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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Esprit1442
2 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1353
3 Studi Francesi1245
4 French Review1188
5 New Media & Society1091
6 System1025
7 Classical Review969
8 French Studies960
9 Health Communication955
10 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development950
11 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology880
12 American Literary History785
13 Journal of Pragmatics761
14 Pragmatics737
15 Information Communication & Society733
16 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders679
17 International Journal of Applied Linguistics673
18 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships652
19 Social Media + Society650
20 Media and Communication624
21 Journalism618
22 Feminist Media Studies615
23 Language Teaching Research611
24 Ploughshares595
25 Journalism Practice588
26 Notes and Queries569
27 American Book Review528
28 International Journal of Multilingualism522
29 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies512
30 Massachusetts Review505
31 Performance Research490
32 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities488
33 Telecommunications Policy487
- Memory Studies487
35 Journalism Studies486
36 Textual Practice472
37 Teksty Drugie462
38 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft452
39 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition440
40 European Journal of Cultural Studies428
41 Journal of Popular Culture427
42 Journal of Postcolonial Writing423
43 Media Culture & Society420
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes420
45 Journal of Roman Studies418
46 Review of English Studies416
- TESOL Quarterly416
48 Asian Studies Review415
49 Lingua411
50 English Studies402
51 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture398
52 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly397
53 Language in Society394
54 Psychology of Popular Media392
55 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching388
56 New England Review-Middlebury Series387
57 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics386
58 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews384
59 Russkaia Literatura382
60 Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America381
61 Aphasiology377
62 Profesional de la Informacion372
63 International Journal of Bilingualism368
64 Public Relations Review365
65 Critique364
66 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice361
- Classical Quarterly361
68 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research360
69 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology359
70 Quaderni d'Italianistica357
- Applied Linguistics357
72 Linguistics Vanguard356
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools356
74 ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment355
- Digital Journalism355
76 Critical Inquiry352
77 Brain and Language344
78 Applied Linguistics Review342
79 European Journal of Communication341
80 Romantisme330
81 Linguistics and Education328
82 Journal of American Folklore327
- Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction327
84 Journal of Health Communication326
- Modern Language Journal326
86 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism325
87 Computer Assisted Language Learning316
88 Journal of Cultural Economy313
89 International Journal of Cultural Policy312
90 Discourse Studies310
91 Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies306
92 Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies305
- Language Cognition and Neuroscience305
94 Modern Philology304
- Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion304
96 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics303
- Dix-Septieme Siecle303
98 Journal of Language Identity and Education300
99 International Journal of Advertising298
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching298
101 Assessing Writing297
102 Journal of Second Language Writing295
103 Bulletin of Hispanic Studies292
- Communication & Sport292
105 Journal of Hellenic Studies291
106 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie290
- Public Understanding of Science290
- Journal of Child Language290
109 International Journal of Mobile Communications287
110 Shakespeare284
111 Language Learning283
112 Discourse & Society282
113 Language & Communication281
114 Language and Education280
115 German Quarterly278
- Bulletin of Spanish Studies278
117 Language and Cognition277
118 Explicator276
119 Public Opinion Quarterly275
120 Contemporary French and Francophone Studies274
121 Journal of Language and Politics273
122 Journal of Communication Disorders272
123 Journal of Memory and Language271
124 Mnemosyne269
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition269
126 Games and Culture267
- Media International Australia267
128 Foreign Language Annals266
129 Theory Culture & Society265
- Folia Linguistica265
- TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies265
132 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie264
- Cahiers Elisabethains264
134 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen263
135 English Language & Linguistics262
- Mass Communication and Society262
137 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies261
138 Social Semiotics260
- Inter-Asia Cultural Studies260
140 Personal Relationships254
141 Eighteenth-Century Fiction252
142 Folklore251
- Critical Studies in Media Communication251
144 Early American Literature250
- Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies250
146 ELT Journal249
- Discourse & Communication249
148 Etudes Anglaises247
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation247
150 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics246
151 Poetics245
- Theatre Dance and Performance Training245
153 Pragmatics and Society244
- Revista Iberoamericana244
155 Journal of Australian Studies243
156 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica241
- Alea-Estudos Neolatinos241
- Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies241
159 Forum Italicum240
160 Forum for Modern Language Studies239
- Critical Quarterly239
162 Minnesota Review238
- Language and Intercultural Communication238
- RELC Journal238
- Television & New Media238
166 Missouri Review232
- Canadian Theatre Review232
168 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research229
169 Sewanee Review228
170 Life Writing226
171 International Journal of Conflict Management223
172 International Research in Childrens Literature222
- Political Communication222
174 Journal of English and Germanic Philology220
175 International Journal of Cultural Studies219
- Journal of Sociolinguistics219
177 Orbis Litterarum218
- Wordsworth Circle218
- Discourse Context & Media218
180 Modern Drama217
181 Irish University Review216
- Western American Literature216
183 South Atlantic Quarterly215
184 Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power214
185 Classical Philology213
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics213
187 Hispanofila211
188 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication210
- Neohelicon210
- Language Teaching210
- Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies210
192 Tydskrif vir Letterkunde207
193 Cultural Studies205
- Communication Research205
- Cultural Trends205
- English for Specific Purposes205
197 Rhetoric Society Quarterly204
- Journal of Children and Media204
199 RLC-Revue de Litterature Comparee203
200 Etudes Germaniques202
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