Linguistics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Recall	15
2	Pragmatics	12
-	System	12
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	12
5	TESOL Quarterly	9
-	Assessing Writing	9
7	Journal of Second Language Writing	8
-	English for Specific Purposes	8
-	Language Teaching	8
-	RELC Journal	8
11	Journal of Memory and Language	7
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	7
-	Language Testing	7
-	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	7
15	Language Culture and Curriculum	6
-	Language Learning	6
-	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	6
-	Language Teaching Research	6
-	Natural Language Engineering	6
-	American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	6
-	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	6
-	Linguistics and Education	6
-	Modern Language Journal	6
-	Applied Linguistics	6
25	Language Awareness	5
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	5
-	Brain and Language	5
-	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	5
-	Journal of Communication Disorders	5
-	Journal of Phonetics	5
-	Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research	5
-	Language and Education	5
33	ELT Journal	4
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	4
-	Linguistic Inquiry	4
-	Second Language Research	4
-	Journal of Fluency Disorders	4
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	4
-	Journal of Pragmatics	4
-	Language & Communication	4
-	Metaphor and Symbol	4
42	Journal of Child Language	3
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	3
-	Language Acquisition	3
-	Language Variation and Change	3
-	Linguistics	3
-	Linguistics and Philosophy	3
-	Mind & Language	3
-	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	3
-	Topics in Language Disorders	3

-	Aphasiology	3
-	World Englishes	3
-	Foreign Language Annals	3
-	International Journal of Applied Linguistics	3
-	Language Sciences	3
-	Cognitive Linguistics	3
57	Journal of Sociolinguistics	2
-	Australian Journal of Linguistics	2
-	Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics	2
-	English Teaching-Practice and Critique	2
-	English World-Wide	2
-	First Language	2
-	Journal of Quantitative Linguistics	2
-	Journal of Semantics	2
-	Language and Speech	2
-	Language Matters	2
-	Lingua	2
-	Linguistic Review	2
-	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	2
-	Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	2
-	Pragmatics & Cognition	2
-	Social Semiotics	2
-	Target-International Journal of Translation Studies	2
-	Translator	2
-	Argumentation	2
-	Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes	2
77	English Language & Linguistics	1
-	English Today	1
-	Functions of Language	1
-	International Journal of Lexicography	1
-	Journal of English Linguistics	1
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	1
-	Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages	1
-	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	1
-	Language and Literature	1
-	Nordic Journal of Linguistics	1
-	Phonetica	1
-	Revista Signos	1
-	Studies in Language	1
-	Diachronica	1
-	Journal of Linguistics	1
-	Langages	1
-	Language in Society	1
-	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	1
-	Phonology	1
-	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	1
-	Theoretical Linguistics	1
-	American Speech	1
-	Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation	1
100	Estudios Filologicos	0
-	Folia Linguistica	0
-	International Journal of American Linguistics	0
-	Journal of French Language Studies	0
-	Language Problems & Language Planning	0
-	Historiographia Linguistica	0
-	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	0
-	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	0