Journal of Sociolinguistics

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Sociolinguistics is an international forum for leading research on language and society.

It is open to both established and innovative approaches to sociolinguistic research.

The Journal promotes sociolinguistics as a thoroughly linguistic and thoroughly social-scientific endeavour.

The linguistic and the social are both expected to be present in all contributions.

Language is regarded as not only a reflection of society but as itself constituting much of the character of social life.

The Journal promotes the building and critique of sociolinguistic theory and encourages the application of social theory to linguistic issues.

The Journal is hospitable to linguistic analyses ranging from the micro to the macro, from the quantitative study of phonological variables to discourse analysis of texts.

It is open to data from a wide range of languages and international contexts.

Contributions from the ethnographic, variationist, constructivist and sociology of language traditions are welcomed, as are papers from the social psychology of language, anthropological linguistics, discourse analysis, language and gender studies, pragmatics and conversational analysis.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	1.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4415

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	256

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.057

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	68

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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 Arts and Humanities and 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.

• Variation and the indexical field¹

  Citation: 1048

  Authors: Penelope

• Globalization, the new economy, and the commodification of language and identity

  Citation: 573

  Authors: Monica

• Language ideologies and the consequences of standardization

  Citation: 521

  Authors: James

• Challenges of multimodality: Language and the body in social interaction

  Citation: 389

  Authors: Lorenza

• Sociolinguistic nostalgia and the authentication of identity

  Citation: 362

  Authors: Mary

• English as a lingua franca: A threat to multilingualism?

  Citation: 327

  Authors: Juliane

• Contact, the feature pool and the speech community: The emergence of Multicultural London English

  Citation: 306

  Authors: Jenny, Paul, Sue, Eivind

• Historical and theoretical perspectives in language policy and planning

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Thomas

• Global Englishes, Rip Slyme, and performativity

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Alastair

• Phonation type as a stylistic variable: The use of falsetto in constructing a persona¹

  Citation: 262

  Authors: Robert J.

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