Linguistics
De Gruyter Mouton Β· Germany
β Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI Β· AHCI) β Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.
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Aims & Scope
Starting with volume 60 (2022),Linguisticsis transformed into a Diamond Open Access journal thanks to our subscribers participating in theSubscribe to Open (S2O) project. All current content will be published under a Creative Commons License (CC-BY 4.0) at no cost to authors and will be freely available to readers.All authors retain copyright, unless β due to their local circumstances β their work is not copyrighted. ObjectiveLinguisticspublishes articles addressing research questions of current or general relevance that make a significant contribution to our understanding of human language as a system of communication or a cognitive, social and historical phenomenon. This includes aspects of grammatical organization (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax) as well as questions of meaning and use (semantics, pragmatics, discourse). Studies may deal with linguistic systems as instantiated in speaking, signing, writing and other modes of communication, as well as the language users themselves and their communities (e.g. psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics). The focus may be on one or several languages, the perspective may be synchronic or diachronic, the methodology may be qualitative or quantitative, and the approach may be exploratory or confirmatory.Linguisticspublishes up to two special issues a year in these areas, for which it welcomes proposals. You can easily submit your manuscript online. Simply go tohttp://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lingand you will be guided through the whole peer-reviewing and publishing process. Please see theInformation for authorsbefore submitting or the special guidelines forRegistered Reports(Both the Information for Authors file and the Registered Reports file can be found on this website on the 'Overview' tab under the heading 'Supplementary Files'). If you have any more questions, you can [email protected] Proposals for Special Issues can be submitted by e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief ofLinguistics,Volker Gast, atlingui
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Publication & Citation Trend
Source: OpenAlex Β· Each yearβs green bar = citations earned by that yearβs papers, counted to date β so recent years look lower simply because their papers havenβt had time to be cited yet.
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Frequently asked questions about Linguistics
Is Linguistics a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Linguistics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee β always confirm fit and policies before submitting.
What is the impact factor of Linguistics?
Linguistics 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 β including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles β 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 1.41.
Is Linguistics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Linguistics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Linguistics?
Starting with volume 60 (2022),Linguisticsis transformed into a Diamond Open Access journal thanks to our subscribers participating in theSubscribe to Open (S2O) project. All current content will be published under a Creative Commons License (CC-BY 4.0) at no cost to authors and will be freely available to readers.All authors retain copyright, unless β due to their local circumstances β their work is not copyrighted. ObjectiveLinguisticspublishes articles addressing research questions of current or general relevance that make a significant contribution to our understanding of human language as
How much does it cost to publish in Linguistics?
Linguistics is a Diamond open-access journal β there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.
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