The Translator is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original and innovative research on a variety of issues related to translation and interpreting as acts of intercultural communication. By welcoming work based on a range of disciplinary perspectives and methodologies, The Translator supports both researchers and practitioners, providing a meeting point for existing as well as developing approaches. It aims to stimulate interaction between various groups who share a common interest in translation as a profession and translation studies as a discipline. Contributions cover a broad range of practices, written or oral, including interpreting in all its modes, literary translation and adaptation, commercial and technical translation, translation for the stage and in digital media, and multimodal forms such as dubbing and subtitling.
The journal invites submissions of research articles, interviews, scholarly contributions based on reflexive practice, review essays, and book reviews. Manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is by email to the editors. Extended special issues guest-edited by leading scholars are published regularly and proposals are welcome.
The Translator is listed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Social Science Citation Index, and it is one of only two journals in the field to be listed in the top category (Int1) of the European Science Foundation’s European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) under the Linguistics category.
Journal metrics
Usage
121K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.7 (2023) Impact Factor
1.4 (2023) 5 year IF
1.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.161 (2023) SNIP
0.481 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
22 days avg. from submission to first
decision
72 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
40 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
19% acceptance rate
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However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Sue-Ann Harding, Queen's University Belfast, UK Loredana Polezzi, Stony Brook University, USA Rita Wilson, Monash University, Australia
FOUNDING EDITOR
Mona Baker, University of Manchester, UK
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Abdel-Wahab Khalifa (Social Media), Cardiff University, UK Lee Purvis (Reviews), Queen's University Belfast, UK
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Salah Basalamah, University of Ottawa, Canada Karen Bennett, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Peter Bush, UK Ovidi Carbonell i Cortéz, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain Dirk Delabastita, University of Namur, Belgium Theo Hermans, University College London, UK Moira Inghilleri, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Hephzibah Israel, University of Edinburgh; UK Richard Jacquemond, Aix Marseille Université, France Chengzhi JIANG, Wuhan University, China Kaisa Koskinen , Tampere University, Finland Cees Koster ,Utrecht University, The Netherlands Karin Littau ,University of Essex, UK Alexandra Lopes ,Portoguese Catholic University, Portugal Robert J. Neather ,Hong Kong Baptist University Luis Pérez-González ,University of Agder, Norway Aline Remael , University of Antwerp, Belgium Samah Selim ,Rutgers University, USA Tarek Shamma, Binghmaton University (SUNY), USA Şehnaz Tahir Gürçaglar, Bogazici University, Turkey Lawrence Venuti, Temple University, USA Luise von Flotow, University of Ottawa, Canada Federico Zanettin, Università di Perugia, Italy Chunshen ZHU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,Shenzhen Cornelia Zwischenberger, University of Vienna, Austria
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: ArticleFirst; Dietrich's Index Philosophicus; International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ); Index Islamicus Online; Linguistics Abstracts Online; Linguistic Bibliography Online; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Online; MLA International Bibliography; Scopus; Thomson Reuters Current Contents; Thomson Reuters Arts & Humanities Citation Index; Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index; Web of Science.
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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