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Studies in Language Variation

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2006

ISSN1872-9592

SJR Q3✓ 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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

583

Total Citationsi

4,548

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics and Language; Communication.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications583

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-9592

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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

394

2017

104

2019

132

2020

126

2021

125

2022

2023

2024

2025

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

CommunicationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

CommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistic Variation and MorphologyPhonetics and Phonology ResearchMultilingual Education and PolicyLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistic research and analysisSpanish Linguistics and Language StudiesLexicography and Language StudiesLinguistics and language evolution

Frequently asked questions about Studies in Language Variation

Is Studies in Language Variation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Studies in Language Variation: 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 Studies in Language Variation?

Studies in Language Variation is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Studies in Language Variation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Studies in Language Variation is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Studies in Language Variation?