In recent years, discussion has appeared in several international journals in the field of English language teaching and L2 research about reporting practices and study quality. However, the journal Annial Review of English Language Education in Japan (ARELE) has no reporting standards or guidelines. This paper explores the reporting practices of articles published in ARELE by adopting a method of systematic review. The article pool was generated from a collection of articles reporting on quantitative research published in ARELE between 2002 (Volume 13) and 2017 (Volume 28). The review aims to investigate to the extent to which the reporting practices of ARELE follow the American Psychological Association's guidelines, which are commonly adopted by ARELE contributors. Finally, drawing upon the results of the review, we propose a basic checklist for reporting quantitative research that future issues of ARELE can adopt to improve the quality of papers.