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Journal of Memory and Language

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1096-0821

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.747

H-Indexi

262

SNIPi

2.029

Total Worksi

2,708

Total Citationsi

305,614

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics; Psychology; Psychology, Experimental; Artificial Intelligence; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Linguistics and Language; Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,708

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

1096-0821

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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

2.3k

2019

2.5k

2020

1.1k

2021

804

2022

514

2023

466

2024

154

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

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LinguisticsPsychologyPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyArtificial IntelligenceLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismReading and Literacy DevelopmentMemory Processes and InfluencesLanguage Development and DisordersLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionPhonetics and Phonology ResearchChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentNeural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSpeech and dialogue systems

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Memory and Language

Is Journal of Memory and Language a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Memory 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 Journal of Memory and Language?

Journal of Memory 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 2.50.

Is Journal of Memory and Language indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Memory and Language is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.