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International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Equinox Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1748-8885eISSN1748-8893

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.126

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.655

Total Worksi

799

Total Citationsi

9,922

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications799

Publisher OrgEquinox Publishing

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Equinox Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-8885 / 1748-8893

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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

139

2019

2020

2021

104

2022

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 LanguageQ3

LawQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyLinguistics

Scopus Categories

LawLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Interpreting and Communication in HealthcareSpeech Recognition and SynthesisLaw in Society and CulturePhonetics and Phonology ResearchLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesSpeech and Audio ProcessingLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLegal Language and InterpretationAuthorship Attribution and ProfilingDeception detection and forensic psychology

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Is International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law: 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 International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law?

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 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 0.16.

Is International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law?