Argumentation and Advocacy

ISSN 1051-1431 · Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom · active 1970–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q3
Cites per paper (2y)
1.0
SJR
0.211
h-index
43

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 8 November 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Argumentation and Advocacy is Q3 in Communication (#315 of 503 journals).

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Argumentation and Advocacy in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
CommunicationQ3#315 of 503
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
0.42
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
20

OpenAlex counts about 1.0 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 0.42 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Argumentation and Advocacy is Q3 in Communication (2025 edition, #315 of 503 journals), with SJR 0.211 (Scimago) and an h-index of 43 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
117 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to post-review decision
127 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance rate
39%
Publisher-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
ScopusWeb of Science
Access status:
hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

rhetoriccommunicationphilosophylinguisticsdiscourseculturalpoliticallanguageepistemologyethicsmetaphysicsliterature

Frequently asked

Is Argumentation and Advocacy a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Argumentation and Advocacy. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.

Is Argumentation and Advocacy indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Argumentation and Advocacy appears in: Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Argumentation and Advocacy?

Papers in Argumentation and Advocacy are cited about 1.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q3, with an h-index of 43. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Argumentation and Advocacy (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Argumentation and Advocacy is Q3 in Communication (#315 of 503 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Argumentation and Advocacy is cited about 1.0 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 43.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Argumentation and Advocacy?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Argumentation and Advocacy. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q3, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Argumentation and Advocacy open access?

Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

How long does Argumentation and Advocacy take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for Argumentation and Advocacy takes about 117 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own.

What is the acceptance rate of Argumentation and Advocacy?

Argumentation and Advocacy reports an acceptance rate of about 39% — Publisher-reported. Acceptance rates vary by article type and change from year to year, and a publisher-stated figure is the journal's own, so treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee.

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