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Journal of Politeness Research

De Gruyter Mouton · Germany · Est. 2005

ISSN1612-5681eISSN1613-4877

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.049

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.223

Total Worksi

378

Total Citationsi

14,268

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Communication; Cultural Studies; Linguistics and Language; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications378

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Mouton

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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?

De Gruyter Mouton

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1612-5681 / 1613-4877

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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

158

2019

175

2020

2021

185

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.

CommunicationQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Social PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyCultural StudiesLinguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismMultilingual Education and PolicyDigital Communication and LanguageInterpreting and Communication in HealthcareLinguistic Variation and MorphologyHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Politeness Research

Is Journal of Politeness Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Politeness Research: 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 Journal of Politeness Research?

Journal of Politeness Research 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 1.48.

Is Journal of Politeness Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Politeness Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Politeness Research?