Cognitive Linguistic Studies

Aims & Scope

Cognitive Linguistic Studies is an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary journal of cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience.

It explores implications from and for psycholinguistic, computational, neuroscientific, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research.

Cognitive Linguistic Studies provides a forum for high-quality linguistic research on topics which investigate the interaction between language and human cognition.

It offers new insights not only into linguistic phenomena but also into a wide variety of social, psychological, and cultural phenomena.

The journal welcomes authoritative, innovative cognitive scholarship from all viewpoints and practices.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.372

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14518

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	55

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Toward a constructional framework for research on language change

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Elizabeth Closs

• Nominal grounding and English quantifiers

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Ronald W.

• ‘Idioms in the making’ and variation in conceptual metaphor

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Marcus

• Abstract and concrete representations in structure-mapping and class-inclusion

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Omid, Sedigheh

• Visual and multimodal interaction of metaphor and metonymy

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Zahra, Charles

• Cultural conceptualizations of gender and homosexuality in BrE, IndE, and NigE

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Anna, Hans-Georg

• Metaphor variation in Englishes around the world

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Marcus, Alexander

• Humor, the body, and cognitive linguistics

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Patrawat, Raymond W.

• Embodied cognition in the booth

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Celia, Alba

• Applying cognitive linguistics to foreign language teaching and learning

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Andreas, Yunong, Bin

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