Journal of Language and Social Psychology (JLSP)

The Journal of Language and Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that explores the dynamic relationships between language and social behavior. Published quarterly by SAGE Publications since 1982, the journal serves as a key interdisciplinary platform for research on how language operates within and shapes social contexts. Its focus is on empirical and theoretical work that advances understanding of how people create, send, receive, interpret, and respond to linguistic messages, and how these processes are intertwined with social cognition, identity, power relations, culture, group dynamics, and interpersonal interaction. Articles in the journal encompass a wide range of methodologies and perspectives, including quantitative experimental research, qualitative studies, mixed-methods research, and theoretical contributions. The scope includes topics such as message production and comprehension, bilingualism and multilingual communication, discourse and conversation analysis, persuasion, stigma and prejudice in language, digitally mediated interaction, social cognition and emotion in communication, and sociocultural influences on language use. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary work drawing from psychology, communication studies, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and cognitive science, reflecting its commitment to situating language within the social world. With rigorous peer review and a broad editorial board, Journal of Language and Social Psychology is an influential venue for scholars seeking to deepen theoretical and practical knowledge about the social functions and consequences of language.

Journal of Language and Social Psychology (JLSP) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Linguistics and Language, Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology, Language and Linguistics, Education, Social Psychology, communication, linguistics, cognitive science, anthropology, sociology, education, health sciences , Online or Print , Quarterly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0261-927X, E-ISSN: 1552-6526, Established: 1982, Impact Factor: 2.3
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE