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Journal of Language and Sexuality

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2012

ISSN2211-3770eISSN2211-3789

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.672

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.478

Total Worksi

222

Total Citationsi

1,784

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Anthropology; Gender Studies; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications222

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2211-3770 / 2211-3789

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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

2019

253

2020

2021

216

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

AnthropologyQ1

Gender StudiesQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationLanguage & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesAnthropologyLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gender Studies in LanguageLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesMultilingual Education and PolicyLinguistic Variation and MorphologyGender, Feminism, and MediaDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicySwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Language and Sexuality

Is Journal of Language and Sexuality a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Language and Sexuality: 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 Journal of Language and Sexuality?

Journal of Language and Sexuality 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 1.05.

Is Journal of Language and Sexuality indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Language and Sexuality is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Language and Sexuality?