Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
Internet Pragmatics
ISSN 2542-3851 · eISSN 2542-386X · John Benjamins Publishing Company
Internet Pragmatics: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Internet Pragmatics is published by John Benjamins Publishing Company and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digital Communication and Language, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, together about 54.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A huge amount of communication is nowadays carried out on the internet, as is reflected in online social networking sites, instant messaging interactions and the emergence of norms of production and interpretation in online communities as regards the discursive construction of digital selves, digital communicative action and digital codes of interaction, among other interfaces for virtual interaction. Internet Pragmatics is a response to the emerging challenges of applying pragmatic perspectives to internet or technologically mediated interaction. The journal provides a unique, fully peer-reviewed forum dedicated to cutting-edge research into internet pragmatics, examining how people use the internet and social media to fulfill their communicative needs, and how those virtual interactions entail pragmatic implications on human relationships, identities and social or professional collectivities. It also seeks to explore and expound how online communication is both similar to and different from offline interaction, how the online world and the offline world are both distinct and inseparable but also intertwined in a number of ways, and how online or digital identities impact on people’s language use in offline interaction and vise versa. Internet Pragmatics promotes interdisciplinary dialogue and interface studies between pragmatics and other fields including but not limited to sociology, media studies, digital communication, discourse analysis, cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, philosophy and even neuroscience. The journal intends to contribute to a better and deeper understanding of language use and interaction in cyberspace and of human beings in and across mediated contexts.
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
- Digital Communication and LanguageComputer Science22.4%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities17.3%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities14.3%
- Humor Studies and ApplicationsPsychology7.6%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology6.8%
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionComputer Science5.1%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.1%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 160 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7 | 37 |
| 2023 | 16 | 3 | 38 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 | 131 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check 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.
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
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 2542-3851
- Electronic ISSN
- 2542-386X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Internet Pragmatics
What CAS zone is Internet Pragmatics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Internet Pragmatics is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Language & Linguistics / Communication / Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Internet Pragmatics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Internet Pragmatics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Internet Pragmatics open access, and what is the APC?
Internet Pragmatics is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .