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Language Documentation and Conservation is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Hawaii Press.
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ISSN 1934-5275Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linguistics and Language | 347 / 1221 | 71st | Q2 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 148 / 296 | 50th | Q2 |
| Computer Science Applications | 743 / 1022 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.5.
Language Documentation and Conservation is Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 347 of 1221), Q2 in Library and Information Sciences (rank 148 of 296) and Q3 in Computer Science Applications (rank 743 of 1022), by CiteScore 2025.
Language Documentation and Conservation is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 1.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.370, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 16.
Language Documentation and Conservation is published by University of Hawaii Press. Its ISSN is 1934-5275.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Language Documentation and Conservation has an h-index of 3 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #996 of 1,134 Scopus journals in Linguistics and Language.
Language Documentation and Conservation published 2 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 3. 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.
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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