Journal of Language and Politics

The Journal of Language and Politics (JLP) represents an interdisciplinary and critical forum for analysing and discussing the various dimensions in the interplay between language and politics. It locates at the intersection of several social science disciplines including communication and media research, linguistics, discourse studies, political science, political sociology or political psychology. It focuses mainly on the empirically-founded research on the role of language and wider communication in all social processes and dynamics that can be deemed as political. Its focus is therefore not limited to the ’institutional’ field of politics or to the traditional channels of political communication but extends to a wide range of social fields, actions and media (incl. traditional and online) where political and politicised ideas are linguistically and discursively constructed and communicated. Articles submitted to JLP should bring together social theory, sociological concepts, political theories, and in-depth, empirical, communication- and language-oriented analysis. They have to be problem-oriented and rely on well-informed contemporary as well as historical contextualisation of the analysed social and political dynamics. Methodologies can be qualitative, quantitative or mixed, but must in any case be systematic and anchored in relevant social science disciplines. They may focus on various dimensions of political communication in general and of political language/discourse in particular. JLP welcomes review papers of any research monograph or edited volume which takes a critical and analytical approach to the study of language and politics, as broadly conceived above. If you are interested in reviewing any recent, relevant text please email the JLP Reviews Editor, Dr. Bernhard Forchtner, at bf79 at leicester.ac.uk and we can arrange for a book copy to be sent to you. JLP publishes its articles Online First.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
History	2003	Q1
History	2004	Q2
History	2005	Q1
History	2006	Q3
History	2007	Q3
History	2008	Q3
History	2009	Q2
History	2010	Q3
History	2011	Q2
History	2012	Q1
History	2013	Q1
History	2014	Q1
History	2015	Q1
History	2016	Q1
History	2017	Q1
History	2018	Q1
History	2019	Q1
History	2020	Q1
History	2021	Q1
History	2022	Q1
History	2023	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2003	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2004	Q3
Linguistics and Language	2005	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2006	Q3
Linguistics and Language	2007	Q3
Linguistics and Language	2008	Q3
Linguistics and Language	2009	Q3
Linguistics and Language	2010	Q3
Linguistics and Language	2011	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2012	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2013	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2014	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2015	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2016	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2017	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2018	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2019	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2020	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2021	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2022	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2023	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2003	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2004	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2005	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2006	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q4
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2003	0.182
2004	0.123
2005	0.265
2006	0.103
2007	0.104
2008	0.104
2009	0.139
2010	0.120
2011	0.202
2012	0.391
2013	0.413
2014	0.225
2015	0.246
2016	0.264
2017	0.486
2018	0.332
2019	0.934
2020	0.976
2021	0.304
2022	0.468
2023	0.757

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2002	16
2003	14
2004	22
2005	21
2006	23
2007	24
2008	27
2009	21
2010	31
2011	26
2012	27
2013	26
2014	40
2015	36
2016	36
2017	42
2018	43
2019	41
2020	42
2021	44
2022	41
2023	42

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.563
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.367
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.346
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.438
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.513
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.578
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.600
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.453
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.544
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.762
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.648
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.682
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.748
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.705
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.362
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.377
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.777
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.809
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.821
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.276
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.673
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.563
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.367
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.346
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.491
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.561
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.441
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.378
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.472
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.392
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.731
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.619
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.671
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.624
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.618
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.304
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.509
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.777
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	0.992
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.315
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.882
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.563
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.367
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.278
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.558
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.591
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.170
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.235
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.271
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.308
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.702
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.528
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.679
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.530
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.513
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.361
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.423
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.965
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.917
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.843
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.106

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	1
Self Cites	2004	1
Self Cites	2005	4
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	9
Self Cites	2008	4
Self Cites	2009	1
Self Cites	2010	5
Self Cites	2011	1
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	4
Self Cites	2014	0
Self Cites	2015	1
Self Cites	2016	4
Self Cites	2017	7
Self Cites	2018	9
Self Cites	2019	37
Self Cites	2020	22
Self Cites	2021	10
Self Cites	2022	15
Self Cites	2023	13
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	9
Total Cites	2004	11
Total Cites	2005	18
Total Cites	2006	28
Total Cites	2007	37
Total Cites	2008	30
Total Cites	2009	28
Total Cites	2010	34
Total Cites	2011	31
Total Cites	2012	57
Total Cites	2013	52
Total Cites	2014	53
Total Cites	2015	58
Total Cites	2016	63
Total Cites	2017	146
Total Cites	2018	172
Total Cites	2019	215
Total Cites	2020	252
Total Cites	2021	125
Total Cites	2022	167
Total Cites	2023	239

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2002	0
External Cites per document	2003	0.500
External Cites per document	2004	0.333
External Cites per document	2005	0.269
External Cites per document	2006	0.491
External Cites per document	2007	0.424
External Cites per document	2008	0.382
External Cites per document	2009	0.365
External Cites per document	2010	0.403
External Cites per document	2011	0.380
External Cites per document	2012	0.705
External Cites per document	2013	0.571
External Cites per document	2014	0.671
External Cites per document	2015	0.613
External Cites per document	2016	0.578
External Cites per document	2017	1.241
External Cites per document	2018	1.430
External Cites per document	2019	1.471
External Cites per document	2020	1.825
External Cites per document	2021	0.913
External Cites per document	2022	1.197
External Cites per document	2023	1.780
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.563
Cites per document	2004	0.367
Cites per document	2005	0.346
Cites per document	2006	0.491
Cites per document	2007	0.561
Cites per document	2008	0.441
Cites per document	2009	0.378
Cites per document	2010	0.472
Cites per document	2011	0.392
Cites per document	2012	0.731
Cites per document	2013	0.619
Cites per document	2014	0.671
Cites per document	2015	0.624
Cites per document	2016	0.618
Cites per document	2017	1.304
Cites per document	2018	1.509
Cites per document	2019	1.777
Cites per document	2020	2.000
Cites per document	2021	0.992
Cites per document	2022	1.315
Cites per document	2023	1.882

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2002	25.00
2003	14.29
2004	13.64
2005	9.52
2006	4.35
2007	4.17
2008	7.41
2009	9.52
2010	6.45
2011	11.54
2012	11.11
2013	15.38
2014	17.50
2015	16.67
2016	5.56
2017	14.29
2018	16.28
2019	9.76
2020	14.29
2021	29.55
2022	26.83
2023	16.67

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	3
Non-citable documents	2005	4
Non-citable documents	2006	3
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	1
Non-citable documents	2010	1
Non-citable documents	2011	1
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	2002	0
Citable documents	2003	14
Citable documents	2004	27
Citable documents	2005	48
Citable documents	2006	54
Citable documents	2007	64
Citable documents	2008	66
Citable documents	2009	73
Citable documents	2010	71
Citable documents	2011	78
Citable documents	2012	77
Citable documents	2013	83
Citable documents	2014	79
Citable documents	2015	92
Citable documents	2016	101
Citable documents	2017	111
Citable documents	2018	114
Citable documents	2019	118
Citable documents	2020	123
Citable documents	2021	123
Citable documents	2022	127
Citable documents	2023	127

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2002	0
Uncited documents	2003	11
Uncited documents	2004	22
Uncited documents	2005	38
Uncited documents	2006	40
Uncited documents	2007	46
Uncited documents	2008	52
Uncited documents	2009	55
Uncited documents	2010	50
Uncited documents	2011	57
Uncited documents	2012	45
Uncited documents	2013	61
Uncited documents	2014	47
Uncited documents	2015	59
Uncited documents	2016	63
Uncited documents	2017	49
Uncited documents	2018	54
Uncited documents	2019	57
Uncited documents	2020	59
Uncited documents	2021	57
Uncited documents	2022	55
Uncited documents	2023	45
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	5
Cited documents	2004	8
Cited documents	2005	14
Cited documents	2006	17
Cited documents	2007	20
Cited documents	2008	16
Cited documents	2009	19
Cited documents	2010	22
Cited documents	2011	22
Cited documents	2012	33
Cited documents	2013	23
Cited documents	2014	32
Cited documents	2015	34
Cited documents	2016	39
Cited documents	2017	63
Cited documents	2018	60
Cited documents	2019	64
Cited documents	2020	67
Cited documents	2021	69
Cited documents	2022	72
Cited documents	2023	82