Draft:Language Learning and Technology (journal)

The journal was founded in July 1997 with Mark Warschauer as its founder and first editor, who in January 1998 was joined by Lucinda Hart-Gonzalez as co-editor.{{Cite journal |last=Warschauer |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Warschauer |date=July 1, 1997 |title=From the editor |url=https://www.lltjournal.org/item/10125-25006/ |journal=Language Learning & Technology |language=en-US |volume=1 |issue=1 |issn=1094-3501}}

It was created as the first fully online, open-access, Issues in Publishing an Online, Open-Access CALL Journal. https://wgy.tyut.edu.cn/__local/A/ED/DA/FFD69DDDC4DF67E1A6736304146_5720389F_538BB.pdf?e=.pdf#:~:text=cited%20more%20often,libraries%20are%20scarce%20or%20nonexistent peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the intersection of learning and technology, with a particular focus on how digital tools and media impact second and foreign language acquisition.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

LLT is recognized as one of the leading journals in the field of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning). A 2024 scientometric study by Mohsen et al. identified Language Learning & Technology as one of the most influential journal in the field of computer-assisted language learning, citing its over 18,000 citations, an h-index of 75, and its pioneering role as an online-only, open-access publication since 1997. The study concluded that LLT has played a central role in shaping CALL research over the past four decades.{{cite journal |last1=Mohsen|first1=M.A.|last2=Althebi|first2=S.|last3=Alsagour|first3=R.|last4=Alsalem|first4=A.|last5=Almudawi|first5=A.|last6=Alshahrani|first6=A.|date=December 2023|title=Forty-two years of computer-assisted language learning research: A scientometric study of hotspot research and trending issues|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376708145|journal=ReCALL|volume=36|issue=2|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=230–249|doi=10.1017/S0958344023000253|access-date=18 May 2025}}

In 2016, ERIC Digest published an article titled "Leading the Way for Open Access Research", which described Language Learning & Technology (LLT) as an early example of a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal in the field of language education. The article outlined the journal’s launch in the mid-1990s and noted its role in demonstrating that scholarly standards could be maintained in an online publishing format.Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)-- Leading the Way for Open Access Research https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1103542

In a 2017 statement, the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) cited it as one of the “foremost international journals” in the field.{{Cite web|url=https://calico.org/home/scholarship-in-call/|title=Statement of Scholarship in CALL|website=Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium}}

A 2019 editorial in ReCALL noted its influence among educational technology publications.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/recall/article/editorial/59320CBDDEF48BDE8C10C26C74D47766|title=Editorial|first=Alex|last=Boulton|date=January 18, 2019|journal=ReCALL|volume=31|issue=1|pages=1–2|via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0958344018000216}}

LLT also consistently ranked in the top quartile (Q1) of linguistics and education journals according to the Scimago Journal Rank.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=27188&tip=sid|title=Scimago Journal & Country Rank|website=www.scimagojr.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719163611/https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=27188&tip=sid|archive-date=19 July 2021|url-status=dead}}

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:{{cite MIAR |title=Language Learning & Technology |issn=1094-3501 |access-date=2025-02-04}}

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• Directory of Open Access Journals
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• IBZ Online
• Linguistic Bibliography
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• MLA
• Scopus
• Social Sciences Citation Index

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 3.5.{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=LANGUAGE LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Social Sciences|via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}

• 1997—2003: Mark Warschauer{{Cite journal |last1=Chun |first1=Dorothy |last2=DaGrossa |first2=Pamela |date=September 1, 2003 |title=From the editors |url=https://www.lltjournal.org/item/10125-25204/ |journal=Language Learning & Technology |volume=7 |issue=3 |issn=1094-3501}}
• 1998—1999: Lucinda Hart-González, University of Maryland University College
• 1999—2011: Irene Thompson, George Washington University{{Cite journal |last=Chun |first=Dorothy |date=June 1, 2011 |title=Tribute to Irene Thompson |url=https://www.lltjournal.org/item/10125-44243/ |journal=Language Learning & Technology |volume=15 |issue=2 |issn=1094-3501}}

As of 2025, the current editors in chief are Dorothy Chun from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Hayo Reinders from Anaheim University.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

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