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Journal of Language and Social Psychology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.7), formerly ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 0261-927XVerify ISSN ↗1552-6526Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$3,650 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | 26 / 536 | 95th | Q1 |
| Language and Linguistics | 76 / 1137 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 86 / 1221 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 245 / 1530 | 84th | Q1 |
| Education | 357 / 1698 | 78th | Q1 |
| Social Psychology | 100 / 315 | 68th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.7.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology is Q1 in Anthropology (rank 26 of 536), Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 76 of 1137) and Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 86 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.814, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 72.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,650 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 0261-927X and its online ISSN is 1552-6526.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It was rated B in the 2022 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Psychology (General) field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology has an h-index of 104 and a 2-year mean of 2.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #34 of 497 Scopus journals in Anthropology.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology published 54 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 59. 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 94 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (41.3%), Italy (8.4%) and United Kingdom (8%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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