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Linguistic Variation

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2211-6842

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.419

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.311

Total Worksi

238

Total Citationsi

2,562

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Language & Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Food Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyTwo Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications238

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?

2211-6842

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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

101

2019

2020

129

2021

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Food ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Language & Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Food ScienceLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistic Variation and MorphologyNatural Language Processing TechniquesPhonetics and Phonology ResearchLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisLinguistics and language evolutionLanguage and cultural evolutionSpanish Linguistics and Language StudiesMultilingual Education and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Linguistic Variation

Is Linguistic Variation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Linguistic Variation: 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 Linguistic Variation?

Linguistic Variation 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 0.49.

Is Linguistic Variation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Linguistic Variation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Linguistic Variation?