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Brain and Language

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1835

ISSN1090-2155

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.841

H-Indexi

214

SNIPi

1.028

Total Worksi

6,078

Total Citationsi

262,123

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology; Linguistics; Neurosciences; Psychology, Experimental; Linguistics and Language; Speech and Hearing; Cognitive Neuroscience; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1835

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2001-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,078

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-2155

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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?

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

1.8k

2019

1.3k

2020

1.3k

2021

790

2022

503

2023

338

2024

100

144

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

Speech and HearingQ1

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ2

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Audiology & Speech-Language PathologyLinguisticsNeurosciencesPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySpeech and HearingCognitive NeuroscienceLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismReading and Literacy DevelopmentLanguage Development and DisordersDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringPhonetics and Phonology ResearchHemispheric Asymmetry in NeuroscienceAction Observation and SynchronizationEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Frequently asked questions about Brain and Language

Is Brain and Language a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Brain and Language: 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 Brain and Language?

Brain and Language 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 1.68.

Is Brain and Language indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Brain and Language is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.