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Journal of Communication Disorders

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN0021-9924eISSN1873-7994

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.706

H-Indexi

113

SNIPi

1.167

Total Worksi

2,646

Total Citationsi

75,133

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Linguistics; Rehabilitation; Linguistics and Language; LPN and LVN; Cognitive Neuroscience; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Speech and Hearing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 1966-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,646

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-9924 / 1873-7994

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.1k

2019

1.1k

2020

885

2021

805

2022

425

2023

160

2024

111

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

LPN and LVNQ1

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ2

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ2

Speech and HearingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Audiology & Speech-Language PathologyLinguisticsRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySpeech and HearingCognitive NeuroscienceLPN and LVNLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language Development and DisordersNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismPhonetics and Phonology ResearchStuttering Research and TreatmentReading and Literacy Development

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Communication Disorders

Is Journal of Communication Disorders a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Communication Disorders: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Communication Disorders?

Journal of Communication Disorders is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.07.

Is Journal of Communication Disorders indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Communication Disorders is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.