Lingua

Aims & Scope

Lingua welcomes submissions from all linguistic disciplines, not only general linguistics (i.e. phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics) but also philosophy of language, rhetoric, historical linguistics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, cognitive linguistics, functional linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.

Lingua is open to submissions, whether data-driven or theoretical, that contribute to our understanding of diverse linguistic constructs and communicative phenomena.

Lingua is interested in both theoretical and empirical research problems, not restricted by disciplinary boundaries, which help linguists to develop linguistic theory and to better understand all mechanisms of language as a vehicle for communication.

Lingua offers a forum for research on language diversity or specificity, as well as common features across languages that govern communication.

No particular linguistic theories or scientific trends are favored: scientific quality, scholarly rigor and novel contributions to scholarship are the only criteria applied in the selection of papers accepted for publication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.648

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	77

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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.

• Problems of projection

  Citation: 629

  Authors: Noam

• Linguistic form and relevance

  Citation: 376

  Authors: Deirdre, Dan

• Very early parameter setting and the unique checking constraint: A new explanation of the optional infinitive stage

  Citation: 351

  Authors: Ken

• The position of subjects

  Citation: 338

  Authors: Hilda, Dominique

• On verbal irony

  Citation: 329

  Authors: Deirdre, Dan

• Relativized relatives: Types of intervention in the acquisition of A-bar dependencies

  Citation: 321

  Authors: Naama, Adriana, Luigi

• Discourse markers

  Citation: 272

  Authors: Lawrence

• Ultimate attainment in L2 inflection: Performance similarities between non-native and native speakers

  Citation: 261

  Authors: Holger

• Adjectives in English: Attribution and predication

  Citation: 243

  Authors: Dwight

• The interface of language and Theory of Mind

  Citation: 229

  Authors: Jill

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