English Language & Linguistics

English Language & Linguistics is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistic Variation and Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation and Lexicography and Language Studies, together about 47.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

English Language and Linguistics, published four times a year, is an international journal which focuses on the description of the English language within the framework of contemporary linguistics. The journal is concerned equally with the synchronic and the diachronic aspects of English language studies and publishes articles of the highest quality which make a substantial contribution to our understanding of the structure and development of the English language and which are informed by a knowledge and appreciation of linguistic theory.English Language and Linguistics carries articles and short discussion papers or squibs on all core aspects of English, from its beginnings to the present day, including syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics and lexis. There is also a major review section including, from time to time, articles that give an overview of current research in particular specialist areas. The journal publishes special issues for which one or more guest editors are invited to commission articles from leading specialists in the field.English Language and Linguistics is an open access journal in which all research content is published Gold Open Access.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 6, United States 3, Germany 3, Switzerland 3, Netherlands 2 (25 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

0.87LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

2.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.45LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.04LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

66OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

314OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.64OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

11.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

85.39%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

44LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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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.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

1360-6743

Electronic ISSN

1469-4379

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website