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Journal of Historical Pragmatics

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2000

ISSN1566-5852eISSN1569-9854

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.251

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SNIP

0.355

Total Works

502

Total Citations

7,005

2yr Mean Citedness

4.35

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The Journal of Historical Pragmatics focuses on the communicative use of language in historical contexts. It publishes interdisciplinary work on the intersection of pragmatics and historical linguistics, examining socio-historical and pragmatic aspects of historical texts within their sociocultural contexts. The journal also explores diachronic pragmatics, including linguistic processes like grammaticalization and discoursization, drawing on data from various languages and sources.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

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SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications502

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1566-5852 / 1569-9854

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

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Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLexicography and Language StudiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisLinguistic research and analysis