Journal of Memory and Language

Journal of Memory and Language is published by Academic Press Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Reading and Literacy Development and Memory Processes and Influences, together about 42.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Articles in the Journal of Memory and Language contribute to the formulation of scientific issues and theories in the broad areas of memory and language (learning, comprehension and production). The journal's focus is on describing the cognitive processes that support these capacities. Special emphasis is given to research articles that provide new theoretical insights based on a carefully laid empirical foundation; generally these articles will describe multiple well-powered experiments, though single-experiment articles are considered when the empirical and theoretical contributions are especially robust. Quantitative meta-analyses are also considered, as are papers that introduce or modify a computational model, as well as papers that make a substantial methodological contribution.The Journal of Memory and Language is a valuable resource for cognitive scientists, including psychologists, linguists, and others interested in memory and learning, language, reading, and speech.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Psychology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

3.47LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

5.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

5.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

1.75LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

2.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

129LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

265OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,082OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.2OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

11.4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

58.76%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

76LetPub · 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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

First decision after review

70 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to acceptance

325 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Acceptance to publication

15 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

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.

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

Academic Press Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1985

ISSN

0749-596X

Electronic ISSN

1096-0821

Official links

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