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Argumentation

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1967

ISSN1572-8374

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.679

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SNIP

1.73

Total Works

1,580

Total Citations

18,550

2yr Mean Citedness

0.49

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Aims & Scope

Argumentation is an international and interdisciplinary journal that gathers academic contributions from a wide range of scholarly backgrounds and approaches to reasoning, natural inference and persuasion: communication, classical and modern rhetoric, linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, psychology, philosophy, formal and informal logic, critical thinking, history and law. Its scope includes a diversity of interests, from philosophical, theoretical and analytical to empirical and practical topics. Argumentation publishes papers, book reviews, a yearly bibliography, and announcements of conferences and seminars.

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SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,580

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

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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?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-8374

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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?

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?

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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

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2026

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 LanguageQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationLanguage & LinguisticsLinguisticsPhilosophy

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multi-Agent Systems and NegotiationLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionEpistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesRhetoric and Communication StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLogic, Reasoning, and KnowledgeClassical Philosophy and ThoughtPhilosophy and Theoretical ScienceEducation and Critical Thinking Development