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SiSal Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Kanda University of International Studies.
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ISSN 2185-3762Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Kanda University of International Studies
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 297 / 1137 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Linguistics and Language | 354 / 1221 | 71st | Q2 |
| Education | 1067 / 1698 | 37th | Q3 |
| Computer Science Applications | 751 / 1022 | 26th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.4.
SiSal Journal is Q2 in Language and Linguistics (rank 297 of 1137), Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 354 of 1221) and Q3 in Education (rank 1067 of 1698), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
SiSal Journal 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 1.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.281, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 9.
SiSal Journal is published by Kanda University of International Studies. Its ISSN is 2185-3762.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
SiSal Journal has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 0.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #342 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
SiSal Journal published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 46. 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 54 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Japan (41.7%), Italy (8.3%) and Thailand (5.6%).
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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