Theoretical Linguistics

Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter
ISSN: 03014428, 16134060

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q4
Impact factor
0.3
SJR
0.241
CiteScore
0.6
Categories
Linguistics and Language
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1974-1988, 1990-2022, 2024-2025
journal names
Theoretical Linguistics
THEOR LINGUIST
Publications
843
Citations
7 474
h-index
40
Publications
106
Citations
3 281
Top-3 citing journals
Lingua
Lingua (191 citations)
Journal of Pragmatics
Journal of Pragmatics (158 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
Germany (48 publications)
USA (40 publications)
Netherlands (10 publications)
Germany (22 publications)
USA (11 publications)
Netherlands (4 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Lingua
191 citations, 2.56%
Journal of Pragmatics
158 citations, 2.11%
Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
148 citations, 1.98%
Glossa a journal of general linguistics
137 citations, 1.83%
Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
115 citations, 1.54%
Frontiers in Psychology
114 citations, 1.53%
Linguistic Inquiry
110 citations, 1.47%
Linguistics and Philosophy
106 citations, 1.42%
Languages
97 citations, 1.3%
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
92 citations, 1.23%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
82 citations, 1.1%
Natural Language Semantics
82 citations, 1.1%
Theoretical Linguistics
82 citations, 1.1%
Journal of Semantics
81 citations, 1.08%
Journal of Linguistics
68 citations, 0.91%
Linguistic Review
59 citations, 0.79%
Studies in Language Companion Series
56 citations, 0.75%
Syntax
54 citations, 0.72%
Linguistics and Language Compass
54 citations, 0.72%
Language Sciences
54 citations, 0.72%
Phonology
53 citations, 0.71%
Annual Review of Linguistics
48 citations, 0.64%
Studia Linguistica
46 citations, 0.62%
Synthese
42 citations, 0.56%
International Journal of Bilingualism
41 citations, 0.55%
Linguistics
39 citations, 0.52%
Bilingualism
39 citations, 0.52%
Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft
38 citations, 0.51%
Cognition
37 citations, 0.5%
Mind and Language
31 citations, 0.41%
Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
30 citations, 0.4%
Nordic Journal of Linguistics
29 citations, 0.39%
Cognitive Science
28 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
28 citations, 0.37%
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
28 citations, 0.37%
Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language
28 citations, 0.37%
Studies in Language
27 citations, 0.36%
Canadian Journal of Linguistics
26 citations, 0.35%
Linguistic Typology
25 citations, 0.33%
Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
25 citations, 0.33%
Folia Linguistica
24 citations, 0.32%
Topoi
24 citations, 0.32%
Frontiers in Communication
24 citations, 0.32%
ENGLISH LINGUISTICS
24 citations, 0.32%
Diachronica
20 citations, 0.27%
Language Faculty and Beyond
19 citations, 0.25%
Open Linguistics
19 citations, 0.25%
Linguistics Vanguard
19 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Memory and Language
18 citations, 0.24%
Language Acquisition
18 citations, 0.24%
Journal of East Asian Linguistics
17 citations, 0.23%
Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)
17 citations, 0.23%
Brain and Language
16 citations, 0.21%
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia
16 citations, 0.21%
Discourse Processes
16 citations, 0.21%
Linguistic Variation
16 citations, 0.21%
Nous-Supplement: Philosophical Perspectives
15 citations, 0.2%
Second Language Research
15 citations, 0.2%
Studies in Bilingualism
14 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Quantitative Linguistics
14 citations, 0.19%
Language and Cognition
14 citations, 0.19%
Transactions of the Philological Society
14 citations, 0.19%
Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
14 citations, 0.19%
Probus
13 citations, 0.17%
Cortex
13 citations, 0.17%
Applied Psycholinguistics
13 citations, 0.17%
Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy and Psychology
13 citations, 0.17%
Philosophical Studies
12 citations, 0.16%
English Language and Linguistics
12 citations, 0.16%
Language Learning
12 citations, 0.16%
Typological Studies in Language
12 citations, 0.16%
Language Typology and Universals
12 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Child Language
11 citations, 0.15%
Intercultural Pragmatics
11 citations, 0.15%
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
11 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Historical Linguistics
10 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Germanic Linguistics
10 citations, 0.13%
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
10 citations, 0.13%
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
10 citations, 0.13%
Acta Linguistica Academica
10 citations, 0.13%
Inquiry (United Kingdom)
10 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Philosophical Logic
10 citations, 0.13%
Pragmatics and Cognition
10 citations, 0.13%
Morphology
10 citations, 0.13%
Advances in Iranian Linguistics II
10 citations, 0.13%
Nous
9 citations, 0.12%
Language and Speech
9 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Logic, Language and Information
