Language and Speech Impact Factor 2026: 1.03

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At a glanceLanguage and Speech is listed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024. Published by SAGE Publishing, it has 2,055 published works, cited 79,474 times (h-index 137). Its impact factor* of 1.03 ranks it 165 of 309 in Linguistics. 58% of its recent research articles name a funder, most often Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. It has 1 retraction on record. Papers by ScholarsColab mentors and the researchers we track appear here as soon as they publish in it. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*1.03Rank 165 of 309 in Linguistics IndexingSCIESSCIScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Article fee (APC)US$3,650See if your author team can get a waiver Retractions1On record, with the reasons and years

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01Impact factor

Impact factor of Language and Speech (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)1.03calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#165of 309 by citedness

APC (listed)US$3,650article charge

h-index137

Papers published2,055cited 79,474 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Language and Speech published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Linguisticsrank 165 of 309 journals
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathologyrank 26 of 35 journals
Psychology, Experimentalrank 91 of 103 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Language and Speech

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Language and Speech is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

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02Fee waivers

APC waivers and discounts for Language and Speech

Language and Speech follows the waiver policy of its publisher, SAGE: automatic full waiver for Research4Life Group A and a discount for Group B, by the corresponding author's affiliation. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

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Retractions and research integrity at Language and Speech

Retractions, last 10 years01 in all years

Language and Speech has 1 retracted paper on record, the latest in Mar 2003. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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Who funds research published in Language and Speech

Articles naming a funder58%of 121 recent articles

Funders named most often

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft7

japan society for the promotion of science4

National Social Science Fund of China3

Israel Science Foundation3

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee3

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

03Indexing

Indexing of Language and Speech

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	✓ Listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	✓ Listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 0023-8309
eISSN: 1756-6053
Publisher: SAGE Publishing all its journals →
Subjects: Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology, Linguistics, Psychology, Experimental

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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04How to submit

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06Same subject

Linguistics journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Language and Speech when the 294 journals of Linguistics in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
161	Cognitextes	1.07	ESCI	Fully open access
162	Journal of English as a Lingua Franca	1.06	ESCI	Subscription
163	Journal of Second Language Studies	1.06	ESCI	Subscription
164	Chinese Language and Discourse An International and Interdisciplinary Journal	1.04	ESCI	Subscription
166	Narrative Inquiry	1.03	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription
167	Isogloss Open Journal of Romance Linguistics	1.03	ESCI	Fully open access
168	Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics	1.02	ESCI	Subscription
169	Language Problems & Language Planning	1.01	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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07Questions

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What is the impact factor of Language and Speech?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Language and Speech is 1.03: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 1.03 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Language and Speech?

The h-index of Language and Speech is 137 (October 2026): 137 of its papers have each been cited at least 137 times. Its i10-index is 1,112.

What is the APC of Language and Speech?

The listed article processing charge (APC) is about US$3,650 for Language and Speech (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.

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Is Language and Speech indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Language and Speech appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Language and Speech an SCIE journal?

Yes. Language and Speech is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Language and Speech in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Language and Speech is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

Does Language and Speech offer an APC waiver?

Language and Speech follows the policy of SAGE: automatic full waiver for Research4Life Group A and a discount for Group B, by the corresponding author's affiliation. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Language and Speech retracted papers?

Yes. 1 retracted paper are on record for Language and Speech, 0 of them in the last 10 years. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Language and Speech?

58% of 121 recent research articles in Language and Speech name a funder; the funders named most often are Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, japan society for the promotion of science, National Social Science Fund of China.