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IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q3Scopus Q1SCImago #5,516Hybrid

Discourse Processes

Identifier (ISSN):0163-853X(Print)/1532-6950(Online)
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Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
1.7↓ -0.4
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q3
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Discourse Processes

WoS Q3
12342.4420222.220232.120242.120251.72026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):1.7
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.928
#5,516

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
74

74 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ3
Self-Citation Rate9.5%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
41articles/year
28.69% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Discourse Processes is a multidisciplinary journal providing a forum for cross-fertilization of ideas from diverse disciplines sharing a common interest in discourse--prose comprehension and recall, dialogue analysis, text grammar construction, computer simulation of natural language, cross-cultural comparisons of communicative competence, or related topics. The problems posed by multisentence contexts and the methods required to investigate them, although not always unique to discourse, are sufficiently distinct so as to require an organized mode of scientific interaction made possible through the journal.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Computer science93%Philosophy87.3%Linguistics84.8%Psychology82.8%Cognitive psychology39.6%Natural language processing38.7%Mathematics37.6%Artificial intelligence37.2%Sociology31.3%Political science31.1%Law30.8%Biology28.8%Programming language28.1%Epistemology23%Physics21%Art21%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL

Q3
Rank42/73
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Q3
Rank78/104
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL

Q3
Rank49/73
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Q3
Rank60/104
IndexSSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF1.7
Articles / Year33
Total Citations6
2025
IF2.1
Articles / Year44
Total Citations56
2024
IF2.1
Articles / Year55
Total Citations154
2023
IF2.2
Articles / Year38
Total Citations241
2022
IF2.437
Articles / Year32
Total Citations375

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #5,516Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1978-2001, 2004-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Social Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.928

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.93

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,249 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations290
3-Year Documents120
Citable Documents108

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate56.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

CommunicationQ1
Linguistics and LanguageQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 9.5%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Psychology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Discourse Processes (ISSN: 0163-853X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by Taylor & Francis in United Kingdom. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.70, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.928 (Q1), an H-index of 74.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 41 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,249 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01