New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Literature & Language

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 Esprit1453
2 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1384
3 Studi Francesi1371
4 French Review1183
5 New Media & Society1075
6 System1058
7 Health Communication970
8 French Studies960
9 Classical Review953
10 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development896
11 American Literary History764
- Information Communication & Society764
13 Journal of Pragmatics760
14 Pragmatics741
15 International Journal of Applied Linguistics727
16 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology712
17 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders690
18 Social Media + Society666
19 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships653
20 Journalism634
21 Language Teaching Research626
22 Media and Communication622
23 Feminist Media Studies609
24 Journalism Practice602
25 Notes and Queries597
26 Ploughshares576
27 International Journal of Multilingualism534
28 American Book Review526
29 Massachusetts Review516
30 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies515
31 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities512
32 Teksty Drugie503
33 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft495
34 Telecommunications Policy487
35 Journalism Studies485
36 Textual Practice482
37 Memory Studies478
38 Performance Research461
39 TESOL Quarterly454
40 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition449
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes449
42 European Journal of Cultural Studies440
43 Journal of Popular Culture424
44 Media Culture & Society422
45 New England Review-Middlebury Series417
- Journal of Postcolonial Writing417
47 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching415
48 English Studies413
49 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture409
50 Psychology of Popular Media405
51 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews400
52 Lingua397
53 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly395
54 Language in Society391
- Aphasiology391
- International Journal of Bilingualism391
57 Asian Studies Review389
58 Journal of Roman Studies388
59 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research378
60 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics377
61 Applied Linguistics373
- Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America373
63 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools368
64 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice363
- Public Relations Review363
66 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology358
- Linguistics Vanguard358
68 Journal of American Folklore356
69 Critique353
70 Profesional de la Informacion350
71 Digital Journalism347
72 ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment344
73 Journal of Health Communication340
74 Romantisme338
75 Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction336
- European Journal of Communication336
77 Classical Quarterly335
78 Assessing Writing334
- Russkaia Literatura334
80 Applied Linguistics Review330
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics330
82 Critical Inquiry328
83 International Journal of Cultural Policy325
84 Modern Language Journal322
- Linguistics and Education322
86 Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies321
87 Journal of Cultural Economy320
88 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion317
89 Quaderni d'Italianistica310
- Computer Assisted Language Learning310
91 Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies308
92 Discourse Studies307
93 International Journal of Advertising306
94 Language Cognition and Neuroscience305
95 Explicator303
96 International Journal of Mobile Communications298
97 Language and Education294
98 Journal of Child Language293
99 Dix-Septieme Siecle292
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching292
- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies292
- Journal of Language Identity and Education292
103 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism291
104 Communication & Sport290
- Modern Philology290
106 Language Learning289
107 Shakespeare288
108 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie286
109 Discourse & Society284
110 Language & Communication282
- Public Understanding of Science282
- Language and Cognition282
113 Bulletin of Spanish Studies281
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition281
115 German Quarterly278
116 Contemporary French and Francophone Studies276
- Journal of Language and Politics276
118 Mass Communication and Society274
119 Canadian Theatre Review273
120 Journal of Communication Disorders272
121 Theory Culture & Society271
122 Media International Australia270
- Journal of Memory and Language270
124 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies269
125 Folia Linguistica268
126 Mnemosyne266
127 Journal of Second Language Writing264
- Social Semiotics264
129 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie263
130 Brain and Language262
- Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies262
132 Public Opinion Quarterly260
133 Games and Culture259
- Folklore259
- TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies259
- Theatre Dance and Performance Training259
137 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies258
- Foreign Language Annals258
- Cahiers Elisabethains258
140 Personal Relationships257
141 English Language & Linguistics256
142 Forum for Modern Language Studies254
143 Language and Intercultural Communication253
144 Critical Studies in Media Communication252
145 Alea-Estudos Neolatinos251
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation251
- ELT Journal251
148 Early American Literature250
149 Discourse & Communication248
150 Television & New Media247
151 Critical Quarterly245
152 Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez244
153 Pragmatics and Society243
154 Revista Iberoamericana242
155 Eighteenth-Century Fiction241
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics241
157 Minnesota Review240
- Journal of Australian Studies240
159 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen239
160 Journal of Hellenic Studies236
161 Forum Italicum234
162 Missouri Review233
- Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies233
164 Journal of Sociolinguistics230
- Etudes Anglaises230
- Political Communication230
- Life Writing230
168 English for Specific Purposes229
169 South Atlantic Quarterly228
170 Sewanee Review227
- International Journal of Cultural Studies227
172 International Journal of Conflict Management226
173 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research223
- Cultural Studies223
175 RELC Journal220
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology220
177 Discourse Context & Media219
178 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica218
- International Research in Childrens Literature218
180 Communication Research217
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication217
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics217
183 Poetics215
184 Rhetoric Society Quarterly212
185 Wordsworth Circle211
- Language Sciences211
- Hispanofila211
- Neohelicon211
189 Tydskrif vir Letterkunde208
- Cultural Trends208
191 Shakespeare Quarterly207
- Classical Philology207
- Irish University Review207
- International Journal of Press-Politics207
195 Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media206
196 Modern Drama203
197 Orbis Litterarum202
- Etudes Germaniques202
- Mind & Language202
200 Studies in the Novel201
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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