System (journal)
Academic journal
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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.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According 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".[5]
Editors
As of January 2026[update], the editors-in-chief are Mairin Hennebry-Leung (University of Melbourne), Chun Lai (University of Hong Kong), Jim McKinley (University College London), and Yongyan Zheng (Fudan University).[6]
Former editors
- Lluïsa Astruc, Open University
- James A. Coleman, Open University
- Norman Davies (founding editor 1973-2010), Linköping University
- Idoia Elola Texas Tech University
- Xuesong (Andy) Gao University of New South Wales
- Marta González-Lloret, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- Regine Hampel, Open University
- Ursula Stickler, Open University
- Robert Vanderplank, University of Oxford
- Liang Wang, Queen's University Belfast
- Lawrence Jun Zhang, University of Auckland