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International Journal of Language and Culture

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2014

ISSN2214-3157

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.138

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.74

Total Worksi

201

Total Citationsi

1,275

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Multidisciplinary.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications201

Publisher OrgJohn Benjamins Publishing Company

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2214-3157

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

MultidisciplinaryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesMultilingual Education and PolicySwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismLinguistic Variation and MorphologyCategorization, perception, and languageDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Language and Culture

Is International Journal of Language and Culture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Language and Culture: it is indexed in 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 International Journal of Language and Culture?

International Journal of Language and Culture is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.138.

Is International Journal of Language and Culture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Language and Culture is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Language and Culture?