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Language and Cognition is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.1), WoS AHCI/SSCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 223 / 1137 | 80th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 260 / 1221 | 78th | Q1 |
| Experimental and Cognitive Psychology | 119 / 169 | 29th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.1.
Language and Cognition is Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 223 of 1137), Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 260 of 1221) and Q3 in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (rank 119 of 169), by CiteScore 2025.
Language and Cognition is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and 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 2.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.613, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 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.
Language and Cognition is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 1866-9808 and its online ISSN is 1866-9859.
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 Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Language and Cognition has an h-index of 51 and a 2-year mean of 1.85 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #104 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Language and Cognition published 98 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 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (15.8%), Germany (11.7%) and United Kingdom (9.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.7 per 1,000 papers). 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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