Language

Linguistic Society of America · United States · Est. 1925

ISSN1535-0665

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.883

H-Indexi

394

SNIPi

1.837

Total Worksi

14,048

Total Citationsi

794,524

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Language is the flagship journal of the Linguistic Society of America. It publishes research articles dealing with linguistic theory, language and public policy, and the teaching of linguistics. It also publishes notes of interest to the academic and professional linguistics and language sciences community, and reviews of recently published linguistic books.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1925

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications14,048

Publisher OrgLinguistic Society of America

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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?

Linguistic Society of America

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-0665

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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

119

1.7k

2019

108

1.5k

2020

105

866

2021

460

2022

251

2023

123

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistics and language evolutionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistic Variation and MorphologyHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesLexicography and Language StudiesPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityNatural Language Processing TechniquesLinguistic research and analysisMultilingual Education and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Language

Is Language a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Language?

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 1.47.

Is Language indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.