Language Matters

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
0.8
SJR
0.295
CiteScore
1.3
Categories
Linguistics and Language
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1993-2025
journal names
Language Matters
LANG MATTERS
Publications
560
Citations
2 161
h-index
19
Publications
102
Citations
1 219
Top-3 organizations
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (44 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (16 publications)
North-West University
North-West University (13 publications)
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (8 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (7 publications)
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University (6 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (130 publications)
Nigeria (23 publications)
Ghana (9 publications)
South Africa (43 publications)
Nigeria (11 publications)
Ghana (7 publications)
Top-1 researchers by articles count

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Language Matters
203 citations, 9.39%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
133 citations, 6.15%
South African Journal of African Languages
87 citations, 4.03%
World Englishes
60 citations, 2.78%
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
42 citations, 1.94%
Reading and Writing (South Africa)
29 citations, 1.34%
Literator
23 citations, 1.06%
International Journal of Multilingualism
22 citations, 1.02%
Language and Education
17 citations, 0.79%
Current Issues in Language Planning
17 citations, 0.79%
African Identities
16 citations, 0.74%
Emergent Literacy
16 citations, 0.74%
Cogent Arts and Humanities
15 citations, 0.69%
South African Journal of Childhood Education
14 citations, 0.65%
Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
13 citations, 0.6%
International Journal of Educational Development
11 citations, 0.51%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
11 citations, 0.51%
International Journal of the Sociology of Language
11 citations, 0.51%
Lingua
11 citations, 0.51%
Frontiers in Psychology
10 citations, 0.46%
Languages
10 citations, 0.46%
Educational Linguistics
10 citations, 0.46%
Perspectives: Studies in Translatology
9 citations, 0.42%
Journal of Pragmatics
9 citations, 0.42%
SAGE Open
9 citations, 0.42%
New Advances in Legal Translation and Interpreting
9 citations, 0.42%
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
8 citations, 0.37%
International Journal of Bilingualism
7 citations, 0.32%
English Academy Review
7 citations, 0.32%
Varieties of English Around the World
7 citations, 0.32%
Language Learning Journal
7 citations, 0.32%
Multilingua
7 citations, 0.32%
African Studies
7 citations, 0.32%
Meta
7 citations, 0.32%
PLoS ONE
7 citations, 0.32%
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)
7 citations, 0.32%
Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity
7 citations, 0.32%
Semiotica
6 citations, 0.28%
Language Policy
6 citations, 0.28%
Linguistics Vanguard
6 citations, 0.28%
Sociolinguistic Studies
6 citations, 0.28%
International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
6 citations, 0.28%
Target
6 citations, 0.28%
English World-Wide
6 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Language, Identity and Education
6 citations, 0.28%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
6 citations, 0.28%
Robots in Academic Libraries
6 citations, 0.28%
The South African journal of communication disorders. Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings
5 citations, 0.23%
Open Linguistics
5 citations, 0.23%
Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa
5 citations, 0.23%
System
5 citations, 0.23%
Babel
5 citations, 0.23%
Folia Linguistica
5 citations, 0.23%
Education Sciences
5 citations, 0.23%
Education as Change
5 citations, 0.23%
Ampersand
5 citations, 0.23%
Interpreting
5 citations, 0.23%
Across Languages and Cultures
5 citations, 0.23%
Linguistic Landscape An international journal
5 citations, 0.23%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
4 citations, 0.19%
African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
4 citations, 0.19%
Social Semiotics
4 citations, 0.19%
Language Problems and Language Planning
4 citations, 0.19%
Modern Language Journal
4 citations, 0.19%
Reading Psychology
4 citations, 0.19%
FORUM (Netherlands)
4 citations, 0.19%
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
4 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Sociolinguistics
4 citations, 0.19%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
4 citations, 0.19%
Language and Communication
4 citations, 0.19%
International Information and Library Review
4 citations, 0.19%
Second Language Learning and Teaching
4 citations, 0.19%
African Journalism Studies
4 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Multicultural Discourses
4 citations, 0.19%
Communicatio
4 citations, 0.19%
Africa Education Review
4 citations, 0.19%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
4 citations, 0.19%
Sociolinguistica - International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik
4 citations, 0.19%
Linguistics and Education
3 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
3 citations, 0.14%
Language Awareness
3 citations, 0.14%
Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
3 citations, 0.14%
Environmental Science and Policy
3 citations, 0.14%
Metaphor and Symbol
3 citations, 0.14%
Adult Education Quarterly
3 citations, 0.14%
Language Teaching
3 citations, 0.14%
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
3 citations, 0.14%
Cogent Education
3 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Educational Research
3 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
3 citations, 0.14%
Africa Spectrum
3 citations, 0.14%
South African Journal of Psychology
3 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
3 citations, 0.14%
National Identities
3 citations, 0.14%
International Multilingual Research Journal
3 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Black Studies
3 citations, 0.14%
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
3 citations, 0.14%
South Asian Diaspora
3 citations, 0.14%
Critical Arts
3 citations, 0.14%
South African Journal of Education
3 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
726 citations, 33.6%
Springer Nature
140 citations, 6.48%
Cambridge University Press
138 citations, 6.39%
Wiley
123 citations, 5.69%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
114 citations, 5.28%
Oxford University Press
94 citations, 4.35%
Elsevier
88 citations, 4.07%
SAGE
76 citations, 3.52%
Walter de Gruyter
75 citations, 3.47%
AOSIS
73 citations, 3.38%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
51 citations, 2.36%
IGI Global
26 citations, 1.2%
MDPI
20 citations, 0.93%
Emerald
19 citations, 0.88%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
15 citations, 0.69%
Frontiers Media S.A.
14 citations, 0.65%
Unisa Press
13 citations, 0.6%
Equinox Publishing
9 citations, 0.42%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
7 citations, 0.32%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
7 citations, 0.32%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
7 citations, 0.32%
6 citations, 0.28%
Consortium Erudit
6 citations, 0.28%
Akademiai Kiado
5 citations, 0.23%
Intellect
5 citations, 0.23%
Brill
4 citations, 0.19%
South African Speech And Hearing Association
4 citations, 0.19%
Annual Reviews
4 citations, 0.19%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.19%
Bureau of Scientific Publications of the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology
3 citations, 0.14%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.14%
Edinburgh University Press
2 citations, 0.09%
Duke University Press
2 citations, 0.09%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
2 citations, 0.09%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
2 citations, 0.09%
Nakom
2 citations, 0.09%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2 citations, 0.09%
SciELO
2 citations, 0.09%
OpenEdition
2 citations, 0.09%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
2 citations, 0.09%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
2 citations, 0.09%
Modestum Ltd
2 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.05%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1 citation, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.05%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Medpharm Publications Ltd.
1 citation, 0.05%
1 citation, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
Selcuk University
1 citation, 0.05%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.05%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
1 citation, 0.05%
Peeters Publishers
1 citation, 0.05%
Universidad De Antioquia
1 citation, 0.05%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
1 citation, 0.05%
1 citation, 0.05%
Western University
1 citation, 0.05%
Association for Learning Technology
1 citation, 0.05%
Stockholm University Press
1 citation, 0.05%
North-West University
1 citation, 0.05%
Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique Nolre
1 citation, 0.05%
Hanyang University
1 citation, 0.05%
Diabetes Technology Society
1 citation, 0.05%
BOLEMA Departamento de Matematica
1 citation, 0.05%
Florida Gulf Coast University
1 citation, 0.05%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.05%
Mark Allen Group
1 citation, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.05%
S. Karger AG
1 citation, 0.05%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.05%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
MGIMO University
1 citation, 0.05%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
1 citation, 0.05%
Guilford Publications
1 citation, 0.05%
Gramota Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
1 citation, 0.05%
Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
1 citation, 0.05%
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University of South Africa
44 publications, 7.86%
University of Pretoria
16 publications, 2.86%
North-West University
13 publications, 2.32%
University of the Free State
13 publications, 2.32%
Stellenbosch University
10 publications, 1.79%
University of Nigeria
10 publications, 1.79%
University of Cape Town
9 publications, 1.61%
University of the Western Cape
6 publications, 1.07%
Tshwane University of Technology
5 publications, 0.89%
University of the Witwatersrand
4 publications, 0.71%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Johannesburg
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Dar es Salaam
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Ghana
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Botswana
4 publications, 0.71%
Midlands State University
4 publications, 0.71%
Rhodes University
3 publications, 0.54%
Nelson Mandela University
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Zimbabwe
3 publications, 0.54%
University of Malawi
3 publications, 0.54%
Ghent University
2 publications, 0.36%
Radboud University Nijmegen
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Gothenburg
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Turku
2 publications, 0.36%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Calabar
2 publications, 0.36%
Osun State University
2 publications, 0.36%
Federal University Oye Ekiti
2 publications, 0.36%
Makerere University
2 publications, 0.36%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Education, Winneba
2 publications, 0.36%
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Salamanca
2 publications, 0.36%
National University of Lesotho
2 publications, 0.36%
Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.18%
Jazan University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Science, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Technology, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Nicosia
1 publication, 0.18%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Venda
1 publication, 0.18%
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Zululand
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Rwanda
1 publication, 0.18%
Federal University of Technology Akure
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Port Harcourt
1 publication, 0.18%
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Benin
1 publication, 0.18%
Ekiti State University
1 publication, 0.18%
Redeemer's University
1 publication, 0.18%
Adekunle Ajasin University
1 publication, 0.18%
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture
1 publication, 0.18%
Lagos State University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Dodoma
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Pannonia
1 publication, 0.18%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.18%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.18%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
1 publication, 0.18%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Potsdam
1 publication, 0.18%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Bremen
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Innsbruck
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Leeds
1 publication, 0.18%
Kansai University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.18%
Carleton University
1 publication, 0.18%
Indiana University Bloomington
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1 publication, 0.18%
Hawassa University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Westminster
1 publication, 0.18%
Edge Hill University
1 publication, 0.18%
Great Zimbabwe University
1 publication, 0.18%
Lupane State University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Zambia
1 publication, 0.18%
Eduardo Mondlane University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Namibia
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Eswatini
1 publication, 0.18%
University of South Wales
1 publication, 0.18%
School of Oriental and African Studies
1 publication, 0.18%
University of South Carolina
1 publication, 0.18%
Abia State University
1 publication, 0.18%
Hunter College
1 publication, 0.18%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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University of South Africa
8 publications, 7.84%
University of Pretoria
7 publications, 6.86%
Stellenbosch University
6 publications, 5.88%
University of the Free State
5 publications, 4.9%
University of Cape Town
4 publications, 3.92%
University of the Western Cape
4 publications, 3.92%
Tshwane University of Technology
4 publications, 3.92%
North-West University
3 publications, 2.94%
University of Nigeria
3 publications, 2.94%
University of Dar es Salaam
3 publications, 2.94%
University of Ghana
3 publications, 2.94%
University of Turku
2 publications, 1.96%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 1.96%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 1.96%
University of Calabar
2 publications, 1.96%
Osun State University
2 publications, 1.96%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 1.96%
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2 publications, 1.96%
University of Zimbabwe
2 publications, 1.96%
University of Malawi
2 publications, 1.96%
National University of Lesotho
2 publications, 1.96%
Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.98%
Jazan University
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Science, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Technology, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.98%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.98%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.98%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Venda
1 publication, 0.98%
Federal University of Technology Akure
1 publication, 0.98%
Ekiti State University
