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International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 0.7). Published by Common Ground Research Networks.
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ISSN 2327-7882Verify ISSN ↗2327-8617Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 474 / 1137 | 58th | Q2 |
| Linguistics and Language | 573 / 1221 | 53rd | Q2 |
| Communication | 396 / 541 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 0.7.
International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies is Q2 in Language and Linguistics (rank 474 of 1137), Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 573 of 1221) and Q3 in Communication (rank 396 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q2, 58th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.128, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 6.
International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies is published by Common Ground Research Networks. Its print ISSN is 2327-7882 and its online ISSN is 2327-8617.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies has an h-index of 7 and a 2-year mean of 0.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #497 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies published 30 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 59 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Kazakhstan (18.4%), Indonesia (16.1%) and Saudi Arabia (11.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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