Journal of Second Language Writing

Journal of Second Language Writing is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1992 and covering second and foreign language writing, indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 7.7Journal of Second Language Writing 是由 Elsevier 出版的同行评审期刊，1992 年创刊，涵盖第二语言与外语写作研究，被社会科学引文索引与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子为 7.7。

Scope

• Characteristics and attitudes of second language writers第二语言写作者的个人特征与态度。
• Linguistic features of second language texts第二语言文本的语言特征。
• Composing processes in second language writing第二语言写作的构思与写作过程。
• Teacher and reader response to second language writing教师与读者对第二语言写作的回应。
• Assessment and evaluation of second language writing and its social and institutional contexts第二语言写作的评估与测量及其社会与机构语境。

History

• The journal was founded in 1992 by Ilona Leki and Tony Silva, with its first issue in January 1992该刊由 Ilona Leki 与 Tony Silva 于 1992 年创办，首期于 1992 年 1 月出版。
• It was published by Ablex Publishing until Ablex was acquired by Elsevier in 1998最初由 Ablex Publishing 出版，1998 年 Ablex 被 Elsevier 收购。
• It has been published by Elsevier since then without a change of title此后由 Elsevier 出版，刊名未曾变更。
• It has issued four issues a year since its launch自创刊起每年出版 4 期。

Editors

• The co-editors are Stephen Doolan of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Mimi Li of East Texas A&M University现任联席主编为美国 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 的 Stephen Doolan 与美国 East Texas A&M University 的 Mimi Li。
• Associate editors include Kyoko Baba, Gary Fogal, Xiaofei Lu, Hyung-Jo Yoon and Shulin Yu副主编包括 Kyoko Baba、Gary Fogal、Xiaofei Lu、Hyung-Jo Yoon 与 Shulin Yu。
• The journal operates a double blind review process该刊采用双盲评审流程。
• The print ISSN is 1060-3743 and the electronic ISSN is 1873-1422该刊印刷刊号为 1060-3743，电子刊号为 1873-1422。