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Language, Culture and Society

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2006

ISSN2543-3164eISSN2543-3156

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.464

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.909

Total Worksi

145

Total Citationsi

1,025

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Language & Linguistics; Linguistics; Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications145

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?

2543-3164 / 2543-3156

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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

677

2019

133

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 LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationLanguage & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicyLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesLinguistic Variation and MorphologySecond Language Learning and TeachingDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesHistorical Linguistics and Language StudiesMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationLinguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityAnthropological Studies and InsightsDiaspora, migration, transnational identity

Frequently asked questions about Language, Culture and Society

Is Language, Culture and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Language, Culture and Society: 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 Language, Culture and Society?

Language, Culture and Society 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 0.67.

Is Language, Culture and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Language, Culture and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Language, Culture and Society?