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Sociolinguistic Studies

Equinox Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1750-8649eISSN1750-8657

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.218

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.403

Total Worksi

843

Total Citationsi

5,621

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications843

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?

1750-8649 / 1750-8657

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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

146

2019

176

2020

2021

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 LanguageQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicyLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesSpanish Linguistics and Language StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentitySecond Language Learning and TeachingGender Studies in LanguageLinguistic and Sociocultural StudiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning

Frequently asked questions about Sociolinguistic Studies

Is Sociolinguistic Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sociolinguistic 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 Sociolinguistic Studies?

Sociolinguistic 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 0.43.

Is Sociolinguistic Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sociolinguistic Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Sociolinguistic Studies?