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Studies in African Linguistics

University of Florida Press · United States

ISSN0039-3533eISSN2154-428X

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.138

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.609

Total Worksi

794

Total Citationsi

10,907

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Studies in African Linguistics (SAL) publishes in-depth empirically supported linguistic articles on African languages. Contributions need not adhere to one particular theoretical orientation, but should be based on empirical African language data. The journal especially welcomes papers that are based on original fieldwork, and also considers short descriptive grammatical sketches of endangered African languages.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageFrench, English

1st Year Published—

Frequencytwice a year

StatusActive

Total Publications794

Publisher OrgGeorge A. Smathers Libraries

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Florida Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0039-3533 / 2154-428X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

PKP PN

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

French, 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

103

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural AnalysisLinguistic Variation and MorphologyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLanguage, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Frequently asked questions about Studies in African Linguistics

Is Studies in African Linguistics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Studies in African Linguistics: it is indexed in 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 Studies in African Linguistics?

Studies in African Linguistics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.138.

Is Studies in African Linguistics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Studies in African Linguistics is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.