Multilingua

Aims & Scope

Multilingua is a refereed academic journal publishing six issues per volume.

It has established itself as an international forum for interdisciplinary research on linguistic diversity in social life.

The journal is particularly interested in publishing high-quality empirical yet theoretically-grounded research from hitherto neglected sociolinguistic contexts worldwide.

Topics: -Bi- and multilingualism -Language education, learning, and policy -Inter- and cross-cultural communication -Translation and interpreting in social contexts -Critical sociolinguistic studies of language and communication in globalization, transnationalism, migration, and mobility across time and space

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.651

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	43

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8821

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	252

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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.

• Formal forms and discernment: two neglected aspects of universals of linguistic politeness

  Citation: 454

  Authors: SACHIKO

• Politeness and conversational universals – observations from Japanese

  Citation: 180

  Authors: YOSHIKO

• Polite behavior within relational work: The discursive approach to politeness

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Miriam A

• Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis: Language challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Ingrid, Jie, Jia

• The limits of politeness: therapeutic and courtroom discourse

  Citation: 149

  Authors: ROBIN TOLMACH

• Bilingualism and emotions

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Aneta

• Relevance and relational work: linguistic politeness as politic behavior

  Citation: 126

  Authors: RICHARD J.

• Stylistic and thematic shifting as a narrative resource: Assessing asylum seekers' repertoires

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Katrijn, Jan

• Managing heritage language development: Opportunities and challenges for Chinese, Italian and Pakistani Urdu-speaking families in the UK

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Xiao Lan, Francesca La

• Language management in multilingual families: Efforts, measures and challenges

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Xiao Lan, Elizabeth

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