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Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft

De Gruyter Mouton · Germany · Est. 1982

ISSN1613-3706

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

0.256

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.054

Total Worksi

796

Total Citationsi

7,167

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The aim of the journal is to promote linguistic research by publishing high-quality contributions and thematic special issues from all fields and trends of modern linguistics. In addition to articles and reviews, the journal also features contributions to discussions on current controversies in the field as well as overview articles outlining the state-of-the art of relevant research paradigms.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish, German

1st Year Published1982

Frequency2 issues per year

StatusActive

Total Publications796

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Mouton

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

1613-3706

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Scholars Portal

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, German

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

388

2017

2018

2019

115

2020

2021

139

2022

265

2023

2024

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)

Linguistic research and analysisLinguistic Education and PedagogySyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesNatural Language Processing TechniquesLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLexicography and Language StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesGender Studies in Language

Frequently asked questions about Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft

Is Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft?

Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft 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 1.00.

Is Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.