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Discourse and Communication

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1750-4813eISSN1750-4821

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.845

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.781

Total Worksi

851

Total Citationsi

13,332

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyBimonthly, 2015-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications851

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1750-4813 / 1750-4821

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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

686

2019

452

2020

549

2021

390

2022

276

2023

274

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

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionSocial Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and CommunicationDigital Communication and LanguageRhetoric and Communication StudiesMultilingual Education and PolicyPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationGender, Feminism, and Media

Frequently asked questions about Discourse and Communication

Is Discourse and Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discourse and Communication: 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 Discourse and Communication?

Discourse and Communication 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 1.37.

Is Discourse and Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discourse and Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Discourse and Communication?