The British Journal of Applied Linguistics appears in a wide range of abstracting and indexing databases, and is covered by numerous other services, as given in the full list below.

• EBSCO - Communication Source
• Crossref
• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate
• MIAR
• Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
• Public Knowledge Project (PKP Index)
• CNKI Scholar
• WorldCat (OCLC)
•  J-Gate
• Sherpa/Romeo
• Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI)
• CLOCKSS 
• SSRN - Elsevier
• Index Copernicus
• LOCKSS
• Dimensions
• General Impact Factor (GIF)
• Eurasian Scientific Journal Index (ESJI)
• CiteFactor
• EuroPub