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ASHA Leader

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association · United States

ISSN1085-9586

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.101

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

5,982

Total Citationsi

7,923

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The ASHA Leader is an academic journal published by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. It covers topics related to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and hearing loss. The journal also features guidance for audiologists and speech-language pathologists on clinical judgment, treatment recommendations, and scope of practice.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 338 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,982

Publisher OrgAmerican Speech–Language–Hearing Association

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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?

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1085-9586

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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

✅

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

583

340

2013

537

286

2014

508

354

2015

512

320

2016

480

304

2017

445

349

2018

462

291

2019

108

2020

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.

Speech and HearingQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Speech and Hearing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hearing Loss and RehabilitationLanguage Development and DisordersAssistive Technology in Communication and MobilityHealthcare Policy and ManagementStuttering Research and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about ASHA Leader

Is ASHA Leader a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ASHA Leader: 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 ASHA Leader?

ASHA Leader is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.101.

Is ASHA Leader indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ASHA Leader is indexed in Scopus.