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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2022–2023 (also 2017–2018)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
SJR · SCImago
0.133
Q3 SJR quartile
H-index
10
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Figurative Thought and Language
Figurative Thought and Language is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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ISSN 2405-6944Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Scopus · Inactive
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Figurative Thought and Language indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2022–2023 (also 2017–2018)).
What is the impact factor of Figurative Thought and Language?
Figurative Thought and Language has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.133, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 10.
Who publishes Figurative Thought and Language and what is its ISSN?
Figurative Thought and Language is published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. Its ISSN is 2405-6944.
Is Figurative Thought and Language in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Figurative Thought and Language open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Figurative Thought and Language for 4 years, between 2017 and 2023, with 3 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2023, 3 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 352 works and 1,957 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2026, 3 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2023. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is Figurative Thought and Language? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Figurative Thought and Language has an h-index of 26 and a 2-year mean of 0.02 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
26
h-index
0.02
2-yr mean citations
53
i10-index
352
works indexed
1,957
total citations
Figurative Thought and Language published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 127. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Figurative Thought and Language? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2023. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2023
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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