About the journal
First Language is a journal published by SAGE Publishing in United Kingdom. It is listed in PUBMED according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- ISSN
- 0142-7237 · 1740-2344
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/first-language
Index listings
- PUBMED · 2006-01-01
- Indexing
- PUBMED
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
1550
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
87
i10-index
619
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Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-09-21
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 97%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 96%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity2
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 9879586
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Subject areas
- Language Development and Disorders
- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Show all subjects (50)
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Language and cultural evolution
- Language and cultural evolution
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Gender Studies in Language
- Gender Studies in Language
- Writing and Handwriting Education
- Writing and Handwriting Education
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