Babel

Babel-Verlag · Netherlands

ISSN0521-9744eISSN1569-9668

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.374

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.872

Total Worksi

4,280

Total Citationsi

8,879

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,280

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Babel-Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0521-9744 / 1569-9668

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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

305

2019

284

2020

117

2021

121

2022

126

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

CommunicationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

CommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Translation Studies and Practiceslinguistics and terminology studiesLexicography and Language StudiesInterpreting and Communication in HealthcareNatural Language Processing TechniquesCorporate Governance and LawLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisLinguistic research and analysisHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition

Frequently asked questions about Babel

Is Babel a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Babel: 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 Babel?

Babel 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 0.39.

Is Babel indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Babel is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Babel?