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Interaction Studies

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2004

ISSN1572-0381

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.218

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.311

Total Worksi

605

Total Citationsi

12,932

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Animal Science and Zoology; Human-Computer Interaction.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyThree Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications605

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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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?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-0381

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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

355

2019

360

2020

149

2021

2022

2023

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 LanguageQ2

Animal Science and ZoologyQ3

CommunicationQ3

Human-Computer InteractionQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyHuman-Computer InteractionCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Robot Interaction and HRILanguage and cultural evolutionChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentAction Observation and SynchronizationLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionAI in Service InteractionsLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorPrimate Behavior and EcologyHuman-Animal Interaction Studies

Frequently asked questions about Interaction Studies

Is Interaction Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Interaction Studies: 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 Interaction Studies?

Interaction Studies 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 0.70.

Is Interaction Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Interaction Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Interaction Studies?