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Linguistic Landscape

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2015

ISSN2214-9961

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.644

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.503

Total Worksi

263

Total Citationsi

2,923

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications263

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?

2214-9961

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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

193

2019

192

2020

148

2021

174

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicyLinguistic Variation and MorphologyLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesSecond Language Learning and TeachingPublic Spaces through ArtLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLinguistic research and analysisSwearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismDiaspora, migration, transnational identity

Frequently asked questions about Linguistic Landscape

Is Linguistic Landscape a predatory journal?

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

Linguistic Landscape 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 0.94.

Is Linguistic Landscape indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Linguistic Landscape is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Linguistic Landscape?