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Lexikos is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.8), WoS AHCI/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Bureau of the WAT.
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ISSN 1684-4904Verify ISSN ↗2224-0039Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Bureau of the WAT
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 252 / 1137 | 77th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 300 / 1221 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.8.
Lexikos is Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 252 of 1137) and Q1 in Linguistics and Language (rank 300 of 1221), by CiteScore 2025.
Lexikos 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.321, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$65 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.
Lexikos is published by Bureau of the WAT. Its print ISSN is 1684-4904 and its online ISSN is 2224-0039.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Lexikos has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 0.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #248 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Lexikos published 48 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 92 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (25.1%), South Africa (13.5%) and Germany (7.2%).
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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