Speech, Language and Hearing

Aims & Scope

Speech, Language and Hearing is a peer-reviewed journal welcoming submissions from clinicians and researchers who work with any aspect of normal or disordered speech, language, or hearing.

The journal is multidisciplinary in nature with manuscripts accepted from all professional and scientific disciplines but particularly those in the areas of linguistics, psychology, education, audiology, speech-language pathology, and medicine.

The principal criteria for acceptance are significance of the topic or experimental questions, conformity to rigorous research, originality, scholarship, and clarity of writing.

Scope: • Assessment and management issues • Development and aging • Multiculturalism and bilingualism • Prevention, counselling & education • Voice, fluency & swallowing • Phonetics, phonology & literacy • Speech perception, otology & balance • Assistive technology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.364

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	16

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14756

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	117

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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 Health Professions, Medicine 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.

• Intelligibility in Context Scale: cross-linguistic use, validity, and reliability

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Sharynne

• Uptake of telepractice among speech-language therapists following COVID-19 pandemic in India

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Komal, Ravi, Rohit

• Bilingual assessment practices: challenges faced by speech-language pathologists working with a predominantly bilingual population

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Wei Qin, Chris, Sue

• Relationships between self-report and cognitive measures of hearing aid outcome

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Elaine Hoi Ning, Mary, Thomas, Jerker

• Challenges faced by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in Malaysia

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Shin Ying, Siti Nor Syamim Aqila binti, Grace E., Joo Siang, Susheel Kaur Dhillon

• Increasing the confidence and knowledge of occupational therapy and physiotherapy students when communicating with people with aphasia: A pre–post intervention study

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Ashley, Steven M., Kyla, Jennifer, Jennifer, Emma

• Fundamental frequency variation within neonatal crying: Does ambient language matter?

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Kathleen, Johanna, Eunice, Paul Joscha, Peter, Michael, Heidi, Bettina

• Public perspectives on communication disorders and profession of speech-language pathology

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Shin Ying, Keng Ping, Grace, Hanif Farhan, Man-Ching

• Reliability of an online analysis platform for pharyngeal high-resolution impedance manometry recordings

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Maartje, Charles, Luc, Michal, Lara, Marc, Taher

• Conceptualizing and investigating the contextual variability of stuttering: The speech and monitoring interaction (SAMI) framework

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Richard M.

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