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Verba

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela · Spain · Est. 1970

ISSN2174-4017

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total43

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

0.229

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.86

Total Works

189

Total Citations

368

2yr Mean Citedness

0.23

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Aims & Scope

Verba. Anuario Galego de Filoloxía publishes annual linguistic and philological studies. It was founded in 1974 with the intention of disseminating philological studies carried out in Galicia and with the aim of giving preferential attention to the Galician language. Since then, its main field of study has been Romance languages, among which Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese stand out. Its volumes cover various topics belonging to different areas of linguistic and philological research: grammar, phonology, lexicon, text editing, linguistic theory, and pragmatics. Each issue of the journal Verba contains, in addition to unpublished research articles, brief notes on specific issues and book reviews. Submissions are accepted in the following languages: Galician, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, Italian, and English. In addition to the annual volume, the journal publishes a collection of monographic annexes.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSpain

Primary LanguageItalian, English, Catalan, Galician, Spanish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications189

Publisher OrgUniversity of Santiago de Compostela

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~30 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2174-4017

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Italian, English, Catalan, Galician, Spanish

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2018

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2025

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)

Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationMedieval Iberian Studieslinguistics and terminology studiesLexicography and Language StudiesLinguistic Studies and Language AcquisitionLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisGalician and Iberian cultural studies