New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Linguistics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Papers
1 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1384
2 System1058
3 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development896
4 Journal of Pragmatics760
5 Pragmatics741
6 International Journal of Applied Linguistics727
7 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology712
8 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders690
9 Language Teaching Research626
10 International Journal of Multilingualism534
11 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities512
12 TESOL Quarterly454
13 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition449
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes449
15 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching415
16 Lingua397
17 International Journal of Bilingualism391
- Language in Society391
- Aphasiology391
20 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research378
21 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics377
22 Applied Linguistics373
23 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools368
24 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice363
25 Linguistics Vanguard358
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology358
27 Assessing Writing334
28 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics330
- Applied Linguistics Review330
30 Linguistics and Education322
- Modern Language Journal322
32 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion317
33 Computer Assisted Language Learning310
34 Language Cognition and Neuroscience305
35 Language and Education294
36 Journal of Child Language293
37 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching292
- Journal of Language Identity and Education292
39 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism291
40 Language Learning289
41 Language and Cognition282
- Language & Communication282
43 Studies in Second Language Acquisition281
44 Journal of Language and Politics276
45 Journal of Communication Disorders272
46 Journal of Memory and Language270
47 Folia Linguistica268
48 Social Semiotics264
- Journal of Second Language Writing264
50 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies262
- Brain and Language262
52 Foreign Language Annals258
53 English Language & Linguistics256
54 Language and Intercultural Communication253
55 ELT Journal251
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation251
57 Pragmatics and Society243
58 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics241
59 Journal of Sociolinguistics230
60 English for Specific Purposes229
61 RELC Journal220
62 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica218
63 Language Sciences211
64 Mind & Language202
65 Language Teaching196
66 Linguistics193
- Current Issues in Language Planning193
68 Applied Psycholinguistics192
69 World Englishes191
- Language and Speech191
71 Journal of Linguistics190
72 Journal of Fluency Disorders185
73 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism183
74 English Today181
75 Journal of Phonetics174
76 Language Testing169
77 First Language168
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory168
79 Language Awareness167
80 Literacy165
81 Intercultural Pragmatics163
82 Linguistic Inquiry160
83 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology159
84 English Teaching-Practice and Critique158
- Journal of Neurolinguistics158
86 Journal of Language and Social Psychology152
87 Language Policy151
88 Review of Cognitive Linguistics149
89 Text & Talk146
90 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching141
91 Argumentation137
92 Language Culture and Curriculum136
- International Journal of American Linguistics136
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer136
95 Translator133
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication133
97 Revista Signos132
98 Second Language Research131
99 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies127
100 Langages126
101 Journal of the International Phonetic Association125
- Language Assessment Quarterly125
- Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics125
104 Translation Studies123
105 International Journal of Lexicography122
106 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics120
107 Journal of French Language Studies118
- European Journal of English Studies118
109 Names-A Journal of Onomastics117
110 Spanish in Context114
111 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada113
112 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory111
113 Phonetica107
114 Acta Linguistica Academica105
115 Gender and Language103
- Diachronica103
- Linguistic Typology103
118 Estudios Filologicos102
- Across Languages and Cultures102
- Linguistic Review102
121 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages101
122 Language and Literature100
- Studies in Language100
124 Topics in Language Disorders99
- Language Problems & Language Planning99
- Linguistics and Philosophy99
127 Signs and Society98
128 American Speech97
129 Recall96
- Nordic Journal of Linguistics96
131 Interaction Studies95
132 Journal of English Linguistics94
133 Translation and Interpreting Studies92
- Language Acquisition92
- Cognitive Linguistics92
136 Language Learning and Development91
137 International Multilingual Research Journal90
138 Functions of Language89
139 Historiographia Linguistica88
- Natural Language Engineering88
141 Pragmatics & Cognition87
- Communication Disorders Quarterly87
143 Australian Journal of Linguistics86
144 Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes85
145 Research on Language and Social Interaction84
- Metaphor and Symbol84
147 Annual Review of Linguistics82
148 Gesture81
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics81
150 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture80
151 Language Variation and Change75
152 English World-Wide73
153 Language & History72
- Language Matters72
155 Theoretical Linguistics70
- Journal of Germanic Linguistics70
157 Phonology69
158 Narrative Inquiry68
159 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research67
160 Journal of Semantics61
161 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies57
162 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies44
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