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
552
Citations
2 030
h-index
18
Publications
94
Citations
1 091
Top-3 organizations
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (43 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (15 publications)
North-West University
North-West University (13 publications)
University of South Africa
University of South Africa (9 publications)
University of the Free State
University of the Free State (7 publications)
University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria (6 publications)
Top-3 countries
South Africa (126 publications)
Nigeria (22 publications)
Ghana (8 publications)
South Africa (44 publications)
Nigeria (10 publications)
Ghana (6 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Language Matters
191 citations, 9.41%
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
117 citations, 5.76%
South African Journal of African Languages
79 citations, 3.89%
World Englishes
60 citations, 2.96%
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
36 citations, 1.77%
Reading and Writing (South Africa)
27 citations, 1.33%
Literator
23 citations, 1.13%
International Journal of Multilingualism
19 citations, 0.94%
Language and Education
16 citations, 0.79%
Current Issues in Language Planning
16 citations, 0.79%
Emergent Literacy
16 citations, 0.79%
African Identities
15 citations, 0.74%
South African Journal of Childhood Education
14 citations, 0.69%
Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
13 citations, 0.64%
Cogent Arts and Humanities
13 citations, 0.64%
International Journal of Educational Development
11 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
11 citations, 0.54%
International Journal of the Sociology of Language
10 citations, 0.49%
Frontiers in Psychology
9 citations, 0.44%
Perspectives: Studies in Translatology
9 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Pragmatics
9 citations, 0.44%
Lingua
9 citations, 0.44%
Languages
9 citations, 0.44%
New Advances in Legal Translation and Interpreting
9 citations, 0.44%
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
8 citations, 0.39%
SAGE Open
8 citations, 0.39%
Educational Linguistics
8 citations, 0.39%
International Journal of Bilingualism
7 citations, 0.34%
English Academy Review
7 citations, 0.34%
Varieties of English Around the World
7 citations, 0.34%
Language Learning Journal
7 citations, 0.34%
Multilingua
7 citations, 0.34%
African Studies
7 citations, 0.34%
Meta
7 citations, 0.34%
PLoS ONE
7 citations, 0.34%
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478)
7 citations, 0.34%
Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity
7 citations, 0.34%
Semiotica
6 citations, 0.3%
Language Policy
6 citations, 0.3%
Linguistics Vanguard
6 citations, 0.3%
Sociolinguistic Studies
6 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of African Renaissance Studies
6 citations, 0.3%
Target
6 citations, 0.3%
English World-Wide
6 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Language, Identity and Education
6 citations, 0.3%
Handbook of Research on Teaching Methods in Language Translation and Interpretation
6 citations, 0.3%
Robots in Academic Libraries
6 citations, 0.3%
Open Linguistics
5 citations, 0.25%
Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa
5 citations, 0.25%
System
5 citations, 0.25%
Babel
5 citations, 0.25%
Folia Linguistica
5 citations, 0.25%
Education Sciences
5 citations, 0.25%
Education as Change
5 citations, 0.25%
Ampersand
5 citations, 0.25%
Across Languages and Cultures
5 citations, 0.25%
Linguistic Landscape An international journal
5 citations, 0.25%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
4 citations, 0.2%
African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education
4 citations, 0.2%
Social Semiotics
4 citations, 0.2%
Language Problems and Language Planning
4 citations, 0.2%
Modern Language Journal
4 citations, 0.2%
FORUM (Netherlands)
4 citations, 0.2%
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Sociolinguistics
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of African Cultural Studies
4 citations, 0.2%
Language and Communication
4 citations, 0.2%
International Information and Library Review
4 citations, 0.2%
Second Language Learning and Teaching
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Multicultural Discourses
4 citations, 0.2%
Communicatio
4 citations, 0.2%
Interpreting
4 citations, 0.2%
Africa Education Review
4 citations, 0.2%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
4 citations, 0.2%
Journal not defined
3 citations, 0.15%
Linguistics and Education
3 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
3 citations, 0.15%
Environmental Science and Policy
3 citations, 0.15%
Adult Education Quarterly
3 citations, 0.15%
Language Teaching
3 citations, 0.15%
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
