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Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands

ISSN0304-0763

✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

H-Indexi

119

Total Worksi

8,288

Total Citationsi

90,412

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications8,288

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0304-0763

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

316

2018

118

431

2019

344

2020

102

152

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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 LanguageUnranked

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLinguistics and language evolutionPhonetics and Phonology ResearchNatural Language Processing TechniquesLexicography and Language StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesSpanish Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition

Frequently asked questions about Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

Is Current Issues in Linguistic Theory a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Issues in Linguistic Theory: it is indexed in 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 Current Issues in Linguistic Theory?

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.58.

Is Current Issues in Linguistic Theory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Issues in Linguistic Theory?