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Contrastive Pragmatics

Brill Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 2011

ISSN2666-0385eISSN2666-0393

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.536

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.757

Total Worksi

175

Total Citationsi

630

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications175

Publisher OrgBrill

OA Since2019

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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

PorticoRoyal Dutch Library

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brill Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-0385 / 2666-0393

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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, Royal Dutch Library

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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

341

2020

2021

2022

123

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

Language & LinguisticsLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLinguistic Variation and MorphologyDigital Communication and LanguageLinguistic research and analysisMultilingual Education and PolicyTranslation Studies and PracticesSwearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

Frequently asked questions about Contrastive Pragmatics

Is Contrastive Pragmatics a predatory journal?

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

Contrastive Pragmatics 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 0.66.

Is Contrastive Pragmatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Contrastive Pragmatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Contrastive Pragmatics?