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Language and Communication is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.8), ABDC B, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 0271-5309Verify ISSN ↗1873-3395Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$3,030 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 164 / 1137 | 85th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 194 / 1221 | 84th | Q1 |
| Communication | 176 / 541 | 67th | Q2 |
| Social Psychology | 168 / 315 | 46th | Q3 |
| Experimental and Cognitive Psychology | 99 / 169 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1981–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.8.
Language and Communication is Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 164 of 1137), Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 194 of 1221) and Q2 in Communication (rank 176 of 541), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Language and Communication 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.626, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,030 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 Communication is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 0271-5309 and its online ISSN is 1873-3395.
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 is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Language and Communication has an h-index of 93 and a 2-year mean of 2.08 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #91 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Language and Communication published 70 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 76. 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 88 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (13.9%), United States (7.4%) and Hong Kong SAR China (7.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 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.
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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