Language

pISSN: 0097-8507eISSN: 1535-0665• JCR: LANGUAGELinguistic Society of AmericaUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

2.0

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.5 (+33.3%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    2.0
  2. Metric year 2024

    1.5

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICSAHCINot ranked
LINGUISTICSSSCIQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B1
CAS Block

Language current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Arts & Humanities

Ranked #248 in Arts & Humanities by impact factor and #62 among Q2 Arts & Humanities journals. This context helps compare Language against journals publishing in the same field.

#248
of 3,301 field journals

Language publication trend

Published 388 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.0.

2025 vs 2024: -3
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Journal Details

Total Articles
14,040
H-Index
394
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Language and LinguisticsLinguistics and LanguageLanguage and LinguisticsLanguage and Linguistics

Article Volume

2021
105
2022
75
2023
65
2024
73
2025
70
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