Journal of Historical Linguistics

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Historical Linguistics aims to publish, after peer-review, papers that make a significant contribution to the theory and/or methodology of historical linguistics.

Papers dealing with any language or language family are welcome.

Papers should have a diachronic orientation and should offer new perspectives, refine existing methodologies, or challenge received wisdom, on the basis of careful analysis of extant historical data.

We are especially keen to publish work which links historical linguistics to corpus-based research, linguistic typology, language variation, language contact, or the study of language and cognition, all of which constitute a major source of methodological renewal for the discipline and shed light on aspects of language change.

Contributions in areas such as diachronic corpus linguistics or diachronic typology are therefore particularly welcome.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.262

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18076

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	46

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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.

• Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Alexandre

• Quantifying the evolutionary dynamics of German verbs

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Ryan, Ragnar, Joseph C.

• Toward a syntactic phylogeny of modern Indo-European languages

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Giuseppe, Cristina, Giuseppina, Alessio, Andrea

• Save the trees

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Guillaume, Johann-Mattis

• Contentful constructionalization

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Elizabeth Closs, Graeme

• Valency changes in the history of English

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Elly

• Asymmetries in overt marking and directionality in semantic change

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Matthias

• Lexical diachronic semantic maps

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Thanasis, Stéphane

• Mechanisms of language change in a functional system

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Nadja

• Patterns of affix borrowing in a sample of 100 languages

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Frank

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