1 publication, 0.98%
Redeemer's University
1 publication, 0.98%
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture
1 publication, 0.98%
Makerere University
1 publication, 0.98%
Lagos State University
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Pannonia
1 publication, 0.98%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Education, Winneba
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Botswana
1 publication, 0.98%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Potsdam
1 publication, 0.98%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Bremen
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Innsbruck
1 publication, 0.98%
Kansai University
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 0.98%
Midlands State University
1 publication, 0.98%
Great Zimbabwe University
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Zambia
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Namibia
1 publication, 0.98%
University of Eswatini
1 publication, 0.98%
School of Oriental and African Studies
1 publication, 0.98%
Abia State University
1 publication, 0.98%
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South Africa, 130, 23.21%
South Africa
130 publications, 23.21%
Nigeria, 23, 4.11%
Nigeria
23 publications, 4.11%
Ghana, 9, 1.61%
Ghana
9 publications, 1.61%
USA, 8, 1.43%
USA
8 publications, 1.43%
Germany, 7, 1.25%
Germany
7 publications, 1.25%
Zimbabwe, 7, 1.25%
Zimbabwe
7 publications, 1.25%
Tanzania, 5, 0.89%
Tanzania
5 publications, 0.89%
Botswana, 4, 0.71%
Botswana
4 publications, 0.71%
United Kingdom, 4, 0.71%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 0.71%
China, 3, 0.54%
China
3 publications, 0.54%
Spain, 3, 0.54%
Spain
3 publications, 0.54%
Malawi, 3, 0.54%
Malawi
3 publications, 0.54%
Netherlands, 3, 0.54%
Netherlands
3 publications, 0.54%
Finland, 3, 0.54%
Finland
3 publications, 0.54%
Belgium, 2, 0.36%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.36%
Greece, 2, 0.36%
Greece
2 publications, 0.36%
Canada, 2, 0.36%
Canada
2 publications, 0.36%
Kenya, 2, 0.36%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.36%
Lesotho, 2, 0.36%
Lesotho
2 publications, 0.36%
Malaysia, 2, 0.36%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.36%
Mozambique, 2, 0.36%
Mozambique
2 publications, 0.36%
Uganda, 2, 0.36%
Uganda
2 publications, 0.36%
Sweden, 2, 0.36%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.36%
Russia, 1, 0.18%
Russia
1 publication, 0.18%
Australia, 1, 0.18%
Australia
1 publication, 0.18%
Austria, 1, 0.18%
Austria
1 publication, 0.18%
Hungary, 1, 0.18%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.18%
Denmark, 1, 0.18%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.18%
Zambia, 1, 0.18%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.18%
India, 1, 0.18%
India
1 publication, 0.18%
Iraq, 1, 0.18%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.18%
Cyprus, 1, 0.18%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.18%
Namibia, 1, 0.18%
Namibia
1 publication, 0.18%
Rwanda, 1, 0.18%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.18%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.18%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.18%
Eswatini, 1, 0.18%
Eswatini
1 publication, 0.18%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.18%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.18%
Japan, 1, 0.18%
Japan
1 publication, 0.18%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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South Africa, 43, 42.16%
South Africa
43 publications, 42.16%
Nigeria, 11, 10.78%
Nigeria
11 publications, 10.78%
Ghana, 7, 6.86%
Ghana
7 publications, 6.86%
Germany, 5, 4.9%
Germany
5 publications, 4.9%
USA, 3, 2.94%
USA
3 publications, 2.94%
Zimbabwe, 3, 2.94%
Zimbabwe
3 publications, 2.94%
Tanzania, 3, 2.94%
Tanzania
3 publications, 2.94%
Finland, 3, 2.94%
Finland
3 publications, 2.94%
Lesotho, 2, 1.96%
Lesotho
2 publications, 1.96%
Malawi, 2, 1.96%
Malawi
2 publications, 1.96%
Malaysia, 2, 1.96%
Malaysia
2 publications, 1.96%
Netherlands, 2, 1.96%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.96%
Russia, 1, 0.98%
Russia
1 publication, 0.98%
Austria, 1, 0.98%
Austria
1 publication, 0.98%
Botswana, 1, 0.98%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.98%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.98%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.98%
Hungary, 1, 0.98%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.98%
Denmark, 1, 0.98%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.98%
Zambia, 1, 0.98%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.98%
Iraq, 1, 0.98%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.98%
Spain, 1, 0.98%
Spain
1 publication, 0.98%
Mozambique, 1, 0.98%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.98%
Namibia, 1, 0.98%
Namibia
1 publication, 0.98%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 0.98%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 0.98%
Uganda, 1, 0.98%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.98%
Sweden, 1, 0.98%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.98%
Eswatini, 1, 0.98%
Eswatini
1 publication, 0.98%
Japan, 1, 0.98%
Japan
1 publication, 0.98%
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