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Speech Communication

Elsevier B.V. Β· Netherlands

ISSN0167-6393eISSN1872-7182
SJR Q1βœ“ WOS SCIEβœ“ Scopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile Β· Web of Science (JCR)

βœ“ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) β€” Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page β†—

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate β€” we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

πŸ“Š Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR Β· Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.6
H-Indexi
151
SNIPi
1.252
Total Worksi
3,581
Total Citationsi
126,260
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.35
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
1
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.

AI-compiled from public web sources Β· verify on publisher page β†’

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Publishedβ€”
FrequencyTwelve No. A Year
StatusActive
Total Publications3,581
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid
Peer Reviewβ€”
OA Licenseβ€”
OA Rateβ€”

Ethics & Quality

COPE Memberβœ— No
OASPA Memberβœ— No
Not on Predatory Listsβœ“ Yes
⚑ Hybrid journal β€” subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 Β· 55%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Elsevier B.V.
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Does the journal have a website?
βœ“ 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
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
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Not on predatory/blacklists?
βœ“ Clean
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Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
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Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
βœ…
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion β€” whether APC fees are clearly disclosed β€” 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
74
2.4k
2019
86
1.6k
2020
77
962
2021
94
1.5k
2022
98
826
2023
89
552
2024
106
227
2025
76
9
2026

Source: OpenAlex Β· Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date β€” 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 β€” 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. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee β€” 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 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 2.35.

Is Speech Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Speech Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 Β· Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref