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The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings

South African Speech And Hearing Association
ISSN: 03798046, 22254765

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1.4
SJR
0.461
CiteScore
2.2
Categories
Linguistics and Language
Communication
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Speech and Hearing
Cognitive Neuroscience
Areas
Health Professions
Neuroscience
Psychology
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1977-2025
journal names
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings
South African Journal of Communication Disorders
S AFR J COMMUN DISOR
Publications
739
Citations
1 904
h-index
17
Publications
188
Citations
1 374
Top-3 organizations
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand (179 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (156 publications)
University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town (55 publications)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of KwaZulu-Natal (22 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (14 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (481 publications)
USA (33 publications)
Brazil (19 publications)
South Africa (87 publications)
New Zealand (4 publications)
Australia (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings
280 citations, 14.71%
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
61 citations, 3.2%
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
44 citations, 2.31%
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
40 citations, 2.1%
International Journal of Audiology
35 citations, 1.84%
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
31 citations, 1.63%
Aphasiology
31 citations, 1.63%
Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups
31 citations, 1.63%
AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
30 citations, 1.58%
South African Journal of Childhood Education
28 citations, 1.47%
American Journal of Audiology
27 citations, 1.42%
Journal of Communication Disorders
25 citations, 1.31%
Cureus
24 citations, 1.26%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
22 citations, 1.16%
Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics
20 citations, 1.05%
Journal of Fluency Disorders
18 citations, 0.95%
African Journal of Disability
18 citations, 0.95%
BMC Health Services Research
16 citations, 0.84%
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15 citations, 0.79%
Communication Disorders Quarterly
15 citations, 0.79%
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14 citations, 0.74%
Frontiers in Education
14 citations, 0.74%
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
14 citations, 0.74%
PLoS ONE
14 citations, 0.74%
Frontiers in Psychology
13 citations, 0.68%
Early Child Development and Care
12 citations, 0.63%
Health SA Gesondheid
12 citations, 0.63%
Infants and Young Children
11 citations, 0.58%
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11 citations, 0.58%
Frontiers in Neurology
10 citations, 0.53%
Revista de Logopedia, Foniatria y Audiologia
10 citations, 0.53%
Child: Care, Health and Development
10 citations, 0.53%
Brain Injury
9 citations, 0.47%
Journal of Voice
8 citations, 0.42%
Disability and Rehabilitation
8 citations, 0.42%
Language Matters
8 citations, 0.42%
African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
8 citations, 0.42%
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
7 citations, 0.37%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
7 citations, 0.37%
Open Public Health Journal
7 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Public Health
7 citations, 0.37%
The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
7 citations, 0.37%
Autism and Developmental Language Impairments
6 citations, 0.32%
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
6 citations, 0.32%
Brain and Language
6 citations, 0.32%
Education as Change
6 citations, 0.32%
Curationis
6 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Public Health in Africa
6 citations, 0.32%
South African Dental Journal
6 citations, 0.32%
Global Public Health
5 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Neurolinguistics
5 citations, 0.26%
BMJ Open
5 citations, 0.26%
Education Sciences
5 citations, 0.26%
Clinical Teacher
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Hearing Journal
5 citations, 0.26%
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education
5 citations, 0.26%
Topics in Language Disorders
5 citations, 0.26%
South African Family Practice
5 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Cancer Survivorship
5 citations, 0.26%
Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
5 citations, 0.26%
Reading and Writing (South Africa)
5 citations, 0.26%
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
5 citations, 0.26%
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
5 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
5 citations, 0.26%
Discover Health Systems
5 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Pediatrics
4 citations, 0.21%
Applied Neuropsychology: Child
4 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Psychiatry
4 citations, 0.21%
Cochlear Implants International
4 citations, 0.21%
Communications in Computer and Information Science
4 citations, 0.21%
Scientific Reports
4 citations, 0.21%
Trends in hearing
4 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Neuroscience
4 citations, 0.21%
BMC Public Health
4 citations, 0.21%
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
4 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
4 citations, 0.21%
BMJ Paediatrics Open
4 citations, 0.21%
F1000Research
4 citations, 0.21%
Children
4 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Audiology and Otology
4 citations, 0.21%
Avaliação Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior (Campinas)
4 citations, 0.21%
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
3 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
3 citations, 0.16%
Gigiena i sanitariia
3 citations, 0.16%
Safety Science
3 citations, 0.16%
Language Policy
3 citations, 0.16%
Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation
3 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Child Language
3 citations, 0.16%
Child Neuropsychology
3 citations, 0.16%
Trials
3 citations, 0.16%
Ear and Hearing
3 citations, 0.16%
BMC Medical Education
3 citations, 0.16%
Disability and Society
3 citations, 0.16%
Current Psychology
3 citations, 0.16%
Medical Humanities
3 citations, 0.16%
African Studies
3 citations, 0.16%
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
3 citations, 0.16%
Sustainability
3 citations, 0.16%
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
3 citations, 0.16%
Vestnik Oto-Rino-Laringologii
3 citations, 0.16%
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Taylor & Francis
348 citations, 18.28%
AOSIS
226 citations, 11.87%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
161 citations, 8.46%
Springer Nature
158 citations, 8.3%
South African Speech And Hearing Association
148 citations, 7.77%
Elsevier
129 citations, 6.78%
Wiley
87 citations, 4.57%
Frontiers Media S.A.
