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LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

ACAD SINICA, INST LINGUISTICS · TW · Est. 1989

ISSN1606-822XeISSN2309-5067

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.159

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.647

Total Worksi

652

Total Citationsi

2,771

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Language and Linguistics publishes research in general and theoretical linguistics on the languages of East Asia and the Pacific region, including Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and the Austroasiatic and Altaic language families.

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General Information

Country / RegionTW

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications652

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ACAD SINICA, INST LINGUISTICS

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1606-822X / 2309-5067

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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?

N/A

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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

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Citations received

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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 LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistic Variation and MorphologyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionNatural Language Processing TechniquesLinguistics and Cultural StudiesLinguistics and language evolutionLexicography and Language StudiesMultilingual Education and Policy

Frequently asked questions about LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

Is LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS: 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 AND LINGUISTICS?

LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS 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 0.32.

Is LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.