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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Studi Francesi1375
2 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1331
3 Esprit1261
4 French Studies1105
5 New Media & Society1071
6 Classical Review1062
7 French Review1056
8 Health Communication958
9 System942
10 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology868
11 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development861
12 Journal of Pragmatics853
13 American Literary History799
14 Pragmatics738
15 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships701
16 Feminist Media Studies672
17 Information Communication & Society670
18 Social Media + Society662
19 Media and Communication616
20 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders607
21 Journalism593
22 Journalism Practice565
23 Notes and Queries544
24 Language Teaching Research527
25 Ploughshares523
26 Teksty Drugie522
27 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft509
28 International Journal of Applied Linguistics488
29 American Book Review486
30 Textual Practice480
31 Telecommunications Policy478
32 Performance Research474
33 Journalism Studies472
34 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies470
35 Memory Studies446
36 Profesional de la Informacion444
37 Massachusetts Review442
38 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities437
- Journal of Popular Culture437
40 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition436
41 Review of English Studies430
42 Russkaia Literatura421
43 Lingua418
- Media Culture & Society418
45 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics416
46 Journal of Postcolonial Writing413
47 International Journal of Multilingualism404
48 English Studies403
49 Digital Journalism402
50 Public Relations Review399
- New England Review-Middlebury Series399
52 Psychology of Popular Media397
- Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America397
54 TESOL Quarterly393
55 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly385
56 Critique382
57 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture381
58 Asian Studies Review379
59 European Journal of Cultural Studies378
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes378
61 Journal of Roman Studies376
62 Language in Society368
63 Journal of Hellenic Studies361
64 Critical Inquiry358
65 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research357
66 ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment356
67 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology353
68 Classical Quarterly351
69 European Journal of Communication350
70 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews348
71 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools346
72 Aphasiology344
73 Applied Linguistics343
74 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism341
75 Linguistics Vanguard338
- Journal of Health Communication338
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice338
78 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies337
79 Brain and Language329
- Journal of American Folklore329
81 Linguistics and Education327
82 Quaderni d'Italianistica326
83 Applied Linguistics Review325
84 Modern Philology319
85 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics317
86 Romantisme314
- International Journal of Cultural Policy314
88 International Journal of Bilingualism312
89 Revista Iberoamericana311
90 Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies310
91 Language Cognition and Neuroscience309
- Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie309
93 Early American Literature307
94 Public Understanding of Science304
95 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching302
- German Quarterly302
97 Journal of Child Language301
98 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion300
99 Dix-Septieme Siecle299
100 Computer Assisted Language Learning298
101 Modern Language Journal297
102 Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction296
- Journal of Language Identity and Education296
104 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching293
105 Canadian Theatre Review292
106 International Journal of Mobile Communications290
- Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies290
- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies290
- Journal of Second Language Writing290
110 Discourse Studies288
- Language Learning288
112 Journal of Cultural Economy287
113 Eighteenth-Century Fiction285
114 International Journal of Advertising284
115 Studies in Second Language Acquisition282
116 Assessing Writing281
- Bulletin of Spanish Studies281
118 Public Opinion Quarterly279
119 Theatre Dance and Performance Training278
120 Games and Culture274
121 Foreign Language Annals273
122 Journal of Communication Disorders272
123 Journal of Language and Politics271
- TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies271
125 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen269
126 Contemporary French and Francophone Studies268
127 Media International Australia267
- Language and Education267
- Forum for Modern Language Studies267
130 Language & Communication266
- Theory Culture & Society266
132 Pamietnik Literacki264
133 ELT Journal261
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation261
- Inter-Asia Cultural Studies261
136 RELC Journal260
137 Wordsworth Circle259
138 English Language & Linguistics258
139 Communication & Sport256
140 Poetics255
141 Alea-Estudos Neolatinos254
142 Folia Linguistica253
143 Shakespeare252
- Cahiers Elisabethains252
- Mnemosyne252
146 Journal of Australian Studies248
- Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie248
- RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica248
149 Discourse & Society247
- Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies247
151 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics246
152 Mass Communication and Society245
153 Journal of Memory and Language243
- Pragmatics and Society243
- Folklore243
156 Minnesota Review242
157 Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez239
- Language and Cognition239
159 Explicator238
160 Personal Relationships237
- Hispanofila237
162 South Atlantic Quarterly236
163 Critical Quarterly235
164 Language and Intercultural Communication233
165 International Journal of Press-Politics232
166 Discourse & Communication227
- Journal of Sociolinguistics227
168 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies226
169 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication225
- RLC-Revue de Litterature Comparee225
- Forum Italicum225
172 International Journal of Cultural Studies224
- Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies224
- Tydskrif vir Letterkunde224
175 Mind & Language223
- Bulletin Hispanique223
177 Television & New Media222
- International Research in Childrens Literature222
179 Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power221
- Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats221
181 Cultural Studies219
182 Sewanee Review218
183 Irish University Review216
- Classical Philology216
185 Journal of Phonetics213
186 Neohelicon212
- Journal of Communication212
- Communications-European Journal of Communication Research212
189 Social Semiotics211
190 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur210
- Linguistics210
192 Journal of English and Germanic Philology209
193 Rhetoric Society Quarterly207
- Orbis Litterarum207
- MFS-Modern Fiction Studies207
196 Discourse Context & Media205
- English for Specific Purposes205
- Missouri Review205
199 Quarterly Journal of Speech204
- Modern Drama204
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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