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Pragmatics and Society

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2010

ISSN1878-9722
SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR
90
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78
✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12
Total90
Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Publication speed: not measurable
publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei
0.352
H-Indexi
28
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
1.117
Total Worksi
659
Total Citationsi
3,482
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.70
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Pragmatics & Society is an international journal dedicated to the study of language use in social contexts. It publishes high-quality research on all aspects of pragmatics, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, and the study of language in specific social settings. The journal aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and to bridge the gap between theoretical and empirical research in pragmatics.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2010
Annual Volume~ 65 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications659
Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind
Review Time—
Acceptance Rate—
OA License—
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/12 · 58%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
John Benjamins Publishing Company
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1878-9722
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
✅
Peer review process documented?
double-blind
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
❌
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
✅
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
40
318
2019
54
268
2020
41
213
2021
49
112
2022
99
210
2023
40
34
2024
56
8
2025
22
41
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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionMultilingual Education and PolicyDigital Communication and LanguageSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningInterpreting and Communication in HealthcareLinguistic Variation and MorphologyHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Frequently asked questions about Pragmatics and Society

Is Pragmatics and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pragmatics and Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pragmatics and Society?

Pragmatics and Society 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 0.70.

Is Pragmatics and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pragmatics and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pragmatics and Society?

Pragmatics & Society is an international journal dedicated to the study of language use in social contexts. It publishes high-quality research on all aspects of pragmatics, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, and the study of language in specific social settings. The journal aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and to bridge the gap between theoretical and empirical research in pragmatics.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref