WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #9,511CAS 2区Top JournalHybrid

Argumentation

Country: Netherlands•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q2•Scopus SJR: 0.618•SCImago Rank: #9,511•Identifier (ISSN):0920-427X(Print)/1572-8374(Online)•Articles / Year: 14•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,036 USD

Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)

Clarivate IF (2026)Q2

2.2

↑ +0.9

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

H-Index (Hirsch Index)

42 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier

Self-Citation Rate30%

Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)

Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.

Volume & Open AccessHybrid

14articles/year

55.42% Gold OA•100% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.00pts

Latest Max Score

Estimated (Dec 26)

Scoring Basis: WoS Q1(IF: 2.2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year

Year	Max Score	Evaluation Details	Source
2026	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 2.2)	🔵 Computed
2025	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.3)	🔵 Computed
2024	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1)	🔵 Computed
2023	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.2)	🔵 Computed
2022	2.00đ	WoS Q1(IF: 1.172)	🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Argumentation is an international and interdisciplinary journal. Its aim is to gather academic contributions from a wide range of scholarly backgrounds and approaches to reasoning, natural inference and persuasion: communication, rhetoric (classical and modern), linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, psychology, philosophy, logic (formal and informal), critical thinking, history and law. Its scope includes a diversity of interests, varying from philosophical, theoretical and analytical to empirical and practical topics. Argumentation publishes papers, book reviews, a yearly bibliography, and announcements of conferences and seminars.To be considered for publication in the journal, a paper must satisfy all of these criteria:1. Report research that is within the journals’ scope: concentrating on argumentation 2. Pose a clear and relevant research question 3. Make a contribution to the literature that connects with the state of the art in the field of argumentation theory 4. Be sound in methodology and analysis 5. Provide appropriate evidence and argumentation for the conclusions 6. Be presented in a clear and intelligible fashion in standard English

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)

Philosophy85.9%Political science85.2%Law81.7%Sociology76.7%Epistemology72.1%Linguistics60.1%Politics59.1%Social science55.2%Political communication53.2%Communication studies49.6%Computer science40.2%Argumentation theory36.8%Biology34.7%Art33.7%Psychology29.1%Medicine27.9%Theology26.1%Chemistry24.9%Biochemistry23.7%Internal medicine23.5%Argument (complex analysis)23%Endocrinology23%Mathematics20.9%

Primary Research Areas

Multiple

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SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #9,511Scopus Q1SCImago Profile

Scopus Coverage:1987-2026

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Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences

Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1

0.618

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1

Scopus H-Index (2025)

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)

Citations / Doc (2 years)

2.47

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window

Estimated Publication Fee (APC)

$3,036 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations181

3-Year Documents77

Citable Documents77

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate28.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

PhilosophyQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):

2区 (Zone 2)Literature

Minor Category (Specific Field):

2区COMMUNICATION

CAS Early Warning List History:

Updated annually: 2020 – 2024

2020

Not warned

2021

Not warned

2022

Not warned

2023

Not warned

2024

Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed

Updating

Average time to first editorial decision

Online Publication Speed

Updating

Time from acceptance to online publication

Official Acceptance Rate

Updating

Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher

Open Access Model

Hybrid

OA publishing option or traditional subscription

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Language

English

Frequency

4 issues per year

Indexing & Databases

SSCIAHCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI

Category	Index	Rank	Quartile
COMMUNICATION	JCRSSCI	69/227	Q2
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS	JCRAHCI	N/A	N/A
LINGUISTICS	JCRSSCI	67/312	Q1
PHILOSOPHY	JCRAHCI	N/A	N/A
COMMUNICATION	JCISSCI	31/227	Q1
LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS	JCIAHCI	32/407	Q1
LINGUISTICS	JCISSCI	43/312	Q1
PHILOSOPHY	JCIAHCI	47/336	Q1