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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1607-3614eISSN1727-9461

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 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

0.221

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.95

Total Worksi

992

Total Citationsi

12,553

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies publishes articles on a wide range of linguistic topics and acts as a forum for research into all the languages of southern Africa. This includes research on syntax, phonology, semantics, sociolinguistics, and language teaching and policy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 67 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications992

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1607-3614 / 1727-9461

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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

262

2019

279

2020

238

2021

125

2022

138

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicySecond Language Learning and TeachingEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLexicography and Language StudiesTranslation Studies and Practices

Frequently asked questions about Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

Is Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language 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 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies?

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language 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 0.61.

Is Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.