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International Journal of Bilingualism

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6051318 ↗
Source-derived summary

The International Journal of Bilingualism is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of linguistics. The journal's editor is Li Wei (University College London). It has been in publication since 1997 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Scope

IJB is an international forum for the dissemination of original research on the linguistic, psychological, neurological, and social issues which emerge from language contact, with a focus on the language behavior of bilingual and multilingual individuals.

Abstracting and indexing

Journal title is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents, SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2016 impact factor is 0.974, ranking it 63rd out of 182 journals in the category "Linguistics".

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “International Journal of Bilingualism” is journal. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through International, Journal and Bilingualism, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1997-01-01. For this dossier, International, Journal and Bilingualism is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “journal” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6051318. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997 and 2016.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  2. Expand the search: follow International Journal of Bilingualism primary sources, International Journal of Bilingualism archive and International research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “International Journal of Bilingualism” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.