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Diachronica

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands

ISSN0176-4225eISSN1569-9714

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.592

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.559

Total Worksi

1,145

Total Citationsi

12,694

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Philosophy.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,145

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0176-4225 / 1569-9714

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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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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?

N/A

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

162

2019

330

2020

139

2021

259

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 LanguageQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistic Variation and MorphologyLinguistics and language evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationPhonetics and Phonology ResearchHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies

Frequently asked questions about Diachronica

Is Diachronica a predatory journal?

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

Diachronica 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 0.70.

Is Diachronica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Diachronica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Diachronica?