Journal profile · LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Transactions of the Philological Society
ISSN 0079-1636 · eISSN 1467-968X · Wiley-Blackwell
Transactions of the Philological Society: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 226 days to acceptance (52 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 51% (journal website); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transactions of the Philological Society is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistics and language evolution, Historical Linguistics and Language Studies and Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, together about 50.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Although work with historical and comparative dimensions is especially welcome, our aim is to publish synchronic and diachronic studies of the widest possible range of languages and language families from the perspective of any of the subdisciplines of descriptive and theoretical linguistics. To be suitable to the journal, submissions should be accessible to a general linguistic or philological readership and not written solely for specialists in a particular subfield of linguistics or philology. They should also normally address broad comparative, theoretical or methodological questions, taking a qualitative or quantitative approach to data analysis. Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Current Contents: Arts & Humanities (Clarivate Analytics) IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur) Linguistics Collection (ProQuest) MLA International Bibliography (MLA) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Sociological Collection (EBSCO Publishing) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistics and language evolutionArts and Humanities23.3%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities14.6%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities12.4%
- Linguistic Variation and MorphologySocial Sciences10%
- Lexicography and Language StudiesArts and Humanities8%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology3.6%
- Historical and Linguistic StudiesSocial Sciences3.1%
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and IdentityArts and Humanities2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Language & 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 | Language & Linguistics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 373OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 68.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 32Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 51,672Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,166 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 39 | 28 | 4 |
| 2024 | 25 | 18 | 29 |
| 2023 | 35 | 26 | 82 |
| 2022 | 29 | 19 | 65 |
| 2021 | 27 | 8 | 237 |
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
226 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 139 days – 289 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (52 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 288 days
- Sample
- 52 articles with submission and acceptance dates (67 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)
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 203 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 15,000 words
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0079-1636
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-968X
- Society / sponsor
- Philological Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 124, Issue 2 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transactions of the Philological Society
What CAS zone is Transactions of the Philological Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transactions of the Philological Society is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Language & 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.
What is the impact factor of Transactions of the Philological Society?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 78.
How long does peer review take at Transactions of the Philological Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 52 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 226 days (interquartile range 139–289 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 51% (2025). 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 Transactions of the Philological Society?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 15,000 words. 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 Transactions of the Philological Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transactions of the Philological Society is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Transactions of the Philological Society open access, and what is the APC?
Transactions of the Philological Society is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .