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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Journal of Advertising14
- Computer Assisted Language Learning14
3 Telecommunications Policy13
- Pragmatics13
5 International Journal of Advertising12
- Comunicar12
7 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication10
- Public Relations Review10
- System10
10 Journal of Communication9
- New Media & Society9
12 Recall8
- Political Communication8
- English for Specific Purposes8
- Assessing Writing8
- Communication Theory8
17 Journal of Memory and Language7
- Language Teaching Research7
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition7
- TESOL Quarterly7
- International Journal of Press-Politics7
- Journalism Studies7
- Language Teaching7
- Human Communication Research7
- Information Communication & Society7
- Communication Methods and Measures7
27 Journal of Health Communication6
- Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research6
- Policy and Internet6
- Research on Language and Social Interaction6
- Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies6
- Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture6
- Health Communication6
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology6
- Metaphor and Symbol6
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools6
- Media Culture & Society6
- Modern Language Journal6
- Public Understanding of Science6
- Science Communication6
- Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace6
- International Journal of Conflict Management6
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research6
- Brain and Language6
- Communication Research6
46 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships5
- Language Learning5
- Mass Communication and Society5
- Profesional de la Informacion5
- Written Communication5
- Information Society5
- Applied Linguistics Review5
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development5
- Applied Linguistics5
- Language Awareness5
- Journal of Communication Disorders5
- Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications5
- Journal of Second Language Writing5
- Media Psychology5
- Public Opinion Quarterly5
- RELC Journal5
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes5
- Journal of Phonetics5
- Applied Psycholinguistics5
- Language Culture and Curriculum5
- Language Testing5
67 Journal of Language and Social Psychology4
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders4
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology4
- Journal of Pragmatics4
- Language and Education4
- Games and Culture4
- Journal of African Media Studies4
- Journal of Consumer Culture4
- Asian Journal of Communication4
- Poetics4
- Communication Monographs4
- Linguistics and Education4
- Science As Culture4
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics4
- Management Communication Quarterly4
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching4
- Journalism4
- Journalism Practice4
- Journal of Applied Communication Research4
- Language Assessment Quarterly4
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism4
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4
- International Multilingual Research Journal4
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer4
- Cultural Studies of Science Education4
- Journal of Language Identity and Education4
- Current Issues in Language Planning4
- ELT Journal4
- Aphasiology4
- Natural Language Engineering4
97 Language & Communication3
- Media International Australia3
- Mind & Language3
- Second Language Research3
- Topics in Language Disorders3
- Discourse & Communication3
- Feminist Media Studies3
- Interaction Studies3
- Journal of Advertising Research3
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media3
- Journal of Semantics3
- International Journal of Bilingualism3
- International Journal of Cultural Policy3
- Bilingualism-Language and Cognition3
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics3
- Space and Culture3
- Journal of Fluency Disorders3
- Journal of Neurolinguistics3
- Language and Speech3
- Personal Relationships3
- Critical Discourse Studies3
- Discourse & Society3
- Foreign Language Annals3
- International Communication Gazette3
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching3
- Journal of Business and Technical Communication3
- Journal of Children and Media3
- Language and Intercultural Communication3
- First Language3
- Gender and Language3
- International Journal of Cultural Studies3
- International Journal of Multilingualism3
- Journal of Cultural Economy3
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture3
- Chinese Journal of Communication3
- Language Learning and Development3
- Language Policy3
- Linguistics and Philosophy3
- Theory Culture & Society3
136 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research2
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication2
- Javnost-The Public2
- Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly2
- Journal of Child Language2
- Language Acquisition2
- European Journal of Cultural Studies2
- Cognitive Linguistics2
- Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies2
- Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies2
- Journal of English Linguistics2
- Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies2
- Journal of Language and Politics2
- Cultural Trends2
- Journal of Logic Language and Information2
- Translation Studies2
- Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes2
- Communication Disorders Quarterly2
- Communications-European Journal of Communication Research2
- Language Variation and Change2
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2
- Studies in Language2
- Memory Studies2
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies2
- Text & Talk2
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory2
- Social Semiotics2
- Television & New Media2
- Visual Communication2
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics2
- English Teaching-Practice and Critique2
- Language and Cognition2
- Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power2
- Intercultural Pragmatics2
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology2
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice2
- Communication Culture & Critique2
- Pragmatics and Society2
- Language Sciences2
- Lingua2
- Linguistic Inquiry2
- Linguistics2
- Literacy2
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication2
180 Quarterly Journal of Speech1
- Critical Studies in Media Communication1
- Discourse Studies1
- Journal of the International Phonetic Association1
- English Today1
- Language and Literature1
- Folia Linguistica1
- Inter-Asia Cultural Studies1
- International Journal of Applied Linguistics1
- Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique1
- Celebrity Studies1
- Childrens Literature in Education1
- Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies1
- Journal of Linguistics1
- Diachronica1
- New German Critique1
- Nordic Journal of Linguistics1
- Phonology1
- Pragmatics & Cognition1
- Review of Cognitive Linguistics1
- Language & History1
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