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Applied Pragmatics

John Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands · Est. 2019

ISSN2589-1103

SJR Q1✓ 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.567

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.808

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

357

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Linguistics and Language.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2019

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications87

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?

2589-1103

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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

2019

103

2020

2021

121

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

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionSecond Language Acquisition and LearningSecond Language Learning and TeachingMultilingual Education and PolicyEducational and Psychological AssessmentsPhonetics and Phonology ResearchDigital Communication and Language

Frequently asked questions about Applied Pragmatics

Is Applied Pragmatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Pragmatics: 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 Applied Pragmatics?

Applied Pragmatics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.567.

Is Applied Pragmatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Pragmatics is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Applied Pragmatics?