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Discourse Processes

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1532-6950

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.928

H-Indexi

128

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.261

Total Worksi

1,600

Total Citationsi

75,123

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Discourse Processes publishes on topics relevant to all aspects of text and discourse, and related methodologies. Its scope includes social sciences, communication, linguistics and language, psychology (educational and experimental), and language and linguistics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyBimonthly, <Jan./Feb. 1994->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,600

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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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?

1532-6950

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

614

2019

759

2020

663

2021

361

2022

223

2023

143

2024

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

Psychology, EducationalPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesReading and Literacy DevelopmentNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesSpeech and dialogue systemsHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Discourse Processes

Is Discourse Processes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discourse Processes: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Discourse Processes?

Discourse Processes 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 1.43.

Is Discourse Processes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discourse Processes is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.