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Research on Language and Social Interaction
ISSN 0835-1813 · eISSN 1532-7973 · Taylor & Francis
Research on Language and Social Interaction: CAS Zone 1 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 2.78; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research on Language and Social Interaction is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, together about 65.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal publishes the highest quality empirical and theoretical research bearing on language as it is used in interaction. Researchers in communication, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, linguistic anthropology, and ethnography are likely to be the most active contributors, but we welcome submission of articles from the broad range of interaction researchers. Published papers will normally involve the close analysis of naturally-occurring interaction. The journal is also open to theoretical essays and to quantitative studies where these are tied closely to the results of naturalistic observation. Peer Review Policy: All articles have undergone anonymous double anonymized review. Brief History of ROLSI The journal has an intriguing pre-history as Papers in Linguistics (first published 1969), edited by Tony Vanek, which published adventurous and often unconventional essays. (Curious readers can still read such papers as "Organismic communicology: a second prologue - Reflection, shadow, and illusion", in volume 14 via on the publishers' webpages.) The journal as we know now it started when Stuart Sigman took over Papers in Linguistics on the death of Tony Vanek in 1987. He renamed it Research on Language in Social Interaction, putting out a double issue on multi-channel codes. Thereafter Robert Sanders took on the responsibilities of Editor (with Sigman staying on as Associate Editor), and widened the network of reviewers and contributors to better capture the field of work implied in the title of the journal. It didn't take long after the move to publishing interactional research before the success of the journal attracted the interest of an ambitious publisher, and the firm of Lawrence Erlbaum bought the title in 1993. That gave the journal the professional support to publish quarterly. The journal prospered under the continued editorship of Bob Sanders, and thereafter Karen Tracy, Don Zimmerman and Kristine Fitch, with an average editorial reign of about five years. While Fitch was editor, Erlbaum was taken over by Taylor and Francis, who are now our publishers. The journal has long been international in scope, contributors and readership, and when Charles Antaki took over as Editor in 2010, he was the first from outside the USA. He has been joined since 2019 by the distinguished scholar Leelo Keevallik as Associate Editor. Past editors: Tony Vanek (when Papers in Linguistics) Stuart Sigman Robert Sanders Karen Tracy Don Zimmerman Kristine Fit
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Charles AntakiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities34.1%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology16.9%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities14.6%
- Digital Communication and LanguageComputer Science5.2%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities2.8%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences2.8%
- Interpreting and Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions2.5%
- Speech and dialogue systemsComputer Science2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Psychology, Social | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Linguistic Bibliography (Online), Language Teaching (Online), EBSCOhost, E-psyche, OCLC Sociological Abstracts (Online), Ovid PsychINFO, ProQuest online research databases, Educational Research Abstracts Online, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (Online), Linguistics Abstracts (Online)
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
- 2.78LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.67LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.67Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 544OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 55.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 123,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 123,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 816 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 18 | 21 |
| 2025 | 26 | 20 | 71 |
| 2024 | 25 | 20 | 205 |
| 2023 | 17 | 15 | 138 |
| 2022 | 20 | 8 | 178 |
| 2021 | 22 | 10 | 656 |
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
- Acceptance to publication
- 98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Research on Language and Social Interaction is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles have undergone anonymous double anonymized review. Model summary
All articles have undergone anonymous double anonymized review.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0835-1813
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-7973
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 59, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research on Language and Social Interaction
What CAS zone is Research on Language and Social Interaction in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Research on Language and Social Interaction is in Zone 1 of Literature, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Communication / Linguistics / Psychology, Social; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Research on Language and Social Interaction?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.78; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 112.
What JCR quartile is Research on Language and Social Interaction in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 1 of Literature.
Which databases index Research on Language and Social Interaction?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research on Language and Social Interaction is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Research on Language and Social Interaction open access, and what is the APC?
Research on Language and Social Interaction is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .