New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Language & Linguistics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics12.788
2 Pragmatics11.601
3 Computer Assisted Language Learning11.089
4 Recall9.300
5 Annual Review of Linguistics7.600
6 Language Teaching6.524
7 Applied Linguistics Review5.190
8 Natural Language Engineering5.051
9 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development5.024
10 ELT Journal4.815
11 Metaphor and Symbol4.682
12 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4.625
13 Journal of English for Academic Purposes4.111
14 Language Testing3.941
15 Language Culture and Curriculum3.814
16 Linguistics and Education3.803
17 International Multilingual Research Journal3.617
18 Journal of Phonetics3.457
19 Language and Education3.438
20 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism3.266
21 Language Assessment Quarterly3.099
22 Language Awareness3.007
23 Current Issues in Language Planning3.006
24 Language and Intercultural Communication2.941
25 Journal of Language Identity and Education2.915
- Journal of Pragmatics2.915
27 First Language2.739
28 International Journal of Multilingualism2.541
29 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2.374
30 Language Policy2.333
31 International Journal of Bilingualism2.292
32 Interpreter and Translator Trainer2.283
33 Language Sciences2.266
34 Journal of Semantics2.216
35 Language Acquisition2.198
36 Cognitive Linguistics2.196
37 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture2.186
38 Gender and Language2.181
39 Literacy2.151
40 Linguistic Inquiry2.123
41 Linguistics and Philosophy2.068
42 International Journal of Applied Linguistics1.986
43 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication1.979
44 English Teaching-Practice and Critique1.917
45 Lingua1.912
46 Language Learning and Development1.890
47 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory1.842
48 Journal of Language and Politics1.825
49 Language Variation and Change1.800
50 World Englishes1.774
51 Intercultural Pragmatics1.721
52 Language and Cognition1.680
53 Linguistic Typology1.626
54 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics1.565
55 Journal of English Linguistics1.557
56 English World-Wide1.551
57 Argumentation1.542
58 Text & Talk1.533
59 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies1.472
60 Across Languages and Cultures1.469
61 Linguistics1.431
62 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice1.394
63 Translation Studies1.368
64 Journal of Logic Language and Information1.350
65 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.335
66 Narrative Inquiry1.333
67 Linguistics Vanguard1.318
68 Studies in Language1.311
69 Gesture1.287
70 Pragmatics & Cognition1.284
71 Pragmatics and Society1.250
72 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies1.208
73 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory1.196
74 Translator1.188
75 Language Matters1.179
76 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research1.171
77 Translation and Interpreting Studies1.167
78 Phonetica1.165
79 Linguistic Review1.156
80 Language and Literature1.130
81 Diachronica1.127
82 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research1.082
83 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics1.012
84 Journal of Linguistics1.005
85 Langue Francaise0.993
86 Australian Journal of Linguistics0.964
87 Langages0.926
88 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada0.868
89 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies0.858
90 Review of Cognitive Linguistics0.848
91 International Journal of Lexicography0.841
92 Journal of French Language Studies0.827
93 American Speech0.813
94 Language Problems & Language Planning0.794
- English Today0.794
96 Phonology0.789
97 Studia Linguistica0.773
- Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages0.773
99 Revista Signos0.769
100 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics0.742
101 Spanish in Context0.725
102 Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique0.718
103 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion0.698
104 Nordic Journal of Linguistics0.657
105 Transactions of the Philological Society0.647
106 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation0.646
107 Acta Linguistica Academica0.618
108 Functions of Language0.617
109 Journal of the International Phonetic Association0.598
110 Theoretical Linguistics0.573
111 Folia Linguistica0.560
112 Rhetoric Review0.559
113 Names-A Journal of Onomastics0.548
114 English Language & Linguistics0.529
115 Journal of Germanic Linguistics0.522
116 European Journal of English Studies0.467
117 Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik0.443
118 Meta0.422
119 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik0.386
120 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies0.385
121 Neophilologus0.349
122 Studia Neophilologica0.293
123 Language & History0.292
124 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie0.282
125 International Journal of American Linguistics0.267
126 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik0.200
127 Estudios Filologicos0.187
128 Historiographia Linguistica0.186
129 Revista de Filologia Espanola0.172
130 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie0.157
131 Style0.144
132 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie0.139
133 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica0.133
- Forum Italicum0.133
135 Kritika Kultura0.128
136 Revue Romane0.115
137 German Quarterly0.105
138 Linguistique0.101
139 Journal of English and Germanic Philology0.100
140 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur0.099
141 Translation Review0.086
142 Iberoromania0.084
143 Forum for Modern Language Studies0.082
144 Studies in Philology0.072
145 Modern Philology0.056
146 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies0.044
147 Romance Philology0.042
148 Revue des Langues Romanes0.018
149 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen0.004
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