New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Language & Linguistics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Pragmatics43
2 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics32
3 Computer Assisted Language Learning28
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development28
5 Applied Linguistics Review20
6 Journal of Pragmatics18
- Language Teaching18
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes18
9 Recall17
- ELT Journal17
11 Language and Education15
- Linguistics and Education15
- Annual Review of Linguistics15
14 International Journal of Applied Linguistics14
- Journal of Language Identity and Education14
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism14
- International Journal of Multilingualism14
18 Metaphor and Symbol12
- Current Issues in Language Planning12
- International Journal of Bilingualism12
- Natural Language Engineering12
- Journal of Phonetics12
- Language and Intercultural Communication12
- Language Testing12
25 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics11
- Lingua11
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism11
28 International Multilingual Research Journal10
- Language Awareness10
- Journal of Language and Politics10
- Language Assessment Quarterly10
- Language Culture and Curriculum10
- Language Policy10
34 Literacy9
- First Language9
- Linguistics Vanguard9
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice9
- Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory9
- World Englishes9
- Language and Cognition9
- Language Sciences9
42 Linguistic Inquiry8
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication8
- Argumentation8
- Intercultural Pragmatics8
- Language Acquisition8
- Gender and Language8
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer8
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture8
50 Linguistics and Philosophy7
- Pragmatics and Society7
- English Teaching-Practice and Critique7
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies7
- Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics7
- Humor-International Journal of Humor Research7
- Translator7
- Journal of Semantics7
- Language Matters7
- Language Variation and Change7
- Cognitive Linguistics7
- Text & Talk7
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology7
- Language Learning and Development7
64 Linguistics6
- Linguistic Typology6
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory6
- English World-Wide6
- Studies in Language6
- Journal of English Linguistics6
- Journal of Linguistics6
- Language and Literature6
- Across Languages and Cultures6
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation6
- Pragmatics & Cognition6
- English Today6
- Folia Linguistica6
- Gesture6
- Translation and Interpreting Studies6
- Translation Studies6
- Journal of Logic Language and Information6
81 Narrative Inquiry5
- Phonetica5
- Australian Journal of Linguistics5
- Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion5
- Revista Signos5
- Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies5
- Studia Linguistica5
- Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages5
- Language Problems & Language Planning5
- Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies5
- Linguistic Review5
- American Speech5
- Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique5
- Review of Cognitive Linguistics5
- Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada5
- Diachronica5
- English Language & Linguistics5
- Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research5
- Journal of French Language Studies5
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics5
- Langages5
- Langue Francaise5
103 Acta Linguistica Academica4
- Nordic Journal of Linguistics4
- Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics4
- Functions of Language4
- Theoretical Linguistics4
- Transactions of the Philological Society4
- International Journal of Lexicography4
- Meta4
- Phonology4
- Spanish in Context4
- International Journal of American Linguistics4
- Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik4
- Journal of the International Phonetic Association4
116 European Journal of English Studies3
- Style3
- German Quarterly3
- Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie3
- Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie3
- Journal of Germanic Linguistics3
- LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik3
- Names-A Journal of Onomastics3
- Neophilologus3
- Rhetoric Review3
- Forum Italicum3
- Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik3
128 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie2
- Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur2
- Revista de Filologia Espanola2
- Revue Romane2
- RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica2
- Forum for Modern Language Studies2
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology2
- Kritika Kultura2
- Language & History2
- Modern Philology2
- Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies2
- Estudios Filologicos2
- Studia Neophilologica2
- Historiographia Linguistica2
142 Translation Review1
- Linguistique1
- Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen1
- Revue des Langues Romanes1
- Romance Philology1
- European Journal of Scandinavian Studies1
- Studies in Philology1
- Iberoromania1
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