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Computational Linguistics

The MIT Press · United States

ISSN0891-2017eISSN1530-9312

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.837

H-Indexi

135

SNIPi

4.162

Total Worksi

1,737

Total Citationsi

83,165

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Philology. Linguistics: Computational linguistics. Natural language processing. Topics: natural language processing, computational linguistics

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,737

Publisher OrgAssociation for Computational Linguistics

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The MIT Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0891-2017 / 1530-9312

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

882

2019

536

2020

1.4k

2021

860

2022

1.1k

2023

2024

544

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.

Artificial IntelligenceQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsLanguage & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsArtificial IntelligenceLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Natural Language Processing TechniquesTopic ModelingSpeech and dialogue systemsSemantic Web and OntologiesSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Frequently asked questions about Computational Linguistics

Is Computational Linguistics a predatory journal?

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

Computational Linguistics 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 10.60.

Is Computational Linguistics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Computational Linguistics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Computational Linguistics?