3 citations, 0.15%
Cogent Education
3 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Educational Research
3 citations, 0.15%
Reading Psychology
3 citations, 0.15%
South African Journal of Psychology
3 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
3 citations, 0.15%
National Identities
3 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Black Studies
3 citations, 0.15%
African Journalism Studies
3 citations, 0.15%
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities
3 citations, 0.15%
South Asian Diaspora
3 citations, 0.15%
Critical Arts
3 citations, 0.15%
South African Journal of Education
3 citations, 0.15%
Current Writing
3 citations, 0.15%
SSRN Electronic Journal
3 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Visual Literacy
3 citations, 0.15%
Sociolinguistica - International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik
3 citations, 0.15%
Utafiti
3 citations, 0.15%
Handbook of Pragmatics
3 citations, 0.15%
Handbook of Translation Studies
3 citations, 0.15%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
670 citations, 33%
Cambridge University Press
137 citations, 6.75%
Springer Nature
130 citations, 6.4%
Wiley
122 citations, 6.01%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
110 citations, 5.42%
Oxford University Press
93 citations, 4.58%
Elsevier
78 citations, 3.84%
SAGE
69 citations, 3.4%
AOSIS
69 citations, 3.4%
Walter de Gruyter
62 citations, 3.05%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
41 citations, 2.02%
IGI Global
24 citations, 1.18%
MDPI
19 citations, 0.94%
Emerald
15 citations, 0.74%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
15 citations, 0.74%
Unisa Press
12 citations, 0.59%
Frontiers Media S.A.
11 citations, 0.54%
Equinox Publishing
9 citations, 0.44%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
7 citations, 0.34%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
7 citations, 0.34%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
6 citations, 0.3%
6 citations, 0.3%
Brill
5 citations, 0.25%
Akademiai Kiado
5 citations, 0.25%
Intellect
5 citations, 0.25%
Consortium Erudit
4 citations, 0.2%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.2%
3 citations, 0.15%
3 citations, 0.15%
Bureau of Scientific Publications of the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology
3 citations, 0.15%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.15%
Annual Reviews
3 citations, 0.15%
Edinburgh University Press
2 citations, 0.1%
Duke University Press
2 citations, 0.1%
South African Speech And Hearing Association
2 citations, 0.1%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
2 citations, 0.1%
Nakom
2 citations, 0.1%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2 citations, 0.1%
SciELO
2 citations, 0.1%
OpenEdition
2 citations, 0.1%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
2 citations, 0.1%
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%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.05%
Selcuk University
1 citation, 0.05%
University of Chicago Press
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%
Western University
1 citation, 0.05%
Association for Learning Technology
1 citation, 0.05%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
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%
Academic Journals
1 citation, 0.05%
Mark Allen Group
1 citation, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
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%
Modestum Ltd
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
43 publications, 7.79%
University of Pretoria
15 publications, 2.72%
North-West University
13 publications, 2.36%
University of the Free State
13 publications, 2.36%
University of Nigeria
10 publications, 1.81%
University of Cape Town
9 publications, 1.63%
Stellenbosch University
9 publications, 1.63%
University of the Western Cape
5 publications, 0.91%
Tshwane University of Technology
5 publications, 0.91%
University of the Witwatersrand
4 publications, 0.72%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Johannesburg
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Dar es Salaam
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Ghana
4 publications, 0.72%
University of Botswana
4 publications, 0.72%
Midlands State University
4 publications, 0.72%
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%
Durban University of Technology
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 0.36%
University of Calabar
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 Turku
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%
Osun State University
1 publication, 0.18%
University of Benin
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%
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 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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University of South Africa
