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Language and Cognition

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1984

ISSN1866-9808eISSN1866-9859

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.613

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.209

Total Worksi

717

Total Citationsi

9,814

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Language and Cognition is a journal that publishes research on the relationship between language and cognition. It covers topics such as language acquisition, language processing, language disorders, and the evolution of language. The journal aims to provide a forum for interdisciplinary research that bridges the gap between linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, and computer science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

FrequencyFour No. A Year, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications717

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1866-9808 / 1866-9859

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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?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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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

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

916

2019

574

2020

196

2021

310

2022

365

2023

198

2024

170

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 LanguageQ1

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguisticsPsychology, Experimental

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionCategorization, perception, and languageNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityClimate Change Policy and EconomicsHearing Impairment and CommunicationAction Observation and SynchronizationMultisensory perception and integration

Frequently asked questions about Language and Cognition

Is Language and Cognition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Language and Cognition: 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 Language and Cognition?

Language and Cognition 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 1.53.

Is Language and Cognition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language and Cognition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.