Journal of Language and Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes papers in the fields of Communication

Communication

Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...

 and Psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

. The journal's editor is Howard Giles

Howard Giles

Howard Giles is a professor of psychology and linguistics at the Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara. He was the chair of the department from 1991 to 1998, and has been president of both the International Communication Association and the International Association...

 (University of California Santa Barbara). It has been in publication since 1982 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

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Scope

Journal of Language and Social Psychology is devoted to the social psychology of language. The journal publishes reports of research and theory at the cross-roads of language, mind and society. Journal of Language and Social Psychology presents articles from a range of disciplines including linguistics, cognitive science and anthropology with a focus on quantitative, experimental studies and positivistic theory.

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Language and Social Psychology is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS

Scopus

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, and the Social Sciences Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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is 0.885, ranking it 41 out of 56 journals in the category ‘Psychology, Social’. and 50 out of 141 journals in the category ‘Linguistics’. and 27 out of 67 journals in the category ‘Communication’.