73 citations, 3.83%
SAGE
64 citations, 3.36%
MDPI
60 citations, 3.15%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
28 citations, 1.47%
S. Karger AG
17 citations, 0.89%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
16 citations, 0.84%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
16 citations, 0.84%
BMJ
14 citations, 0.74%
JMIR Publications
14 citations, 0.74%
Cambridge University Press
12 citations, 0.63%
Oxford University Press
12 citations, 0.63%
SciELO
10 citations, 0.53%
IGI Global
10 citations, 0.53%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
9 citations, 0.47%
Emerald
8 citations, 0.42%
Asociacion Espanola De Logopedia Foniatria Y Audiologia
8 citations, 0.42%
Unisa Press
8 citations, 0.42%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
7 citations, 0.37%
F1000 Research
7 citations, 0.37%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
6 citations, 0.32%
Academy of Science of South Africa
6 citations, 0.32%
IntechOpen
6 citations, 0.32%
IOS Press
5 citations, 0.26%
5 citations, 0.26%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
4 citations, 0.21%
Hindawi Limited
4 citations, 0.21%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
3 citations, 0.16%
Early Childhood Australia
3 citations, 0.16%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.16%
Medknow
3 citations, 0.16%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
3 citations, 0.16%
Media Sphere Publishing House
3 citations, 0.16%
Federal Scientific Center for Hygiene F.F.Erisman
3 citations, 0.16%
Walter de Gruyter
2 citations, 0.11%
Mary Ann Liebert
2 citations, 0.11%
American Medical Association (AMA)
2 citations, 0.11%
Kowsar Medical Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.11%
American Psychological Association (APA)
2 citations, 0.11%
OAE Publishing Inc.
2 citations, 0.11%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
2 citations, 0.11%
PANORAMA Publishing House
2 citations, 0.11%
Southwest State University
2 citations, 0.11%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
2 citations, 0.11%
Equinox Publishing
2 citations, 0.11%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
2 citations, 0.11%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
2 citations, 0.11%
Hans Publishers
2 citations, 0.11%
Scientific Scholar
2 citations, 0.11%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1 citation, 0.05%
University of California Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
American Academy of Pediatrics
1 citation, 0.05%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.05%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.05%
Spandidos Publications
1 citation, 0.05%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
1 citation, 0.05%
AME Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.05%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
World Health Organization
1 citation, 0.05%
1 citation, 0.05%
Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia
1 citation, 0.05%
Consilium Medicum
1 citation, 0.05%
Brazilian Society of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
1 citation, 0.05%
Bureau of Scientific Publications of the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology
1 citation, 0.05%
National Association of School Psychologists
1 citation, 0.05%
Mark Allen Group
1 citation, 0.05%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.05%
Baishideng Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.05%
American Educational Research Association
1 citation, 0.05%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.05%
University of Johannesburg
1 citation, 0.05%
British Psychological Society
1 citation, 0.05%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.05%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.05%
Modestum Ltd
1 citation, 0.05%
National Medical Research Center For Rehabilitation And Balneology
1 citation, 0.05%
National Research Mordovia State University MRSU
1 citation, 0.05%
Ural State Medical University
1 citation, 0.05%
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
1 citation, 0.05%
The Korean Dysphagia Society
1 citation, 0.05%
Srinivas University
1 citation, 0.05%
The Stomatological Society, Japan
1 citation, 0.05%
International Global Health Society
1 citation, 0.05%
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University of the Witwatersrand
179 publications, 24.22%
University of Pretoria
156 publications, 21.11%
University of Cape Town
55 publications, 7.44%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
40 publications, 5.41%
Stellenbosch University
17 publications, 2.3%
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
12 publications, 1.62%
University of Queensland
4 publications, 0.54%
University of South Africa
4 publications, 0.54%
Groote Schuur Hospital
4 publications, 0.54%
University of Limpopo
4 publications, 0.54%
Massey University
3 publications, 0.41%
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
3 publications, 0.41%
McMaster University
3 publications, 0.41%
Manchester Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Canterbury
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Western Australia
2 publications, 0.27%
Charles Darwin University
2 publications, 0.27%
Africa Health Research Institute
2 publications, 0.27%
Tygerberg Hospital
2 publications, 0.27%
Dalhousie University
2 publications, 0.27%
West Virginia University
2 publications, 0.27%
Syracuse University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.27%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of East Anglia
2 publications, 0.27%
East Tennessee State University
2 publications, 0.27%
University of Iowa
2 publications, 0.27%
