Journal profile · LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio
ISSN 2036-6728
Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 14 articles a year; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio 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 Italian Literature and Culture, Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition and Educational and Social Studies, together about 46.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio (RIFL) is a blind peer reviewed online journal that publishes papers concerning theoretical and empirical research on language, mainly in Philosophy, Semiotics, Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Epistemology. The journal's research team favours an interdisciplinary approach to a broader view of language. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio (RIFL) aims to publish the best research articles in all areas where the philosophy of language meets other disciplines. The journal welcomes high quality academic papers from all philosophical traditions and schools of thought of the authors. RIFL publishes papers in Italian, English and French.All submitted manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review by experts in the field who are not members of the journal's editorial board. Manuscripts must be original and unpublished, and should not be considered for publication elsewhere. Furthermore, authors submitting their paper to RIFL confirm that their manuscript is their own, that it has not been copied or plagiarised, in whole or in part, and that they have disclosed actual or potential conflicts of interest with their work or partial benefits associated with it. RIFL publishes research papers, invited papers or commentaries, interviews, book reviews. Each issue is divided into two sections: the special issue (from a call for papers run by an expert in the field who proposes a specific topic to be investigated) and the section (various i.e. miscellanous) collecting manuscripts on language. A specific section of RIFL is dedicated to reviews. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio (RIFL) is indexed in Web of Science (WoS), ERIH PLUS, Google Scholar. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio (RIFL) is ranked as a class A journal by ANVUR (the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Italian Literature and CultureArts and Humanities19.7%
- Linguistic Studies and Language AcquisitionComputer Science17.2%
- Educational and Social StudiesSocial Sciences9.8%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities7.4%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology5.9%
- Diverse academic and cultural studiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities3.4%
- Hume's philosophy and hair distributionSocial Sciences2.7%
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 | Language & 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 | Language & 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright and licensing
Authors hold the copyright of their published works in Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio licensing the journal the right to publish them. All materials are published under Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Regarding permissions to copy for public use and reprints, please contact the editorial office: segreteria.rifl at gmail.com.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio (RIFL) is an Open Access Journal: all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accord…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
For authors All submitted manuscripts undergo double-blind peer review by experts in the field who are not members of the journal's editorial board. Authors send their submissions ready for double-blind evaluation to the journal's secretariat (e-mail: segreteria.rifl@gmail.com), which will send the article to (at least) two reviewers. In the case of two conflicting reviews, the editorial board ask…
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
- ISSN
- 2036-6728
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 3 (2025)
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio
What CAS zone is Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Language & 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 5. 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 Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio open access, and what is the APC?
Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .