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Journal of Language Contact

Journal of Language Contact Publishers · France · Est. 2007

ISSN1955-2629

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total28

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.319

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SNIP

1.011

Total Works

461

Total Citations

5,568

2yr Mean Citedness

0.97

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

The Journal of Language Contact publishes research on language contact phenomena, including cross-linguistic influence, borrowing, codeswitching, and language shift. Articles examine how languages interact and influence each other in various multilingual settings, focusing on grammatical, phonetic, and lexical changes. The journal also explores the sociolinguistic aspects of language contact, such as identity formation, language attitudes, and the nativisation of languages in diaspora and heritage contexts.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications461

Publisher OrgBrill

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Journal of Language Contact Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1955-2629

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

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Plagiarism detection in place?

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

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Primary language documented?

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Publication & Citation Trend

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Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistic Variation and MorphologyMultilingual Education and PolicySyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentitySpanish Linguistics and Language StudiesHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLinguistic and Sociocultural StudiesLinguistics and language evolutionLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis