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Names is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.2), WoS AHCI/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.
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ISSN 0027-7738Verify ISSN ↗1756-2279Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 327 / 1137 | 71st | Q2 |
| Linguistics and Language | 395 / 1221 | 67th | Q2 |
| Demography | 81 / 140 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1953–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.2.
Names is Q2 in Language and Linguistics (rank 327 of 1137), Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 395 of 1221) and Q3 in Demography (rank 81 of 140), by CiteScore 2025.
Names 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 1.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.311, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 19.
Names is published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh. Its print ISSN is 0027-7738 and its online ISSN is 1756-2279.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Names has an h-index of 31 and a 2-year mean of 0.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #370 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Names published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 54. 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 79 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (17.1%), United States (15.8%) and United Kingdom (7%).
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.
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