Journal profile · AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Speech Language and Hearing
ISSN 2050-571X · eISSN 2050-5728 · Taylor & Francis
Speech Language and Hearing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 215 days to acceptance (72 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Speech Language and Hearing is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Language Development and Disorders, Phonetics and Phonology Research and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, together about 28.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Developmental and Educational Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Now included in the Scopus index! Speech, Language and Hearing is a peer-reviewed journal welcoming submissions from clinicians and researchers who work with any aspect of normal or disordered speech, language, or hearing. The journal is multidisciplinary in nature with manuscripts accepted from all professional and scientific disciplines but particularly those in the areas of linguistics, psychology, education, audiology, speech-language pathology, and medicine. The principal criteria for acceptance are significance of the topic or experimental questions, conformity to rigorous research, originality, scholarship, and clarity of writing. Scope: Assessment and management issues Development and aging Multiculturalism and bilingualism Prevention, counselling & education Voice, fluency & swallowing Phonetics, phonology & literacy Speech perception, otology & balance Assistive technology
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Michael RobPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 5, Australia 5, Hong Kong, China 2, New Zealand 2 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Language Development and DisordersPsychology12.1%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology8.6%
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience8%
- Stuttering Research and TreatmentPsychology7.6%
- Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismNeuroscience6.8%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology5.9%
- Hearing Impairment and CommunicationPsychology5.9%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CINAHLPublisher website
Other: Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts, PsychINFO®
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.43Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.97Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 77,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 77,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 668 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 40 | 17 | 25 |
| 2024 | 36 | 18 | 132 |
| 2023 | 33 | 14 | 103 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | 55 |
| 2021 | 42 | 8 | 251 |
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 Crossref · to
215 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 165 days – 294 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 234 days
- Sample
- 72 articles with submission and acceptance dates (74 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 11 daysPublisher 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
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Speech, Language and Hearing 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 discoverabilit…
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
- 2050-571X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2050-5728
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Speech Language and Hearing
What CAS zone is Speech Language and Hearing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Speech Language and Hearing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Audiology & Speech-language Pathology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Speech Language and Hearing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at Speech Language and Hearing?
Based on the dates recorded on 72 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 215 days (interquartile range 165–294 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Speech Language and Hearing based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), Australia (5) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Speech Language and Hearing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Speech Language and Hearing is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Speech Language and Hearing open access, and what is the APC?
Speech Language and Hearing 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: .