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Current Issues in Language Planning

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1466-4208eISSN1747-7506

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.921

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.481

Total Worksi

806

Total Citationsi

18,055

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Current Issues in Language Planning publishes research focused on language planning and policy studies. It also addresses the maintenance of linguistic diversity and the ecological factors that sustain it.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications806

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1466-4208 / 1747-7506

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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

550

2019

2020

566

2021

279

2022

249

2023

233

2024

147

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.

EducationQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchLanguage & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicySecond Language Learning and TeachingEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityGlobal Education and MulticulturalismGender Studies in LanguageInterpreting and Communication in HealthcareLinguistic and Sociocultural Studies

Frequently asked questions about Current Issues in Language Planning

Is Current Issues in Language Planning a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Issues in Language Planning: 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 Current Issues in Language Planning?

Current Issues in Language Planning 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 1.73.

Is Current Issues in Language Planning indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Issues in Language Planning is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.