9 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
9 citations, 0.12%
PLoS ONE
9 citations, 0.12%
Analytic Philosophy
9 citations, 0.12%
Language and Cognitive Processes
9 citations, 0.12%
Evolutionary Linguistic Theory
9 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
8 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Neurolinguistics
8 citations, 0.11%
Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
8 citations, 0.11%
Corpora
8 citations, 0.11%
Phonetica
8 citations, 0.11%
Characterizing the Robustness of Science
8 citations, 0.11%
Revue québécoise de linguistique
8 citations, 0.11%
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Citing publishers

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Oxford University Press
1116 citations, 14.93%
Cambridge University Press
976 citations, 13.06%
Springer Nature
860 citations, 11.51%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
644 citations, 8.62%
Elsevier
635 citations, 8.5%
Wiley
482 citations, 6.45%
Walter de Gruyter
474 citations, 6.34%
Taylor & Francis
223 citations, 2.98%
Frontiers Media S.A.
155 citations, 2.07%
Open Library of Humanities
140 citations, 1.87%
MIT Press
125 citations, 1.67%
MDPI
112 citations, 1.5%
SAGE
102 citations, 1.36%
Annual Reviews
53 citations, 0.71%
OpenEdition
35 citations, 0.47%
Nakom
25 citations, 0.33%
The English Linguistic Society of Japan
25 citations, 0.33%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
22 citations, 0.29%
Akademiai Kiado
21 citations, 0.28%
Edinburgh University Press
16 citations, 0.21%
CAIRN
15 citations, 0.2%
Duke University Press
13 citations, 0.17%
Brill
12 citations, 0.16%
American Psychological Association (APA)
11 citations, 0.15%
University of Chicago Press
10 citations, 0.13%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
10 citations, 0.13%
SciELO
10 citations, 0.13%
The Royal Society
9 citations, 0.12%
EDP Sciences
8 citations, 0.11%
S. Karger AG
8 citations, 0.11%
Consortium Erudit
8 citations, 0.11%
7 citations, 0.09%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
7 citations, 0.09%
F1000 Research
7 citations, 0.09%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5 citations, 0.07%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
5 citations, 0.07%
Masaryk University Press
5 citations, 0.07%
Ubiquity Press
5 citations, 0.07%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
5 citations, 0.07%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
4 citations, 0.05%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
4 citations, 0.05%
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
4 citations, 0.05%
T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre
4 citations, 0.05%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
4 citations, 0.05%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
4 citations, 0.05%
National Taiwan Normal University
3 citations, 0.04%
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education 束Moscow Pedagogical State University損 (MPGU)
3 citations, 0.04%
Hans Publishers
3 citations, 0.04%
University of Bialystok
2 citations, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2 citations, 0.03%
electronic proceedings in theoretical computer science, eptcs
2 citations, 0.03%
Asociacion Espanola De Logopedia Foniatria Y Audiologia
2 citations, 0.03%
The Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon
2 citations, 0.03%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.03%
IGI Global
2 citations, 0.03%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.01%
Emerald
1 citation, 0.01%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.01%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
1 citation, 0.01%
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
1 citation, 0.01%
Hacettepe University
1 citation, 0.01%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
The Company of Biologists
1 citation, 0.01%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.01%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.01%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1 citation, 0.01%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Linguistic Society of America
1 citation, 0.01%
China Science Publishing & Media
1 citation, 0.01%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.01%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
1 citation, 0.01%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
1 citation, 0.01%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
1 citation, 0.01%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.01%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.01%
Equinox Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
1 citation, 0.01%
Gramota Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
Hacettepe University Journal of Turkish Studies
1 citation, 0.01%
Sejong University Language Research Institute
1 citation, 0.01%
Editorial CSIC
1 citation, 0.01%
Innovative Scholars and Researchers Alliance
1 citation, 0.01%
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
10 publications, 1.19%
Humboldt University of Berlin
7 publications, 0.83%
Radboud University Nijmegen
6 publications, 0.71%
Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics
6 publications, 0.71%
New York University
5 publications, 0.59%
University of Konstanz
