Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Dictionaries
ISSN 0197-6745 · eISSN 2160-5076 · Dictionary Society of North America
Dictionaries: subscription journal; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Dictionaries is published by Dictionary Society of North America. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Lexicography and Language Studies, Linguistics and Language Studies and Linguistics and language evolution, together about 62% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities34.7%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities19.5%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities7.9%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities7.1%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities6.8%
- Libraries, Manuscripts, and BooksArts and Humanities4.1%
- Digital Humanities and ScholarshipArts and Humanities3.7%
- linguistics and terminology studiesArts and Humanities2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | Q3 | 822/1137 | 27th |
| Linguistics and Language | Q4 | 921/1221 | 24th |
| Communication | Q4 | 484/541 | 10th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 880 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 45 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1 | 93 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1 | 118 |
| 2023 | 25 | 14 | 85 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1 | 114 |
| 2021 | 34 | 0 | 217 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Dictionary Society of North America
- ISSN
- 0197-6745
- Electronic ISSN
- 2160-5076
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dictionaries
Which databases index Dictionaries?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Dictionaries is indexed in Scopus.
Is Dictionaries open access, and what is the APC?
Dictionaries is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .