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Sign Language & Linguistics
ISSN 1387-9316 · eISSN 1569-996X · John Benjamins Publishing Company
Sign Language & Linguistics: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sign Language & Linguistics is published by John Benjamins Publishing Company 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 Hearing Impairment and Communication, Hand Gesture Recognition Systems and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies, together about 58.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology30.9%
- Hand Gesture Recognition SystemsComputer Science14.6%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities13%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology7.1%
- linguistics and terminology studiesArts and Humanities6.9%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities4.4%
- Swearing, Euphemism, MultilingualismSocial Sciences3.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.5%
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 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 170OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 567 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 5 | 12 |
| 2025 | 23 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2023 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 2022 | 14 | 6 | 17 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2 | 50 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 1387-9316
- Electronic ISSN
- 1569-996X
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sign Language & Linguistics
What CAS zone is Sign Language & Linguistics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sign Language & Linguistics is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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.
Which databases index Sign Language & Linguistics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sign Language & Linguistics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Sign Language & Linguistics open access, and what is the APC?
Sign Language & Linguistics is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .