved 2 July 2024.