9 publications, 9.57%
University of the Free State
7 publications, 7.45%
University of Pretoria
6 publications, 6.38%
Stellenbosch University
5 publications, 5.32%
Tshwane University of Technology
5 publications, 5.32%
University of Cape Town
4 publications, 4.26%
North-West University
3 publications, 3.19%
University of the Western Cape
3 publications, 3.19%
University of Nigeria
3 publications, 3.19%
University of Dar es Salaam
3 publications, 3.19%
University of Ghana
3 publications, 3.19%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Johannesburg
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Calabar
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Cape Coast
2 publications, 2.13%
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Zimbabwe
2 publications, 2.13%
University of Malawi
2 publications, 2.13%
National University of Lesotho
2 publications, 2.13%
Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 1.06%
Jazan University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Science, Malaysia
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Technology, Malaysia
1 publication, 1.06%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Turku
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Nicosia
1 publication, 1.06%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Venda
1 publication, 1.06%
Nelson Mandela University
1 publication, 1.06%
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
1 publication, 1.06%
Federal University of Technology Akure
1 publication, 1.06%
Osun State University
1 publication, 1.06%
Redeemer's University
1 publication, 1.06%
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture
1 publication, 1.06%
Makerere University
1 publication, 1.06%
Lagos State University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Pannonia
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Education, Winneba
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Botswana
1 publication, 1.06%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Potsdam
1 publication, 1.06%
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Bremen
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Innsbruck
1 publication, 1.06%
Kansai University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Alabama
1 publication, 1.06%
Midlands State University
1 publication, 1.06%
Great Zimbabwe University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Zambia
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Eswatini
1 publication, 1.06%
University of South Wales
1 publication, 1.06%
School of Oriental and African Studies
1 publication, 1.06%
Abia State University
1 publication, 1.06%
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South Africa, 126, 22.83%
South Africa
126 publications, 22.83%
Nigeria, 22, 3.99%
Nigeria
22 publications, 3.99%
Ghana, 8, 1.45%
Ghana
8 publications, 1.45%
Germany, 7, 1.27%
Germany
7 publications, 1.27%
USA, 7, 1.27%
USA
7 publications, 1.27%
Zimbabwe, 7, 1.27%
Zimbabwe
7 publications, 1.27%
Tanzania, 5, 0.91%
Tanzania
5 publications, 0.91%
Botswana, 4, 0.72%
Botswana
4 publications, 0.72%
United Kingdom, 4, 0.72%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 0.72%
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%
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%
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%
Mozambique, 1, 0.18%
Mozambique
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, 44, 46.81%
South Africa
44 publications, 46.81%
Nigeria, 10, 10.64%
Nigeria
10 publications, 10.64%
Ghana, 6, 6.38%
Ghana
6 publications, 6.38%
Germany, 5, 5.32%
Germany
5 publications, 5.32%
Zimbabwe, 3, 3.19%
Zimbabwe
3 publications, 3.19%
Tanzania, 3, 3.19%
Tanzania
3 publications, 3.19%
Finland, 3, 3.19%
Finland
3 publications, 3.19%
USA, 2, 2.13%
USA
2 publications, 2.13%
United Kingdom, 2, 2.13%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 2.13%
Lesotho, 2, 2.13%
Lesotho
2 publications, 2.13%
Malawi, 2, 2.13%
Malawi
2 publications, 2.13%
Malaysia, 2, 2.13%
Malaysia
2 publications, 2.13%
Netherlands, 2, 2.13%
Netherlands
2 publications, 2.13%
Russia, 1, 1.06%
Russia
1 publication, 1.06%
Austria, 1, 1.06%
Austria
1 publication, 1.06%
Botswana, 1, 1.06%
Botswana
1 publication, 1.06%
Hungary, 1, 1.06%
Hungary
1 publication, 1.06%
Zambia, 1, 1.06%
Zambia
1 publication, 1.06%
Iraq, 1, 1.06%
Iraq
1 publication, 1.06%
Spain, 1, 1.06%
Spain
1 publication, 1.06%
Cyprus, 1, 1.06%
Cyprus
1 publication, 1.06%
Namibia, 1, 1.06%
Namibia
1 publication, 1.06%
Saudi Arabia, 1, 1.06%
Saudi Arabia
1 publication, 1.06%
Uganda, 1, 1.06%
Uganda
1 publication, 1.06%
Sweden, 1, 1.06%
Sweden
1 publication, 1.06%
Eswatini, 1, 1.06%
Eswatini
1 publication, 1.06%
Japan, 1, 1.06%
Japan
1 publication, 1.06%
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