Journal profile · Multiple
Mind & Language
ISSN 0268-1064 · eISSN 1468-0017 · Wiley-Blackwell
Mind & Language: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.32; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; median 273 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mind & Language is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Philosophy and Theoretical Science, Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, together about 29.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The phenomena of mind and language are currently studied by researchers in linguistics, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, cognitive anthropology and cognitive archaeology. Mind & Language brings this work together in a genuinely interdisciplinary way. Along with original articles, the journal publishes forums, survey articles and reviews, enabling researchers to keep up-to-date with developments in related disciplines as well as their own. It is an important forum for sharing the results of investigation and for creating the conditions for a fusion of effort, thus making real progress towards a deeper and more far-reaching understanding of the phenomena of mind and language.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Gregory CurriePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Philosophy and Theoretical SciencePsychology12.3%
- Epistemology, Ethics, and MetaphysicsArts and Humanities8.8%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities8.5%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology8.2%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology7.5%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience7.1%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities5.8%
- Embodied and Extended CognitionNeuroscience5.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
AHCIINSPECPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- Impact factor
- 2.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 137OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 777OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 57.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 42Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 157,890Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,635 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 35 | 8 |
| 2025 | 59 | 42 | 68 |
| 2024 | 45 | 34 | 154 |
| 2023 | 44 | 29 | 359 |
| 2022 | 66 | 41 | 563 |
| 2021 | 60 | 32 | 932 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
273 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 133 days – 392 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 93 days (84 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 381 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (107 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 281 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 100 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / EUR 3,470 / GBP 2,780 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Not considered
- discussion notes; unsolicited reviews
Article types accepted4
- book reviewArticle Type Description Submitted article papers submitted to the journal without having been solicited by the editors. Contribution to symposium papers solici…Length not stated
- editorialArticle Type Description Submitted article papers submitted to the journal without having been solicited by the editors. Contribution to symposium papers solici…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Submitted article papers submitted to the journal without having been solicited by the editors. Contribution to symposium papers solici…Length not stated
- surveyArticle Type Description Submitted article papers submitted to the journal without having been solicited by the editors. Contribution to symposium papers solici…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/MILA. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please review Wil…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0268-1064
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0017
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 4 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mind & Language
What CAS zone is Mind & Language in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mind & Language is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Linguistics / Psychology, Experimental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Mind & Language?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.32; CiteScore 6, h-index 137.
How long does peer review take at Mind & Language?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 273 days (interquartile range 133–392 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Mind & Language?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Mind & Language?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mind & Language is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists AHCI, INSPEC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Mind & Language open access, and what is the APC?
Mind & Language is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .