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Journal of Language and Social Psychology

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN1552-6526

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

0.814

H-Indexi

103

SNIPi

2.582

Total Worksi

1,643

Total Citationsi

55,743

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Linguistics; Psychology, Social; Anthropology; Education; Linguistics and Language; Sociology and Political Science; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

Frequency4 No. A Year, 1983-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,643

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-6526

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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

1.3k

2019

1.4k

2020

547

2021

393

2022

291

2023

102

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.

AnthropologyQ1

EducationQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationLinguisticsPsychology, Social

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesSocial and Intergroup PsychologyDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionMultilingual Education and PolicyLinguistic Variation and MorphologyCommunication in Education and HealthcareGender Studies in LanguageEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningCultural Differences and Values

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Is Journal of Language and Social Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Language and Social Psychology: 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 Journal of Language and Social Psychology?

Journal of Language and Social Psychology 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 1.34.

Is Journal of Language and Social Psychology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Language and Social Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Language and Social Psychology?