Journal of Historical Pragmatics

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Historical Pragmatics provides an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical, empirical and methodological work at the intersection of pragmatics and historical linguistics.

The editorial focus is on socio-historical and pragmatic aspects of historical texts in their sociocultural context of communication (e.g. conversational principles, politeness strategies, or speech acts) and on diachronic pragmatics as seen in linguistic processes such as grammaticalization or discoursization.

Contributions draw on data from literary or non-literary sources and from any language.

In addition to contributions with a strictly pragmatic or discourse analytical perspective, it also includes contributions with a more sociolinguistic or semantic approach.

However, the focus of the articles is always on the communicative use of language.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.251

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18537

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	16

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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.

• Diachronic speech act analysis

  Citation: 105

  Authors: Andreas H., Irma

• Historical patterns for the grammatical marking of stance

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Douglas

• Nineteenth-century English politeness

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Jonathan, Jane

• Grammaticalization or pragmaticalization of discourse markers?

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Liesbeth, Jacqueline

• Invoking scalarity

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Scott A., Elizabeth Closs

• Data in historical pragmatics

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Jonathan, Merja

• Text-organizing metadiscourse

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Ken, Feng (Kevin)

• From matrix clause to pragmatic marker

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Laurel J.

• On the rise of types of clause-final pragmatic markers in English

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Elizabeth Closs

• Positive and negative face as descriptive categories in the history of English

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Andreas H.

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