Journal profile
Linguistic Discovery
ISSN 1537-0852 · Dartmouth College Library · United States
Linguistic Discovery: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Linguistic Discovery is published by Dartmouth College Library. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Categorization, perception, and language and Linguistics and Language Studies, together about 57.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Linguistic Discovery publishes articles dealing with the description of human languages and exploring theoretical issues that arise in analyzing language. In addition, Linguistic Discovery publishes editorials, data sets useful for training future linguists, and notes on the field of linguistics. Manuscripts for publication in Linguistic Discovery may be cast within any theoretical framework and may come from any sub-discipline within linguistics. Typically, only those manuscripts that incorporate original or hard-to-access data will be considered for publication, and manuscripts that incorporate data from endangered languages or lesser-studied languages will be given priority.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities28.9%
- Categorization, perception, and languagePsychology19.4%
- Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities9.3%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities5.4%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.2%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology5%
- Linguistics and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology2.8%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 201 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 291 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 328 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 188 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 175 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Self-archiving
- License & copyright
Copyright retained by author(s) under CC BY-NC 4.0; journal reserves right to continue publishing accepted texts. Model summary
Although we reserve the right to continue to publish accepted texts, the copyright ownership of accepted texts will be retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons License CC BY-NC 4.0.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Embargo: subsequent publication not before six months after journal publication; must link via DOI. Model summary
We ask that any subsequent publication of a text (or version of a text) not appear for at least six months after publication in this journal, and that such publication directly link to the initial publication in this journal via the DOI.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Library
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1537-0852
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Linguistic Discovery
How long does peer review take at Linguistic Discovery?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Linguistic Discovery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Linguistic Discovery is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Linguistic Discovery open access, and what is the APC?
Linguistic Discovery is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .