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Language and Speech

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom

ISSN0023-8309eISSN1756-6053

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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.772

H-Index

135

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.444

Total Works

2,025

Total Citations

77,755

2yr Mean Citedness

0.72

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on the acoustic and articulatory properties of speech, including second language acquisition, phonetics, phonology, and speech perception. Articles examine how linguistic features like vowel duration, tone, and consonant production are acquired, perceived, and produced across different languages and learner groups.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,025

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0023-8309 / 1756-6053

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Speech and HearingQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Audiology & Speech-Language PathologyLinguisticsPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSpeech and HearingLinguistics and LanguageMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phonetics and Phonology ResearchLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage Development and DisordersReading and Literacy DevelopmentSpeech Recognition and Synthesis