Journal profile · AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-REHABILITATION
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
ISSN 0269-9206 · eISSN 1464-5076 · Informa Healthcare · ENGLAND · Founded 1987
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.32; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 239 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 51 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics is published by Informa Healthcare and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Language Development and Disorders, Phonetics and Phonology Research and Reading and Literacy Development, together about 51.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics encompasses the following: Linguistics and phonetics of disorders of speech and language Contribution of data from communication disorders to theories of speech production and perception Research on communication disorders in multilingual populations, and in under-researched populations, and languages other than English Pragmatic aspects of speech and language disorders Clinical dialectology and sociolinguistics Childhood, adolescent and adult disorders of communication Linguistics and phonetics of hearing impairment, sign language and lip-reading Please note Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics does not include studies of normal speech or language development unless there is a substantial section devoted to examples of the clinical relevance of the study.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-REHABILITATION
Editor-in-chief Tim BressmannPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ireland 2, Germany 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology22.9%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology16.4%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology11.8%
- Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeuroscience11.4%
- Voice and Speech DisordersMedicine5.6%
- Stuttering Research and TreatmentPsychology5.1%
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology3.1%
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbasePsycINFOERICCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, EBSCO, CSA Linguistics & Language Behaviour Abstracts, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), EBSCO Online, Family Index Database, Research Alert, Sociological Abstracts, SciSearch
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
- Impact factor
- 1.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.49Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.88Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,084OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 176,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,093 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 25 | 6 |
| 2025 | 51 | 25 | 57 |
| 2024 | 64 | 34 | 151 |
| 2023 | 50 | 25 | 172 |
| 2022 | 78 | 44 | 376 |
| 2021 | 61 | 34 | 567 |
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
239 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 160 days – 324 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 280 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (119 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 46 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 72 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 daysPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- studies of normal speech or language development
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 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 discoverab…
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1987
- ISSN
- 0269-9206
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-5076
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
What CAS zone is Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Audiology & Speech-language Pathology / Linguistics / Rehabilitation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.32; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 239 days (interquartile range 160–324 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24% (2025). 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.
What JCR quartile is Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ireland (2) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, ERIC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: 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: .