Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History
Glottotheory
ISSN 1337-7892 · eISSN 2196-6907 · Walter de Gruyter
Glottotheory: subscription journal; APC about USD 2,712; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Glottotheory is published by Walter de Gruyter. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Linguistics and Language Studies and Linguistic research and analysis, together about 33.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal Glottotheory is open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons license at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe to Open program.Glottotheory was founded in 2008. The journal is published by De Gruyter Mouton beginning with Vol. 5.1 .The foci of Glottotheory are:observations and descriptions of all aspects of language and text phenomena, including the areas of psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, dialectology, pragmatics, etc. on all levels of linguistic analysis;applications of methods, models or findings from quantitative linguistics concerning problems of natural language processing, language teaching, documentation and information retrieval;methodological problems of linguistic measurement, model construction, sampling and test theory;epistemological issues, such as explanation of language and text phenomena, contributions to theory construction, systems theory, philosophy of science.The journal considers itself as platform for a dialogue between quantitative and qualitative linguistics.Complete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no addit ional cost.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities14.3%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities11%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities8.6%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities8.3%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities6%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.9%
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences5%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.7%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Q2 | 853/1936 | 55th |
| Linguistics and Language | Q3 | 765/1221 | 37th |
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
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLCPublisher 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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 282 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 35 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1 | 76 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 65 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6 | 59 |
| 2022 | 10 | 6 | 104 |
| 2021 | 13 | 3 | 69 |
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,400 | — | — |
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 1337-7892
- Electronic ISSN
- 2196-6907
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Glottotheory
Which databases index Glottotheory?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Glottotheory is indexed in Scopus.
Is Glottotheory open access, and what is the APC?
Glottotheory is a subscription journal. APC about USD 2,712.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .