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Lebende Sprachen

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1956

ISSN1868-0267

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.176

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.655

Total Worksi

3,455

Total Citationsi

1,921

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1956

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,455

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1868-0267

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

113

2019

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

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistic research and analysisLinguistic Education and PedagogyGerman Literature and Culture Studieslinguistics and terminology studiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPublic Administration and Political AnalysisLexicography and Language StudiesTranslation Studies and PracticesHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesLaw and Political Science

Frequently asked questions about Lebende Sprachen

Is Lebende Sprachen a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lebende Sprachen: it is indexed in 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 Lebende Sprachen?

Lebende Sprachen is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.176.

Is Lebende Sprachen indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lebende Sprachen is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Lebende Sprachen?