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Cognitive Linguistic Studies

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2014

ISSN2213-8722eISSN2213-8730
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / 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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.254
H-Indexi
16
SNIPi
0.801
Total Worksi
256
Total Citationsi
1,093
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.04
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Cognitive Linguistic Studies is an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary journal of cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience. It explores implications from and for psycholinguistic, computational, neuroscientific, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research. Cognitive Linguistic Studies provides a forum for high-quality linguistic research on topics which investigate the interaction between language and human cognition. It offers new insights not only into linguistic phenomena but also into a wide variety of social, psychological, and cultural phenomena. The journal welcomes authoritative, innovative cognitive scholarship from all viewpoints and practices.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2014
Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications256
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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2213-8722 / 2213-8730
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
20
48
2019
20
90
2020
27
121
2021
22
78
2022
25
55
2023
23
30
2024
21
14
2025
11
17
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 LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationLanguage & Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesCategorization, perception, and languageSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variationlinguistics and terminology studiesSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismNatural Language Processing TechniquesTranslation Studies and PracticesLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisHumor Studies and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Cognitive Linguistic Studies

Is Cognitive Linguistic Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cognitive Linguistic Studies: 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 Cognitive Linguistic Studies?

Cognitive Linguistic Studies 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 1.04.

Is Cognitive Linguistic Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cognitive Linguistic Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cognitive Linguistic Studies?

Cognitive Linguistic Studies is an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary journal of cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience. It explores implications from and for psycholinguistic, computational, neuroscientific, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research. Cognitive Linguistic Studies provides a forum for high-quality linguistic research on topics which investigate the interaction between language and human cognition. It offers new insights not only into linguistic phenomena but also into a wide variety of social, psychological, and cultural

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref