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Studies in Language Variation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.7). Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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ISSN 1872-9592Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 262 / 1137 | 77th | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 311 / 1221 | 74th | Q2 |
| Communication | 254 / 541 | 53rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–2025, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.7.
Studies in Language Variation is Q1 in Language and Linguistics (rank 262 of 1137), Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 311 of 1221) and Q2 in Communication (rank 254 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Studies in Language Variation is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q1, 77th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.133, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 7.
Studies in Language Variation is published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. Its ISSN is 1872-9592.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Studies in Language Variation has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 0.2 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #554 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Studies in Language Variation published 14 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 51. 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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