New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Literature & Language

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Journal of Advertising15
2 Comunicar14
- Digital Journalism14
4 Pragmatics13
- Computer Assisted Language Learning13
6 International Journal of Advertising12
- Telecommunications Policy12
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication12
9 Public Relations Review11
- Recall11
11 System10
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics10
- Annual Review of Linguistics10
14 Political Communication9
- Assessing Writing9
16 Social Media + Society8
- Communication Methods and Measures8
- Language Teaching8
- New Media & Society8
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching8
- Journal of Communication8
22 Studies in Second Language Acquisition7
- Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace7
- Metaphor and Symbol7
- Policy and Internet7
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology7
- Public Understanding of Science7
- TESOL Quarterly7
- Communication Theory7
- English for Specific Purposes7
- Human Communication Research7
- International Journal of Press-Politics7
- Journalism Studies7
34 Modern Language Journal6
- Research on Language and Social Interaction6
- Brain and Language6
- Communication Research6
- Discourse Context & Media6
- International Journal of Conflict Management6
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research6
- Journal of Memory and Language6
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools6
- Applied Linguistics Review6
- Media Culture & Society6
- Science Communication6
- Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies6
- Information Communication & Society6
- Journal of Health Communication6
- Journal of Second Language Writing6
- Language Teaching Research6
51 Media and Communication5
- Applied Psycholinguistics5
- Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture5
- Health Communication5
- Information Society5
- Journal of Communication Disorders5
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships5
- Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research5
- Management Communication Quarterly5
- Natural Language Engineering5
- Language Awareness5
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes5
- ELT Journal5
- Journal of Phonetics5
- Media Psychology5
- Profesional de la Informacion5
- Public Opinion Quarterly5
- Applied Linguistics5
- RELC Journal5
- Written Communication5
- Journal of Language and Social Psychology5
- Language Learning5
- Language Culture and Curriculum5
- Language Testing5
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development5
76 Aphasiology4
- Communication & Sport4
- Critical Discourse Studies4
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching4
- Journalism4
- Journalism Practice4
- Journal of Applied Communication Research4
- Journal of Business and Technical Communication4
- Language Cognition and Neuroscience4
- Language and Education4
- Linguistics and Education4
- Games and Culture4
- Cultural Studies of Science Education4
- Journal of Language Identity and Education4
- Mass Communication and Society4
- Mobile Media & Communication4
- Asian Journal of Communication4
- Communication Monographs4
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching4
- International Journal of Business Communication4
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders4
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology4
- Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications4
- Language & Communication4
- Poetics4
- Language Assessment Quarterly4
- Science As Culture4
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism4
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4
- International Journal of Cultural Studies4
- International Multilingual Research Journal4
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer4
- Journal of Consumer Culture4
- Journal of Pragmatics4
110 Media International Australia3
- Mind & Language3
- Personal Relationships3
- Psychology of Popular Media3
- Second Language Research3
- Chinese Journal of Communication3
- Feminist Media Studies3
- Interaction Studies3
- Journal of Children and Media3
- Journal of Fluency Disorders3
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics3
- Journal of Psycholinguistic Research3
- Language Acquisition3
- Language Variation and Change3
- Literacy3
- International Journal of Bilingualism3
- International Journal of Cultural Policy3
- Journal of African Media Studies3
- Journal of Cultural Economy3
- Current Issues in Language Planning3
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture3
- English Teaching-Practice and Critique3
- First Language3
- Bilingualism-Language and Cognition3
- Topics in Language Disorders3
- Discourse & Communication3
- Discourse & Society3
- Foreign Language Annals3
- International Communication Gazette3
- Javnost-The Public3
- Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly3
- Journal of Advertising Research3
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media3
- Journal of Child Language3
- Journal of Neurolinguistics3
- Language and Speech3
- Theory Culture & Society3
- Language and Intercultural Communication3
- Language Learning and Development3
- Language Policy3
- Language Sciences3
- Linguistic Inquiry3
- Linguistics and Philosophy3
- Space and Culture3
- Gender and Language3
- International Journal of Multilingualism3
- Cultural Trends3
157 African Journalism Studies2
- Communication Culture & Critique2
- Television & New Media2
- Digital Scholarship in the Humanities2
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication2
- Journal of Media Ethics2
- Pragmatics and Society2
- Lingua2
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2
- Linguistics Vanguard2
- Memory Studies2
- Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research2
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication2
- International Journal of Applied Linguistics2
- Cognitive Linguistics2
- Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies2
- Journal of Material Culture2
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics2
- World Englishes2
- Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes2
- Social Semiotics2
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics2
- Communication Disorders Quarterly2
- Communications-European Journal of Communication Research2
- Journal of Sociolinguistics2
- Text & Talk2
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory2
- Translation Studies2
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice2
- Journal of Semantics2
- Language and Cognition2
- Pragmatics & Cognition2
- Linguistics2
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies2
- Narrative Inquiry2
- Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power2
- Intercultural Pragmatics2
- Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies2
- Journal of Language and Politics2
- Journal of Logic Language and Information2
- European Journal of Cultural Studies2
- Argumentation2
199 Quarterly Journal of Speech1
- Visual Communication1
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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