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Language and Intercultural Communication

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1470-8477eISSN1747-759X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.884

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.383

Total Worksi

1,011

Total Citationsi

17,811

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Language and Intercultural Communication promotes an interdisciplinary understanding of the interplay between language and intercultural communication. One of its aims is to make theoretical advances to the field based on novel empirical insights.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,011

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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?

1470-8477 / 1747-759X

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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

365

2019

2020

678

2021

743

2022

295

2023

176

2024

101

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.

CommunicationQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicyEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingGlobal Education and MulticulturalismInternational Student and Expatriate ChallengesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesTranslation Studies and PracticesInterpreting and Communication in HealthcareGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms

Frequently asked questions about Language and Intercultural Communication

Is Language and Intercultural Communication a predatory journal?

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

Language and Intercultural Communication 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 1.45.

Is Language and Intercultural Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language and Intercultural Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.