Journal metric profile

Language and Cognition

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 94/303 Recorded category rank

Language and Cognition JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Language and Cognition is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 94 out of 303 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 704 total citations, 61 total articles, 61 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.000, which is 0.600 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.970.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 12.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Language and Cognition is identified in this record by print ISSN 1866-9808 and electronic ISSN 1866-9859. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameLanguage and Cognition
Abbreviated journalLANG COGN
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,211
ISSN1866-9808
eISSN1866-9859
Total cites704
Total articles61
Citable items61
Cited half-life5.7 years
Citing half-life12.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.970
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank94/303
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Language and Cognition?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Language and Cognition is 1.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Language and Cognition?

Language and Cognition is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Language and Cognition?

Language and Cognition is listed as being published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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