Indogermanische Forschungen


Indogermanische Forschungen is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal of linguistics. It focuses primarily on Indo-European studies, but also publishes contributions on other languages and linguistic fields. It was established in 1892 by Karl Brugmann and Wilhelm Streitberg and published until vol. 37 by Verlag Karl J. Trübner. Starting with vol. 38 it has been published on an annual basis by Walter de Gruyter. Vols. 1–43 were supplemented with the Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen, a review journal edited by Streitberg.
The editors-in-chief are Benjamin W. Fortson, Götz Keydana, Melanie Malzahn, Paul Widmer.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, ERIH PLUS, and Linguistic Bibliography Online. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 journal impact factor of 0.3.

Editors

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
VolumesYearEditors
1–371892–1916/17Karl Brugmann, Wilhelm Streitberg
38–391917/20–1921Karl Brugmann†, Wilhelm Streitberg
40–431922–1926Wilhelm Streitberg
44–541927–1936Ferdinand Sommer,
55–561937–1938Ferdinand Sommer, Albert Debrunner,
57–59.11940–1944Ferdinand Sommer, Gerhard Deeters
59.2–621949–1956Ferdinand Sommer, Albert Debrunner, Gerhard Deeters, Hans Krahe
631958Ferdinand Sommer, Albert Debrunner, Gerhard Deeters, Hans Krahe
64–651959–1960Ferdinand Sommer, Gerhard Deeters, Hans Krahe
661961Ferdinand Sommer, Hans Krahe
67–701962–65Hans Krahe,
71–1011966–1996Wolfgang P. Schmid
102–1151997–2010Wolfgang P. Schmid, Eckhard Eggers
1162011Eckhard Eggers
117–1192012–2014Michael Meier-Brügger, Elisabeth Rieken, Paul Widmer
120–1212015–2016Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, Elisabeth Rieken, Paul Widmer
122–1252017–2020Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, Götz Keydana, Elisabeth Rieken, Paul Widmer
126–2021–Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, Götz Keydana, Melanie Malzahn, Paul Widmer