Names

University of Pittsburgh · United Kingdom · Est. 1952

ISSN0027-7738eISSN1756-2279

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.311

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.896

Total Worksi

2,416

Total Citationsi

6,632

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal of the American Name Society, NAMES is one of the world's leading scholarly publications devoted to onomastic research. Since its very first issue in 1952, this quarterly journal has published hundreds of original articles, book reviews, and scientific notes devoted to investigating the intersecting cultural, historical, economic, psychological, literary factors related to names and naming in North America and around the world.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,416

Publisher OrgUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Pittsburgh

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0027-7738 / 1756-2279

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2019

210

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

DemographyQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

DemographyLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Names, Identity, and Discrimination ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLexicography and Language StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArchaeology and Natural History

Frequently asked questions about Names

Is Names a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Names: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Names?

Names 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 0.39.

Is Names indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Names is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.