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Figurative Thought and Language

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2017

ISSN2405-6944

SJR Q3✓ 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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

352

Total Citationsi

1,910

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 48 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications352

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?

2405-6944

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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

549

2017

2018

127

1.2k

2020

2021

223

2022

2023

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 LanguageQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesCategorization, perception, and languageAction Observation and Synchronizationlinguistics and terminology studiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisHumor Studies and ApplicationsSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationSwearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

Frequently asked questions about Figurative Thought and Language

Is Figurative Thought and Language a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Figurative Thought and Language: 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 Figurative Thought and Language?

Figurative Thought and Language is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Figurative Thought and Language indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Figurative Thought and Language is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Figurative Thought and Language?