Journal profile · LINGUISTICS
Psycholinguistics
ISSN 2309-1797 · eISSN 2415-3397 · Pereiaslav-Khmelnytsky Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University · Ukraine
Psycholinguistics: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 300; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Psycholinguistics is published by Pereiaslav-Khmelnytsky Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies, Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication and Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, together about 35.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Goals of the present Journal: promoting development of the new prospective humanitarian science, psycholinguistics; presenting schools of thought, concepts, theories, approaches, models, methods, postulates, technologies and psycholinguistics-related methodologies; popularizing results of modern psycholinguistic research by Ukrainian and foreign scientists; exchanging new scientific psycholinguistic information to establish business and academic contacts with other psycholinguists from all over the world; promoting active implementation of psycholinguistic research in various fields of social and public life for both people and government institutions; exerting effort to create new international psycholinguistics projects; involving young scientists into the study and implementation of practical aspects of psycholinguistics. Problematics of the Present Journal: production and perception of utterance and text, languaging, language consciousness, language, metalinguistic, linguistic, language and communicative competencies, formation and development of verbal consciousness, the conscious and the unconscious in acquisition of languages, development of a language and communicative personality, and other theoretical and applied problems important for the development of psycholinguistics. Journal accepts articles in such branches of psycholinguistics as: Theory and methodology of psycholinguistics. Origins and development of psycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics of speech generation and perception (listening, speaking, reading, writing, inner speaking). Reflexive psycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics of development. Psycholinguistics of translation. Applied psycholinguistics (psycholinguistics in linguodidactics and correctional pedagogy, pathopsychology, aphasiology; psycholinguistics in engineering, military, space, political and judicial psychology, forensics; psycholinguistics in problematics of artificial intelligence, machine translation, search engines and computer technologies Patopsycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics and worldview. Psycholinguistics and personality. Psycholinguistics and linguistic consciousness. Psycholinguistics of verbal communication. Psycholinguistics of communication and discourse. Ethnic psycholinguistics. Psychopoetics. Sociopsycholinguistics. Language and social context. Dialogue.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LINGUISTICS
Editor-in-chief Larysa KalmykovaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ukraine 14, United States 2, Sweden 1, Iran 1, Poland 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language, Communication, and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences13.8%
- Discourse Analysis and Cultural CommunicationSocial Sciences10.9%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology10.8%
- Psycholinguistics and Behavioral StudiesSocial Sciences8.5%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities6.2%
- Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeuroscience4.2%
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology4.2%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 79Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 376 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 18 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 78 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 79 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 141 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 127 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 300 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 90 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 90 | No | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 5–7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability 7. Data Availability Statement
Data Availability Statement required Model summary
The inclusion of a Data Availability Statement is a requirement for articles published in Psycholinguistics journal. The statement may refer to original data generated in the course of the study or to third-party data analyzed in the article. The statement should describe and provide means of access, where possible, by linking to the data or providing the required unique identifier. The Data Avail…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 8. Adherence to Ethical Standards
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of work of the author and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behav…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Manuscripts are subject to double “blind” reviewing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism and autoplagiarism lead to rejection Model summary
Material of the article shall be new and original, without duplicating the contents of previously published articles (no autoplagiarism). Manuscripts where plagiarism (borrowings from papers of other scientists or incorrect referencing) is identified shall be rejected by the Editorial Board.
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
- Pereiaslav-Khmelnytsky Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University
- Country or region
- Ukraine
- Language
- English, Ukrainian, Russian
- ISSN
- 2309-1797
- Electronic ISSN
- 2415-3397
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Psycholinguistics
What CAS zone is Psycholinguistics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Psycholinguistics is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Psycholinguistics?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Psycholinguistics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 5–7; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Psycholinguistics based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ukraine (14), United States (2) and Sweden (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Psycholinguistics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Psycholinguistics is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Psycholinguistics open access, and what is the APC?
Psycholinguistics is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 300.
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: .