King Abdulaziz University
1 publication, 0.14%
Istanbul Medipol University
1 publication, 0.14%
Kuwait University
1 publication, 0.14%
Jordan University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.14%
Hashemite University
1 publication, 0.14%
University College London
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Southampton
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.14%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.14%
Australian Catholic University
1 publication, 0.14%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.14%
North-West University
1 publication, 0.14%
South African Medical Research Council
1 publication, 0.14%
University of the Western Cape
1 publication, 0.14%
University of the Free State
1 publication, 0.14%
Tshwane University of Technology
1 publication, 0.14%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.14%
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
1 publication, 0.14%
Vaal University of Technology
1 publication, 0.14%
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
1 publication, 0.14%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.14%
Northern Arizona University
1 publication, 0.14%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Texas at Dallas
1 publication, 0.14%
Georgia State University
1 publication, 0.14%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Ghana
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.14%
Vrije Universiteit Medical Center
1 publication, 0.14%
Leibniz University Hannover
1 publication, 0.14%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.14%
Central Michigan University
1 publication, 0.14%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1 publication, 0.14%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.14%
Moi University
1 publication, 0.14%
University College Cork (National University of Ireland, Cork)
1 publication, 0.14%
Atlantic Technological University
1 publication, 0.14%
Saint Louis University
1 publication, 0.14%
Kent State University
1 publication, 0.14%
Oklahoma State University
1 publication, 0.14%
Marshall University
1 publication, 0.14%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of the Witwatersrand
41 publications, 21.81%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
22 publications, 11.7%
University of Pretoria
14 publications, 7.45%
University of Cape Town
9 publications, 4.79%
Stellenbosch University
4 publications, 2.13%
Massey University
3 publications, 1.6%
Manchester Metropolitan University
2 publications, 1.06%
Charles Darwin University
2 publications, 1.06%
Africa Health Research Institute
2 publications, 1.06%
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
2 publications, 1.06%
Dalhousie University
2 publications, 1.06%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Canterbury
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.53%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.53%
Australian Catholic University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of South Africa
1 publication, 0.53%
Tshwane University of Technology
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Ghana
1 publication, 0.53%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.53%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.53%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 0.53%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1 publication, 0.53%
Atlantic Technological University
1 publication, 0.53%
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Publishing countries

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South Africa, 481, 65.09%
South Africa
481 publications, 65.09%
USA, 33, 4.47%
USA
33 publications, 4.47%
Brazil, 19, 2.57%
Brazil
19 publications, 2.57%
Australia, 9, 1.22%
Australia
9 publications, 1.22%
United Kingdom, 6, 0.81%
United Kingdom
6 publications, 0.81%
Canada, 5, 0.68%
Canada
5 publications, 0.68%
New Zealand, 5, 0.68%
New Zealand
5 publications, 0.68%
India, 2, 0.27%
India
2 publications, 0.27%
Jordan, 2, 0.27%
Jordan
2 publications, 0.27%
Ireland, 2, 0.27%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.27%
Spain, 2, 0.27%
Spain
2 publications, 0.27%
Kenya, 2, 0.27%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.27%
Tanzania, 2, 0.27%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.27%
Germany, 1, 0.14%
Germany
1 publication, 0.14%
Vietnam, 1, 0.14%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.14%
Ghana, 1, 0.14%
Ghana
1 publication, 0.14%
Israel, 1, 0.14%
Israel
1 publication, 0.14%
Kuwait, 1, 0.14%
Kuwait
1 publication, 0.14%
Netherlands, 1, 0.14%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.14%
UAE, 1, 0.14%
UAE
1 publication, 0.14%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.14%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.14%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.14%
Turkey, 1, 0.14%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.14%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 87, 46.28%
South Africa
87 publications, 46.28%
New Zealand, 4, 2.13%
New Zealand
4 publications, 2.13%
Australia, 3, 1.6%
Australia
3 publications, 1.6%
Brazil, 3, 1.6%
Brazil
3 publications, 1.6%
Canada, 3, 1.6%
Canada
3 publications, 1.6%
USA, 2, 1.06%
USA
2 publications, 1.06%
United Kingdom, 2, 1.06%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 1.06%
Kenya, 2, 1.06%
Kenya
2 publications, 1.06%
Vietnam, 1, 0.53%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.53%
Ghana, 1, 0.53%
Ghana
1 publication, 0.53%
Ireland, 1, 0.53%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.53%
Spain, 1, 0.53%
Spain
1 publication, 0.53%
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