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Speech Communication

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0167-6393eISSN1872-7182

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.6

H-Indexi

151

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.252

Total Worksi

3,581

Total Citationsi

126,260

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Speech Communication advances human and human-machine speech communication science. It fosters research in speech recognition, artificial intelligence, speech processing, natural language processing, and pattern recognition. The journal also covers multimodal human-computer interfaces using speech I/O and forensic speech science, including voice comparison and speaker identification.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,581

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0167-6393 / 1872-7182

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.4k

2019

1.6k

2020

927

2021

1.4k

2022

778

2023

489

2024

109

169

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.

CommunicationQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

SoftwareQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AcousticsComputer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSoftwareCommunicationLinguistics and LanguageModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Speech and Audio ProcessingSpeech Recognition and SynthesisPhonetics and Phonology ResearchMusic and Audio ProcessingSpeech and dialogue systems

Frequently asked questions about Speech Communication

Is Speech Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Speech Communication: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Speech Communication?

Speech Communication 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 2.35.

Is Speech Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Speech Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.