New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Studi Francesi1508
2 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1331
3 Esprit1259
4 New Media & Society1083
5 French Studies1047
6 Classical Review1034
7 System970
8 Health Communication962
9 Journal of Pragmatics892
10 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology851
11 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development831
12 American Literary History814
13 Pragmatics743
14 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships713
15 Information Communication & Society666
16 Feminist Media Studies664
17 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders586
18 Journalism583
19 Journalism Practice565
20 Notes and Queries563
21 Performance Research533
22 Language Teaching Research516
23 Textual Practice515
24 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies485
25 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft478
26 Telecommunications Policy475
- Journalism Studies475
28 Profesional de la Informacion454
29 Memory Studies449
30 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition444
31 International Journal of Applied Linguistics440
32 Journal of Popular Culture434
33 Review of English Studies424
34 Lingua423
35 Journal of Postcolonial Writing422
36 Teksty Drugie415
37 Media Culture & Society408
38 English Studies404
39 Russkaia Literatura391
40 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture386
41 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly384
- Public Relations Review384
- Critique384
- Asian Studies Review384
45 TESOL Quarterly378
- International Journal of Multilingualism378
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes378
48 Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America374
49 Language in Society373
- European Journal of Cultural Studies373
51 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research371
52 European Journal of Communication360
- ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment360
54 Critical Inquiry358
55 Journal of Hellenic Studies357
56 Journal of American Folklore351
57 Aphasiology345
- Journal of Health Communication345
59 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology343
- Applied Linguistics343
61 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews341
62 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice338
- Romantisme338
64 Revista Iberoamericana337
65 Classical Quarterly336
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools336
67 Brain and Language335
68 Journal of Roman Studies334
69 Linguistics and Education333
70 German Quarterly331
71 Modern Philology319
72 International Journal of Bilingualism318
73 Public Understanding of Science310
74 Journal of Child Language308
- Applied Linguistics Review308
76 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching307
77 Canadian Theatre Review306
78 International Journal of Cultural Policy305
79 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion301
80 Modern Language Journal298
81 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism297
82 Computer Assisted Language Learning296
83 Quaderni d'Italianistica295
84 Studies in Second Language Acquisition294
- Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction294
86 Journal of Language Identity and Education293
87 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie291
88 Assessing Writing290
89 Bulletin of Hispanic Studies289
90 Discourse Studies288
91 Language Learning287
- Journal of Cultural Economy287
- Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies287
94 International Journal of Mobile Communications285
95 ELT Journal284
- Bulletin of Spanish Studies284
97 Theatre Dance and Performance Training281
- Public Opinion Quarterly281
- Journal of Language and Politics281
100 Early American Literature280
101 International Journal of Advertising279
- Foreign Language Annals279
103 Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies278
104 Games and Culture277
105 Eighteenth-Century Fiction274
106 Media International Australia272
- Contemporary French and Francophone Studies272
108 TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies271
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching271
- Journal of Second Language Writing271
- Alea-Estudos Neolatinos271
112 Forum for Modern Language Studies270
113 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen269
114 RELC Journal268
115 Theory Culture & Society266
- Journal of Communication Disorders266
- Language and Education266
118 Language & Communication262
119 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation259
120 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies258
121 Poetics256
122 Journal of Australian Studies254
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics254
124 Mnemosyne253
125 Folklore252
126 Shakespeare250
- English Language & Linguistics250
128 Pragmatics and Society248
- Folia Linguistica248
- Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie248
131 Cahiers Elisabethains244
- Wordsworth Circle244
133 Dix-Septieme Siecle243
134 Minnesota Review242
135 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica239
- Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez239
137 Mass Communication and Society238
- Personal Relationships238
- Critical Quarterly238
140 Journal of Memory and Language235
- South Atlantic Quarterly235
- Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies235
143 Language and Cognition234
- Discourse & Society234
145 International Journal of Press-Politics233
- Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies233
147 Journal of Sociolinguistics231
148 Language and Intercultural Communication225
- RLC-Revue de Litterature Comparee225
150 Pamietnik Literacki224
151 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies223
- Discourse & Communication223
153 International Research in Childrens Literature222
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology222
155 Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power221
- Tydskrif vir Letterkunde221
157 Journal of Phonetics220
- English for Specific Purposes220
159 Mind & Language218
- International Journal of Cultural Studies218
- Classical Philology218
162 Forum Italicum217
- Television & New Media217
164 Irish University Review216
165 Orbis Litterarum214
- Explicator214
167 Journal of Communication212
168 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur210
169 Neohelicon209
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication209
- Cultural Studies of Science Education209
172 Linguistics208
173 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies207
- Quarterly Journal of Speech207
- Cultural Studies207
- Cultural Trends207
177 Social Semiotics206
178 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research205
179 Rhetoric Society Quarterly204
- Sewanee Review204
181 Language Teaching203
- Modern Drama203
- Comparative Literature Studies203
184 Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies201
- Revista Chilena de Literatura201
- Political Communication201
- Bulletin Hispanique201
188 Life Writing200
189 Applied Psycholinguistics199
190 James Joyce Quarterly196
- Critical Discourse Studies196
192 Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media195
- Policy and Internet195
194 Theatre Research International194
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics194
196 Journal of Linguistics193
197 Missouri Review191
- Text & Talk191
199 Italian Studies190
200 Melus189
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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