About the journal
Language Testing is the leading peer-reviewed journal on language-testing theory and practice. Founded under Edward Arnold in 1984 with Alan Davies (University of Edinburgh) as founding editor, the journal is published in association with the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) and has been the principal venue for the field since its launch.
Editorial scope spans the theory and practice of language testing: test validity and reliability frameworks, language for specific purposes (LSP) assessment, computer-based and adaptive testing, classroom assessment, large-scale standardised tests (TOEFL, IELTS, Cambridge, CEFR-linked instruments), washback effects, ethics in language testing, and the application of Rasch and item-response-theory methods to language-test data.
Under Davies' founding editorship and through subsequent editorial transitions the journal has maintained close institutional ties to ILTA and to the testing research community based at the Lancaster and Reading language-testing groups. Transferred to SAGE Publications in the 2006 Hodder Arnold journal-list sale, Language Testing continues to be the most-cited periodical in the field.
Scope
- theory and practice of language testing
- test validity and reliability
- computer-based assessment
- testing for specific purposes
Editorial contributors
- Alan Davies
Founding Editor (from 1984)
Indexing & abstracting
- Scopus
- Web of Science (SSCI)
- ERIC
- Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts
Indexing coverage reflects the journal’s inclusion in standard bibliographic databases during the Arnold imprint years and (where applicable) under subsequent publishers.
Bibliographic identifiers
- ISO 4 abbreviation
- Lang. Test.
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