Journal of Multicultural Discourses

Aims & Scope

Journal of Multicultural Discourses (JMD) is a premier international journal in discourse studies which aims to enhance cultural diversity, equality and prosperity in social life as well as in scholarship.

A forerunner in the cultural politics of language, communication or discourse research, the journal has published over the past five years numerous articles on Asian, African, Latin American, as well as western, approaches to discourses in diverse cultural settings.

To consolidate its multicultural-intellectual project and to answer to the challenges of the contemporary times, the journal welcomes papers especially, though not exclusively, on the following subject matters: -Cultural dialogue and critique on research perspectives and frameworks- Culturally unique, or innovative, approaches- Culturally inclusive or pluralist approaches- Discourses of cultural marginalization, repression or imperialism- Discourses of (under-)development- Discourses of cultural transformation- Discourses of cultural cooperation or harmony

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18124

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	121

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.261

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	30

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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.

• A plea for change in research on intercultural discourses: A ‘liquid’ approach to the study of the acculturation of Chinese students

  Citation: 213

  Authors: Fred

• Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis: Orders of Indexicality and Polycentricity

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Jan

• Youth climate activists meet environmental governance: ageist depictions of the FFF movement and Greta Thunberg in German newspaper coverage

  Citation: 124

  Authors: Zoe, Ringo

• Reconstructing Eastern paradigms of discourse studies

  Citation: 120

  Authors:

• Cultural Discourse Studies through the<i>Journal of Multicultural Discourses</i>: 10 years on

  Citation: 112

  Authors:

• Monolingual ways of seeing multilingualism

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Ingrid

• Difference in diversity: multiple perspectives on multicultural, intercultural, and transcultural conceptual complexities

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Manuela, Gunther

• What is a discourse approach to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media: connecting with other academic fields?

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Gwen

• Internationalising Japan: Nihonjinron and the Intercultural in Japanese Language-in-education Policy

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Anthony J.

• The Construction of the Modern West and the Backward Rest: Studying the Discourse of Hofstede's<i>Culture's Consequences</i>

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Martin, Agneta

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