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JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION

OXFORD UNIV PRESS · GB · Est. 2015

ISSN2058-4571eISSN2058-458X

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ 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

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.489

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.681

Total Worksi

128

Total Citationsi

2,445

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Developmental Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionGB

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications128

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

OXFORD UNIV PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2058-4571 / 2058-458X

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Developmental NeuroscienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & Linguistics

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION

Is JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION: 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 JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION?

JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION 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 0.64.

Is JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION?