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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Studi Francesi1515
2 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1352
3 Esprit1253
4 New Media & Society1084
5 French Review1056
6 French Studies1052
7 Classical Review1028
8 System1023
9 Health Communication948
10 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development905
11 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology873
12 American Literary History837
13 Journal of Pragmatics825
14 Pragmatics740
15 Information Communication & Society686
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships686
17 Social Media + Society663
18 Feminist Media Studies659
19 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders630
20 Media and Communication625
21 Journalism609
22 Journalism Practice572
23 Notes and Queries557
24 Language Teaching Research535
- Ploughshares535
26 American Book Review525
27 Teksty Drugie522
28 International Journal of Applied Linguistics521
29 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft509
30 Telecommunications Policy490
31 Russkaia Literatura482
32 Performance Research478
33 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies476
34 Massachusetts Review474
- Textual Practice474
36 Journalism Studies466
37 Memory Studies452
38 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition450
39 International Journal of Multilingualism438
40 Journal of Popular Culture437
41 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities432
42 Profesional de la Informacion426
43 Review of English Studies423
- Lingua423
45 Media Culture & Society415
46 English Studies413
- Public Relations Review413
48 Journal of Postcolonial Writing412
49 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics406
50 New England Review-Middlebury Series399
51 Psychology of Popular Media393
52 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly390
- Asian Studies Review390
- European Journal of Cultural Studies390
55 TESOL Quarterly388
- Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America388
57 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture387
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes387
59 Digital Journalism383
60 Journal of Roman Studies382
61 Language in Society378
62 Critique373
63 Linguistics Vanguard361
64 Journal of Hellenic Studies360
65 ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment359
66 Critical Inquiry358
- Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews358
68 Aphasiology353
69 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research352
70 Quaderni d'Italianistica351
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools351
72 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology350
73 European Journal of Communication348
74 Applied Linguistics346
75 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice342
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism342
77 Journal of American Folklore338
78 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics337
79 Romantisme336
80 Journal of Health Communication335
- Applied Linguistics Review335
82 Brain and Language331
83 Modern Philology329
- Classical Quarterly329
85 Early American Literature328
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching328
87 Linguistics and Education325
88 International Journal of Bilingualism316
89 International Journal of Cultural Policy310
90 Public Understanding of Science307
91 Modern Language Journal305
92 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion304
93 Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction303
- Language Cognition and Neuroscience303
95 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching302
96 Journal of Child Language301
- Computer Assisted Language Learning301
98 International Journal of Mobile Communications299
99 Journal of Language Identity and Education297
100 Discourse Studies295
- Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie295
- Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies295
103 Dix-Septieme Siecle293
104 Language Learning292
- Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies292
106 Bulletin of Hispanic Studies291
107 Assessing Writing289
108 German Quarterly287
109 International Journal of Advertising285
110 Journal of Cultural Economy281
111 Journal of Second Language Writing280
112 Studies in Second Language Acquisition279
- Journal of Language and Politics279
114 Bulletin of Spanish Studies277
115 Foreign Language Annals274
116 Games and Culture273
117 Journal of Communication Disorders271
118 Language & Communication269
- Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen269
- Theatre Dance and Performance Training269
121 Canadian Theatre Review267
- Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies267
123 Eighteenth-Century Fiction266
124 Communication & Sport264
- Pamietnik Literacki264
- Mnemosyne264
127 TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies263
128 English Language & Linguistics261
129 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation259
- RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica259
131 ELT Journal258
- Discourse & Society258
- Media International Australia258
134 Public Opinion Quarterly257
135 Language and Education256
136 Revista Iberoamericana255
137 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie254
138 Shakespeare253
139 RELC Journal252
140 Cahiers Elisabethains251
- Forum for Modern Language Studies251
142 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies250
- Language and Cognition250
144 Contemporary French and Francophone Studies249
- Explicator249
- Theory Culture & Society249
147 Mass Communication and Society248
- Poetics248
- Journal of Memory and Language248
- Folia Linguistica248
151 Personal Relationships245
152 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics243
153 Minnesota Review242
154 Journal of Australian Studies241
155 Pragmatics and Society240
156 Folklore239
- Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez239
158 International Journal of Press-Politics238
159 Language and Intercultural Communication237
160 Journal of Sociolinguistics235
161 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies234
162 Alea-Estudos Neolatinos233
163 South Atlantic Quarterly231
164 Forum Italicum228
- MFS-Modern Fiction Studies228
166 Wordsworth Circle227
167 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research226
- Critical Quarterly226
169 International Journal of Cultural Studies225
- RLC-Revue de Litterature Comparee225
171 Bulletin Hispanique223
- Discourse & Communication223
173 International Research in Childrens Literature222
- Television & New Media222
175 Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats221
176 Cultural Studies220
- Missouri Review220
178 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication218
- Sewanee Review218
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology218
181 Modern Drama217
- Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power217
183 Classical Philology216
- Hispanofila216
- Irish University Review216
- Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies216
187 Social Semiotics214
- Neohelicon214
189 Mind & Language212
- Western American Literature212
191 Orbis Litterarum210
- Political Communication210
193 Discourse Context & Media208
194 English for Specific Purposes207
195 Critical Studies in Media Communication206
- Rhetoric Society Quarterly206
197 Journal of Communication205
- Confluencia-Revista Hispanica de Cultura y Literatura205
199 Language Teaching204
200 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur203
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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