Language Documentation & Conservation
Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)
Clarivate IF trend for Language Documentation & Conservation
SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting
16 papers with at least that number of citations each
Aims & Scope
Welcome to Language Documentation & Conservation (LD&C), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center and published exclusively in electronic form by the University of Hawaiʻi Press. We publish one volume per year with no fees either for contributors or for readers. We upload articles four times per year in a publish-on-acceptance model. LD&C publishes papers on all topics related to language documentation and conservation, including, but not limited to, the goals of language documentation, data management, fieldwork methods, ethical issues, orthography design, reference grammar design, lexicography, methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality, biocultural diversity, archiving matters, language planning, areal survey reports, short field reports on endangered or underdocumented languages, reports on language maintenance, preservation, and revitalization efforts, plus reviews of software, hardware, books, and data collections.
Special Issues
Calls for PapersNo active Calls for Papers found for this journal.
WoS Categories & Quartiles
Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
LINGUISTICS
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
LINGUISTICS
Annual Historical Statistics & Publications
Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution
SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence
Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact
Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.
Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.
Diamond Open Access: Authors publish completely free of charge with zero author-facing fees.
Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window
Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.
Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)
Citations in government and international policy documents
Percentage of female authors published in the journal
Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.
Scopus Subject Categories
Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations
Total Cites vs Self-Cites
Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach
Citations per Document
Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification
Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history
Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisLanguage Documentation & Conservation (ISSN: 1934-5275) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by University of Hawai‘i Press in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.50, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.370 (Q1), an H-index of 16.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 18 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Diamond OA model with Diamond Open Access (100% free of author APC charges). 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
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