Word Structure

Aims & Scope

Word Structure is an international journal of linguistic morphology and all related disciplines.

Topics covered in recent issues include functional discourse grammar, construction morphology, lexeme formation, word-formation in European languages, conversion and more.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,790.00 EUR. Learn more.

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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.

• Reduction and maintenance of overabundance. A case study on Italian verb paradigms

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Anna M.

• Joint predictiveness in inflectional paradigms

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Olivier, Sacha

• Dvandva

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Laurie

• Mothers or sisters? The encoding of morphological knowledge

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Jenny

• Phrasal lexemes, compounds and phrases: A constructionist perspective

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Francesca

• Canonical derivational morphology

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Greville G.

• Explaining phonological conditions on affixation: Evidence from suppletive allomorphy and affix ordering

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Mary

• The English compound stress myth

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Heinz

• Phonologically conditioned allomorphy in the morphology of Surmiran (Rumantsch)

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Stephen

• A constructional approach to lexicalization processes in the history of English: Evidence from possessive constructions

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Graeme