10th Anniversary
The year 2026 marks the 10th anniversary of Languages, a peer-reviewed open access journal on discussions and developments of multidisciplinary research with broad practical applications for the study of languages in the modern world. With an Impact Factor of 1.2 and a CiteScore of 1.8, the journal is covered in the ESCI, Scopus, and other databases, and has published more than 1000 papers from more than 3000 authors. In addition, more than 2000 reviewers have conducted at least one review for Languages. We are grateful for the contributions made by our editors, authors, and reviewers.
In honor of the journal’s 10th anniversary, we invite you to join us in celebrating this milestone as we reflect on our past accomplishments and embark on an exciting new chapter.
Journal History
The inaugural issue was released. Languages was published as a quarterly journal.
Languages was covered by ERIH Plus.
Languages was indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
Languages was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier).
Languages published its 500th paper.
Languages adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Languages received its 2024 Impact Factor of 1.2, achieving a Q2 ranking in the “Linguistics” category.
Additionally, Languages received an increased CiteScore of 1.8, achieving a Q1 ranking in “Language and Linguistics” and “Linguistics and Language”.
The year 2026 marked the 10th Anniversary of Languages.
Key Figures
Top 10 Cited Papers
Special Issue Collection
News
Languages Accepted as a Class A Journal in ANVUR
We are pleased to inform you that Languages (ISSN: 2226-471X) has been accepted as a Class A journal, sector 10/N3 (Cultures and Languages of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeastern Asia), in ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca).
We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all the authors, reviewers, and editors who have contributed to our journal and made this possible. This achievement is very important to us as it is proof of our successful collaboration with Italian communication scholars. It also offers the Italian communication scholarly community an additional outlet for publication that is highly ranked in their country.
Languages is an international, open access, scholarly journal whose central concern is the promotion of understanding of the world’s languages in all its diversity. It aims to present discussions and developments of multidisciplinary research, thereby generating broad and practical applications for the study of languages in the current world. We welcome manuscripts in a wide range of areas, including general, historical, theoretical, and applied linguistics. The journal publishes articles, reviews, commentaries, and communications without restrictions on the maximum length of the submissions, as well as Special Issues on particular subjects. The official language is English; however, research on all languages is welcome.
If you are interested in collaborating with us, whether through paper submissions or editing a Special Issue, and would like to explore potential discounts and other benefits of open access publishing in communication studies, feel free to contact us at languages@mdpi.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Languages Editorial Office