5 publications, 0.59%
University of Cologne
4 publications, 0.47%
Goethe University Frankfurt
4 publications, 0.47%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 0.47%
University of Tübingen
3 publications, 0.36%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
3 publications, 0.36%
Harvard University
3 publications, 0.36%
Bielefeld University
3 publications, 0.36%
University of Salzburg
3 publications, 0.36%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
3 publications, 0.36%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
2 publications, 0.24%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.24%
Lund University
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Haifa
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Gothenburg
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Neuchâtel
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Cambridge
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Oslo
2 publications, 0.24%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Southern Denmark
2 publications, 0.24%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.24%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.24%
Stony Brook University
2 publications, 0.24%
Stellenbosch University
2 publications, 0.24%
Georgetown University
2 publications, 0.24%
University of the Western Cape
2 publications, 0.24%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.24%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Chicago
2 publications, 0.24%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Texas at Austin
2 publications, 0.24%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 0.24%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2 publications, 0.24%
Institut Universitaire de France
2 publications, 0.24%
Ruhr University Bochum
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Göttingen
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Wuppertal
2 publications, 0.24%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Graz
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 0.24%
University of Maine
2 publications, 0.24%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.12%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.12%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.12%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Liège
1 publication, 0.12%
Uppsala University
1 publication, 0.12%
Bordeaux Montaigne University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.12%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.12%
Beijing Language and Culture University
1 publication, 0.12%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.12%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.12%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.12%
Shanghai International Studies University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.12%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.12%
National Chung Hsing University
1 publication, 0.12%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
1 publication, 0.12%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.12%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
1 publication, 0.12%
Charles University
1 publication, 0.12%
Central Queensland University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.12%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.12%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.12%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.12%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.12%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.12%
Massachusetts General Hospital
1 publication, 0.12%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.12%
San Diego State University
1 publication, 0.12%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
1 publication, 0.12%
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
1 publication, 0.12%
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
1 publication, 0.12%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
1 publication, 0.12%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.12%
Saarland University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.12%
Emory University
1 publication, 0.12%
Pompeu Fabra University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Zaragoza
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.12%
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
1 publication, 0.12%
Carleton University
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Tartu
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Delaware
1 publication, 0.12%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
1 publication, 0.12%
Goldsmiths University of London
1 publication, 0.12%
University of Tours
1 publication, 0.12%
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Humboldt University of Berlin
4 publications, 3.77%
Goethe University Frankfurt
3 publications, 2.83%
Utrecht University
3 publications, 2.83%
University of Konstanz
3 publications, 2.83%
University of Salzburg
3 publications, 2.83%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
2 publications, 1.89%
Lund University
2 publications, 1.89%
University of Oslo
2 publications, 1.89%
Stony Brook University
2 publications, 1.89%
New York University
2 publications, 1.89%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 1.89%
University of Chicago
2 publications, 1.89%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2 publications, 1.89%
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
2 publications, 1.89%
University of Cologne
2 publications, 1.89%
Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics
2 publications, 1.89%
Paris Cité University
2 publications, 1.89%
Ruhr University Bochum
2 publications, 1.89%
University of Wuppertal
2 publications, 1.89%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.94%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Liège
1 publication, 0.94%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.94%
Bordeaux Montaigne University
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.94%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.94%
Beijing Language and Culture University
1 publication, 0.94%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.94%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.94%
Shanghai International Studies University
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.94%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.94%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.94%
National Chung Hsing University
1 publication, 0.94%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.94%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
1 publication, 0.94%
Charles University
1 publication, 0.94%
Central Queensland University
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.94%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.94%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.94%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.94%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.94%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.94%
Massachusetts General Hospital
1 publication, 0.94%
Eötvös Loránd University (University of Budapest)
1 publication, 0.94%
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
1 publication, 0.94%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
1 publication, 0.94%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
1 publication, 0.94%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Göttingen
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.94%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1 publication, 0.94%
Bielefeld University
1 publication, 0.94%
Pompeu Fabra University
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Zaragoza
1 publication, 0.94%
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
1 publication, 0.94%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
1 publication, 0.94%
University of Tours
1 publication, 0.94%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
1 publication, 0.94%
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Germany, 48, 5.69%
Germany
48 publications, 5.69%
USA, 40, 4.74%
USA
40 publications, 4.74%
Netherlands, 10, 1.19%
Netherlands
10 publications, 1.19%
United Kingdom, 8, 0.95%
United Kingdom
8 publications, 0.95%
Belgium, 6, 0.71%
Belgium
6 publications, 0.71%
Austria, 5, 0.59%
Austria
5 publications, 0.59%
Sweden, 5, 0.59%
Sweden
5 publications, 0.59%
France, 4, 0.47%
France
4 publications, 0.47%
China, 4, 0.47%
China
4 publications, 0.47%
Israel, 4, 0.47%
Israel
4 publications, 0.47%
Norway, 4, 0.47%
Norway
4 publications, 0.47%
Switzerland, 4, 0.47%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.47%
Canada, 3, 0.36%
Canada
3 publications, 0.36%
Russia, 2, 0.24%
Russia
2 publications, 0.24%
Denmark, 2, 0.24%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.24%
Italy, 2, 0.24%
Italy
2 publications, 0.24%
South Africa, 2, 0.24%
South Africa
2 publications, 0.24%
Estonia, 1, 0.12%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.12%
Australia, 1, 0.12%
Australia
1 publication, 0.12%
Hungary, 1, 0.12%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.12%
Spain, 1, 0.12%
Spain
1 publication, 0.12%
Poland, 1, 0.12%
Poland
1 publication, 0.12%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.12%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.12%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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Germany, 22, 20.75%
Germany
22 publications, 20.75%
USA, 11, 10.38%
USA
11 publications, 10.38%
Netherlands, 4, 3.77%
Netherlands
4 publications, 3.77%
China, 3, 2.83%
China
3 publications, 2.83%
Austria, 3, 2.83%
Austria
3 publications, 2.83%
Belgium, 2, 1.89%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.89%
United Kingdom, 2, 1.89%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 1.89%
Israel, 2, 1.89%
Israel
2 publications, 1.89%
Norway, 2, 1.89%
Norway
2 publications, 1.89%
Switzerland, 2, 1.89%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.89%
Sweden, 2, 1.89%
Sweden
2 publications, 1.89%
France, 1, 0.94%
France
1 publication, 0.94%
Australia, 1, 0.94%
Australia
1 publication, 0.94%
Hungary, 1, 0.94%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.94%
Spain, 1, 0.94%
Spain
1 publication, 0.94%
Italy, 1, 0.94%
Italy
1 publication, 0.94%
Poland, 1, 0.94%
Poland
1 publication, 0.94%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.94%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.94%
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