Journal profile · Acoustics
Phonetica
ISSN 0031-8388 · eISSN 1423-0321 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1957
Phonetica: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.94; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,712; median 205 days to acceptance (38 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from December 2020 (Volume 77, Issue 6): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Phonetica is published by S. Karger AG and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Phonetics and Phonology Research, Linguistic Variation and Morphology and Speech Recognition and Synthesis, together about 46.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Contemporary research into spoken language employs a wide range of approaches, from instrumental measures to perceptual and neurocognitive measures, to computational models, for investigating the properties and principles of speech in communicative settings across the world’s languages. 'Phonetica' is an international interdisciplinary forum for phonetic science that covers all aspects of the subject matter, from phonetic and phonological descriptions of segments and prosodies to speech physiology, articulation, acoustics, perception, acquisition, and phonetic variation and change. 'Phonetica' thus provides a platform for a comprehensive understanding of speaker-hearer interaction across languages and dialects, and of learning contexts throughout the lifespan. Papers published in this journal report expert original work that deals both with theoretical issues and with new empirical data, as well as with innovative methods and applications that will help to advance the field.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Acoustics
Editor-in-chief Best, Catherine T.Publisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology27.5%
- Linguistic Variation and MorphologySocial Sciences11.3%
- Speech Recognition and SynthesisComputer Science7.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.8%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities4.9%
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities3.3%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.94LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 618OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,889 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 26 | 3 |
| 2025 | 26 | 13 | 15 |
| 2024 | 23 | 12 | 29 |
| 2023 | 24 | 16 | 54 |
| 2022 | 25 | 17 | 159 |
| 2021 | 24 | 11 | 89 |
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 PubMed · to
205 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 165 days – 263 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (38 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 236 days
- Sample
- 38 articles with submission and acceptance dates (50 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 | EUR 2,400 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePlagiarism
- Plagiarism
The journal Phonetica moved to DeGruyter as of 2021. Model summary
Note: The title Phonetica has moved to DeGruyter as of 2021. Explore options of getting access on the DeGruyter platform.
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
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1957
- ISSN
- 0031-8388
- Electronic ISSN
- 1423-0321
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 77, Issue 6 (December 2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Phonetica
What CAS zone is Phonetica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Phonetica is in Zone 2 of Literature, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Acoustics / Audiology & Speech-language Pathology / Language & Linguistics / 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.
What is the impact factor of Phonetica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.94; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 99.
How long does peer review take at Phonetica?
Based on the dates recorded on 38 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 205 days (interquartile range 165–263 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Phonetica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Phonetica is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is Phonetica open access, and what is the APC?
Phonetica is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,712.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .