Journal metric profile

LANGUAGE AND SPEECH

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 1.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 134/303 Recorded category rank

LANGUAGE AND SPEECH JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

LANGUAGE AND SPEECH is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.100, 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 134 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 1,977 total citations, 37 total articles, 37 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.900, which is 0.800 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 1.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.590.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 17.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 14.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

LANGUAGE AND SPEECH is identified in this record by print ISSN 0023-8309 and electronic ISSN 1756-6053. 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 SPEECH
Abbreviated journalLANG SPEECH
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank12,843
ISSN0023-8309
eISSN1756-6053
Total cites1,977
Total articles37
Citable items37
Cited half-life17.6 years
Citing half-life14.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.100
5-Year Impact Factor1.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.590
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank134/303
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of LANGUAGE AND SPEECH?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for LANGUAGE AND SPEECH is 1.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is LANGUAGE AND SPEECH?

LANGUAGE AND SPEECH 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 SPEECH?

LANGUAGE AND SPEECH is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

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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