Language in Society

Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 00474045, 14698013

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Impact factor
2
SJR
0.876
CiteScore
4.3
Categories
Linguistics and Language
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1972-2025
journal names
Language in Society
LANG SOC
Publications
3 949
Citations
50 266
h-index
104
Top-3 citing journals
Journal of Pragmatics
Journal of Pragmatics (2215 citations)
Language in Society
Language in Society (1513 citations)
Journal of Sociolinguistics
Journal of Sociolinguistics (771 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania (138 publications)
Georgetown University
Georgetown University (69 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1704 publications)
United Kingdom (356 publications)
China (223 publications)

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United Kingdom, 356, 9.01%
China, 223, 5.65%
Canada, 153, 3.87%
Australia, 105, 2.66%
New Zealand, 73, 1.85%
Germany, 55, 1.39%
Netherlands, 48, 1.22%
Belgium, 37, 0.94%
Sweden, 35, 0.89%
Spain, 31, 0.79%
Israel, 30, 0.76%
Singapore, 28, 0.71%
Japan, 28, 0.71%
Brazil, 27, 0.68%
Finland, 23, 0.58%
South Africa, 20, 0.51%
France, 19, 0.48%
Italy, 19, 0.48%
Austria, 18, 0.46%
Mexico, 16, 0.41%
Switzerland, 16, 0.41%
Denmark, 15, 0.38%
Greece, 13, 0.33%
Poland, 12, 0.3%
Nigeria, 9, 0.23%
Estonia, 8, 0.2%
Georgia, 8, 0.2%
Morocco, 8, 0.2%
Norway, 8, 0.2%
Republic of Korea, 8, 0.2%
Ireland, 7, 0.18%
Turkey, 7, 0.18%
Russia, 6, 0.15%
Ghana, 6, 0.15%
Romania, 6, 0.15%
Saudi Arabia, 6, 0.15%
Jamaica, 6, 0.15%
USSR, 6, 0.15%
India, 5, 0.13%
Malaysia, 5, 0.13%
Trinidad and Tobago, 5, 0.13%
Thailand, 4, 0.1%
Algeria, 3, 0.08%
Hungary, 3, 0.08%
Venezuela, 3, 0.08%
Jordan, 3, 0.08%
Iraq, 3, 0.08%
Iran, 3, 0.08%
Cameroon, 3, 0.08%
Colombia, 3, 0.08%
Puerto Rico, 3, 0.08%
Philippines, 3, 0.08%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.08%
Vietnam, 2, 0.05%
Egypt, 2, 0.05%
Qatar, 2, 0.05%
Cyprus, 2, 0.05%
Oman, 2, 0.05%
Pakistan, 2, 0.05%
Peru, 2, 0.05%
Serbia, 2, 0.05%
Croatia, 2, 0.05%
Montenegro, 2, 0.05%
Yugoslavia, 2, 0.05%
Czechoslovakia, 2, 0.05%
Ukraine, 1, 0.03%
Portugal, 1, 0.03%
Argentina, 1, 0.03%
Barbados, 1, 0.03%
Dominica, 1, 0.03%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.03%
Kuwait, 1, 0.03%
Malta, 1, 0.03%
Namibia, 1, 0.03%
Nepal, 1, 0.03%
Senegal, 1, 0.03%
Syria, 1, 0.03%
Uganda, 1, 0.03%
Fiji, 1, 0.03%
Chile, 1, 0.03%
Ecuador, 1, 0.03%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.03%
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USA, 114, 26.09%
United Kingdom, 62, 14.19%
China, 43, 9.84%
Australia, 21, 4.81%
New Zealand, 13, 2.97%
Brazil, 12, 2.75%
Canada, 11, 2.52%
Sweden, 11, 2.52%
Singapore, 10, 2.29%
Spain, 8, 1.83%
Netherlands, 7, 1.6%
Finland, 7, 1.6%
Belgium, 6, 1.37%
Switzerland, 6, 1.37%
Germany, 5, 1.14%
Austria, 5, 1.14%
Denmark, 5, 1.14%
Italy, 4, 0.92%
South Africa, 4, 0.92%
Israel, 3, 0.69%
Philippines, 3, 0.69%
Norway, 2, 0.46%
Poland, 2, 0.46%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.46%
Thailand, 2, 0.46%
France, 1, 0.23%
Ukraine, 1, 0.23%
Hungary, 1, 0.23%
Greece, 1, 0.23%
Jordan, 1, 0.23%
Ireland, 1, 0.23%
Malta, 1, 0.23%
Mexico, 1, 0.23%
Peru, 1, 0.23%
Romania, 1, 0.23%
Fiji, 1, 0.23%
Ecuador, 1, 0.23%
Japan, 1, 0.23%
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