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Language and Sociocultural Theory

Equinox Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2051-9699eISSN2051-9702

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.147

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

125

Total Citationsi

806

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics; Cultural Studies; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 10 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications125

Publisher OrgEquinox Publishing

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Equinox Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2051-9699 / 2051-9702

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

182

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

Cultural StudiesQ3

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningEducational and Psychological AssessmentsSecond Language Learning and TeachingLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsLanguage Development and DisordersInnovative Education and Learning PracticesMultilingual Education and PolicyDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition

Frequently asked questions about Language and Sociocultural Theory

Is Language and Sociocultural Theory a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Language and Sociocultural Theory: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Language and Sociocultural Theory?

Language and Sociocultural Theory 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.

Is Language and Sociocultural Theory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language and Sociocultural Theory is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Language and Sociocultural Theory?