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American Speech

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 1925

ISSN1527-2133
SJR Q1WOS SSCIWOS A&HCIScopus / 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.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.402
H-Indexi
84
SNIPi
0.486
Total Worksi
5,040
Total Citationsi
42,392
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.47
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal is concerned with any aspects of all languages and dialects in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare. The journal is not committed to any particular theoretical framework, and issues often contain contributions that appeal to a readership wider than the linguistic studies community. Regular features include a book review section and a “Miscellany” section devoted to brief essays and notes.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1925
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications5,040
Publisher OrgDuke University Press
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Duke University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1527-2133
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
29
234
2019
29
150
2020
29
102
2021
30
104
2022
23
25
2023
19
19
2024
21
5
2025
14
0
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
CommunicationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistic Variation and MorphologyLexicography and Language StudiesMultilingual Education and PolicyLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLinguistics and language evolutionSpanish Linguistics and Language StudiesAsian American and Pacific HistoriesSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismPosthumanist Ethics and Activism

Frequently asked questions about American Speech

Is American Speech a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Speech: 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 American Speech?

American Speech 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 0.47.

Is American Speech indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Speech is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Speech?

The journal is concerned with any aspects of all languages and dialects in North America (as well as associated islands in the Pacific and Atlantic) and in the Caribbean Basin, and the languages that influence them: spoken, signed, or written, modern or historical, Indigenous or introduced, common or rare. The journal is not committed to any particular theoretical framework, and issues often contain contributions that appeal to a readership wider than the linguistic studies community. Regular features include a book review section and a “Miscellany” section devoted to brief essays and notes.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref