Journal profile · LINGUISTICS
Metaphor and the Social World
ISSN 2210-4070 · eISSN 2210-4097 · John Benjamins Publishing Company
Metaphor and the Social World: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Metaphor and the Social World 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 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, Discourse Analysis in Language Studies and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, together about 58.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LINGUISTICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology39.4%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities10.9%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities8.3%
- Humor Studies and ApplicationsPsychology6%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities4%
- Categorization, perception, and languagePsychology3.5%
- linguistics and terminology studiesArts and Humanities3.3%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology3%
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 | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.53%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 337 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 5 | 15 |
| 2025 | 27 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5 | 31 |
| 2023 | 27 | 8 | 107 |
| 2022 | 20 | 5 | 70 |
| 2021 | 30 | 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.
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
- 2210-4070
- Electronic ISSN
- 2210-4097
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Metaphor and the Social World
What CAS zone is Metaphor and the Social World in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Metaphor and the Social World is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Metaphor and the Social World?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Metaphor and the Social World is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Metaphor and the Social World open access, and what is the APC?
Metaphor and the Social World 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; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .