Journal of Language Evolution
Last updated ISSN 2058-4571
Journal of Language Evolution is published by Oxford University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,943.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Language Evolution concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Language and cultural evolution
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2058-4571, 2058-458X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,943 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 137 |
| Publishing since | 2015 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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