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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Esprit1454
2 Studi Francesi1371
3 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1365
4 French Review1183
5 New Media & Society1111
6 System1059
7 Classical Review971
8 French Studies960
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development960
10 Health Communication958
11 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology875
12 American Literary History785
13 Information Communication & Society751
14 Journal of Pragmatics749
15 Pragmatics740
16 International Journal of Applied Linguistics712
17 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders685
18 Social Media + Society659
19 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships650
20 Language Teaching Research632
21 Media and Communication626
22 Journalism625
23 Feminist Media Studies609
24 Ploughshares595
25 Journalism Practice590
26 Notes and Queries589
27 American Book Review528
28 International Journal of Multilingualism524
29 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies512
30 Massachusetts Review505
31 Teksty Drugie503
32 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities500
33 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft495
34 Memory Studies493
35 Telecommunications Policy489
36 Journalism Studies482
37 Textual Practice472
38 Performance Research461
39 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition444
40 TESOL Quarterly443
41 Journal of Popular Culture438
42 European Journal of Cultural Studies434
43 Media Culture & Society427
44 Review of English Studies424
45 Journal of Postcolonial Writing420
46 Asian Studies Review418
47 Journal of Roman Studies416
48 English Studies415
49 Journal of English for Academic Purposes413
50 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture404
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching404
52 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly401
- Lingua401
54 Psychology of Popular Media398
55 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews396
56 Language in Society389
57 New England Review-Middlebury Series387
- Aphasiology387
59 International Journal of Bilingualism382
- Russkaia Literatura382
61 Public Relations Review378
62 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics376
63 Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America373
64 Linguistics Vanguard370
- Applied Linguistics370
66 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research366
67 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice364
68 Profesional de la Informacion363
69 Critique361
70 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools360
71 Quaderni d'Italianistica357
72 Journal of American Folklore356
73 ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment353
74 Critical Inquiry352
75 Brain and Language351
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology351
- Digital Journalism351
78 Linguistics and Education348
79 European Journal of Communication338
80 Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction332
81 Applied Linguistics Review331
82 Classical Quarterly330
- Romantisme330
84 Modern Language Journal328
85 Journal of Cultural Economy322
- Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion322
- Journal of Health Communication322
88 International Journal of Cultural Policy317
89 Discourse Studies315
90 Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies314
91 Journal of Second Language Writing311
92 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics309
93 Computer Assisted Language Learning308
- Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies308
95 Language Cognition and Neuroscience307
96 International Journal of Advertising302
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism302
98 Journal of Language Identity and Education301
99 Assessing Writing299
100 Communication & Sport295
101 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching294
102 Explicator293
103 Dix-Septieme Siecle292
104 Journal of Hellenic Studies291
- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies291
- International Journal of Mobile Communications291
107 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie290
108 Journal of Child Language289
- Shakespeare289
110 Public Understanding of Science287
- Language and Education287
112 Discourse & Society286
113 Language Learning285
114 Modern Philology284
115 German Quarterly278
- Bulletin of Spanish Studies278
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition278
118 Language and Cognition276
- Language & Communication276
120 Journal of Language and Politics275
121 Public Opinion Quarterly273
122 Journal of Memory and Language271
123 Theory Culture & Society269
- Social Semiotics269
125 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies268
- Mnemosyne268
127 Folia Linguistica266
128 TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies265
129 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie264
- Media International Australia264
131 Journal of Communication Disorders263
132 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies261
- Games and Culture261
134 English Language & Linguistics260
- Contemporary French and Francophone Studies260
136 Mass Communication and Society259
- Revista Iberoamericana259
- Personal Relationships259
139 Cahiers Elisabethains258
- Eighteenth-Century Fiction258
141 Foreign Language Annals257
142 Theatre Dance and Performance Training256
143 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies255
144 Folklore253
- Forum for Modern Language Studies253
- Canadian Theatre Review253
- Discourse & Communication253
148 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics252
149 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation251
150 Early American Literature250
- Pragmatics and Society250
152 ELT Journal248
153 Poetics247
- Language and Intercultural Communication247
- Television & New Media247
156 Critical Studies in Media Communication245
157 Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez244
158 Forum Italicum243
159 Critical Quarterly242
- Journal of Australian Studies242
161 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica241
- Alea-Estudos Neolatinos241
163 Minnesota Review240
164 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen239
165 Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies237
166 RELC Journal234
167 Missouri Review232
168 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research231
169 Etudes Anglaises230
170 Discourse Context & Media229
- International Journal of Conflict Management229
- Hispanofila229
173 Sewanee Review228
- South Atlantic Quarterly228
- Political Communication228
176 Life Writing227
177 International Research in Childrens Literature223
178 Cultural Studies222
179 Orbis Litterarum221
- Journal of Sociolinguistics221
181 Journal of English and Germanic Philology220
182 Wordsworth Circle218
183 Modern Drama217
- International Journal of Cultural Studies217
185 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication216
- Western American Literature216
- Classical Philology216
188 Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power215
189 Communication Research212
- Language Teaching212
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics212
192 Studies in the Novel210
193 Arthuriana208
- Neohelicon208
195 Cultural Trends206
- International Journal of Press-Politics206
197 Applied Psycholinguistics205
- English for Specific Purposes205
- Journal of Children and Media205
200 RLC-Revue de Litterature Comparee203
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