Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia
ISSN 0374-0463 · eISSN 1949-0763 · Taylor & Francis
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 75 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 4% (journal website); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Linguistic Variation and Morphology and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia was founded in 1939 by the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen, and has been an influential international platform for linguistic research ever since. Since 2009 the journal has been published in association with Routledge and continues to build on the strong traditions of the Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen through local management and editorship. Supported by an international editorial board of acclaimed scholars from across the linguistic field, Acta Linguistica Hafniensia welcomes high-calibre linguistic research, in particular within functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics. The journal embraces synchronic as well as diachronic perspectives, and carries articles that address language-specific as well as cross-linguistic and typological research questions. The journal appears twice a year and regularly publishes special issues devoted to particular themes and disciplines. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to single anonymized peer review by independent expert referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities15.1%
- Linguistic Variation and MorphologySocial Sciences10.6%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities8.7%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities6.4%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology6.3%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology6.1%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities5.4%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ProQuest, JournalSeek, MLA International Bibliography, Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest)Publisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.17Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.36Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 21,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 633 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 16 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 26 | 11 | 39 |
| 2022 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 2021 | 12 | 7 | 59 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 7 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open access option via Open Select (hybrid). Model summary
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to single anonymized peer review by independent expert referees. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to single anonymized peer review by independent expert referees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0374-0463
- Electronic ISSN
- 1949-0763
- Society / sponsor
- Lingvistkredsen
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Linguistica Hafniensia
How long does peer review take at Acta Linguistica Hafniensia?
The publisher reports about 75 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Acta Linguistica Hafniensia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Linguistica Hafniensia is indexed in Scopus.
Is Acta Linguistica Hafniensia open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .