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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus

Department of General Linguistics of Stellenbosch University · South Africa · Est. 1980

ISSN2224-3380

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.178

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.504

Total Worksi

545

Total Citationsi

3,373

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus serves as a vehicle for the distribution of new information in the field of modern linguistics. It also aims to stimulate critical discussion in Southern African linguistics.

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications545

Publisher OrgStellenbosch University

OA Since1979

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Department of General Linguistics of Stellenbosch University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2224-3380

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

201

2019

2020

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 LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Linguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Linguistic Variation and MorphologyMultilingual Education and PolicySyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLexicography and Language StudiesEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesNatural Language Processing Techniqueslinguistics and terminology studiesDiscourse Analysis in Language Studies

Frequently asked questions about Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus

Is Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus?

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 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 0.75.

Is Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.