Linguistics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	ca. 6.9
2	Computer Assisted Language Learning	ca. 6.6
3	RELC Journal	ca. 6.2
4	Recall	ca. 5.7
5	System	ca. 5.6
6	Assessing Writing	ca. 5.5
7	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 5.4
8	Language Teaching	ca. 5.1
9	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	ca. 4.9
10	Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 4.6
11	Journal of Second Language Writing	ca. 4.5
12	Annual Review of Linguistics	ca. 4.3
13	Applied Linguistics	ca. 4.2
-	Language Learning	ca. 4.2
15	Modern Language Journal	ca. 4
16	TESOL Quarterly	ca. 3.9
-	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	ca. 3.9
18	Language Teaching Research	ca. 3.8
19	Journal of English for Academic Purposes	ca. 3.4
-	Applied Linguistics Review	ca. 3.4
21	Metaphor and Symbol	ca. 3.3
22	Journal of Memory and Language	ca. 3
23	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	ca. 2.9
24	Language and Education	ca. 2.8
-	Language Assessment Quarterly	ca. 2.8
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	ca. 2.8
27	English for Specific Purposes	ca. 2.7
28	Journal of Sociolinguistics	ca. 2.6
-	Language in Society	ca. 2.6
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	ca. 2.6
-	ELT Journal	ca. 2.6
32	American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 2.5
-	International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism	ca. 2.5
34	Journal of Phonetics	ca. 2.4
-	Language Testing	ca. 2.4
36	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	ca. 2.3
-	Brain and Language	ca. 2.3
38	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	ca. 2.2
-	Language Culture and Curriculum	ca. 2.2
-	Language Policy	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research	ca. 2.2
-	Language and Intercultural Communication	ca. 2.2
-	Language Awareness	ca. 2.2
44	Research on Language and Social Interaction	ca. 2.1
-	International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders	ca. 2.1
-	International Multilingual Research Journal	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Communication Disorders	ca. 2.1
-	Linguistics and Education	ca. 2.1
-	Aphasiology	ca. 2.1
50	International Journal of Multilingualism	ca. 2

51	International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 1.9
-	Natural Language Engineering	ca. 1.9
53	Intercultural Pragmatics	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Language Identity and Education	ca. 1.8
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	ca. 1.8
-	Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism	ca. 1.8
-	Mind & Language	ca. 1.8
-	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	ca. 1.8
-	Current Issues in Language Planning	ca. 1.8
60	International Journal of Applied Linguistics	ca. 1.7
-	Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Child Language	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Pragmatics	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Quantitative Linguistics	ca. 1.7
-	Language Variation and Change	ca. 1.7
66	First Language	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Language and Politics	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	ca. 1.6
-	Topics in Language Disorders	ca. 1.6
-	Linguistic Inquiry	ca. 1.6
-	Linguistic Typology	ca. 1.6
72	Foreign Language Annals	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Bilingualism	ca. 1.5
-	Literacy	ca. 1.5
75	Language Learning and Development	ca. 1.4
-	International Journal of Corpus Linguistics	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Fluency Disorders	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	ca. 1.4
-	Language and Cognition	ca. 1.4
-	Language & Communication	ca. 1.4
81	World Englishes	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of English Linguistics	ca. 1.3
-	Language Acquisition	ca. 1.3
-	Lingua	ca. 1.3
-	Second Language Research	ca. 1.3
-	International Journal of Lexicography	ca. 1.3
-	Argumentation	ca. 1.3
-	Linguistics and Philosophy	ca. 1.3
89	Gender and Language	ca. 1.2
-	Signs and Society	ca. 1.2
-	Translation Studies	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Linguistics	ca. 1.2
-	English Today	ca. 1.2
-	English World-Wide	ca. 1.2
-	Social Semiotics	ca. 1.2
-	Interaction Studies	ca. 1.2
-	Interpreter and Translator Trainer	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	ca. 1.2
-	Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 1.2
-	English Teaching-Practice and Critique	ca. 1.2
101	Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture	ca. 1.1
-	Language Sciences	ca. 1.1
-	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Semantics	ca. 1.1
-	Language and Speech	ca. 1.1
-	Linguistics	ca. 1.1
-	Digital Scholarship in the Humanities	ca. 1.1
-	Phonetica	ca. 1.1
109	Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics	ca. 1
-	English Language & Linguistics	ca. 1
-	Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research	ca. 1
-	Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies	ca. 1
113	Across Languages and Cultures	ca. 0.9
-	Linguistic Review	ca. 0.9
-	Linguistics Vanguard	ca. 0.9
-	Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes	ca. 0.9
-	Narrative Inquiry	ca. 0.9
-	Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	ca. 0.9
-	Text & Talk	ca. 0.9
120	Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of French Language Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	ca. 0.8
-	Language and Literature	ca. 0.8
-	Diachronica	ca. 0.8
-	Target-International Journal of Translation Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Language Matters	ca. 0.8
-	American Speech	ca. 0.8
128	Pragmatics and Society	ca. 0.7
-	Gesture	ca. 0.7
-	Translator	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Germanic Linguistics	ca. 0.7
-	Pragmatics	ca. 0.7
133	Australian Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.6
-	Communication Disorders Quarterly	ca. 0.6
-	Review of Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 0.6
-	Functions of Language	ca. 0.6
-	Translation and Interpreting Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Language Problems & Language Planning	ca. 0.6
-	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	ca. 0.6
-	Nordic Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.6
-	Pragmatics & Cognition	ca. 0.6
142	Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Folia Linguistica	ca. 0.5
-	Revista Signos	ca. 0.5
-	Historiographia Linguistica	ca. 0.5
146	Studies in Language	ca. 0.4
-	Phonology	ca. 0.4
-	European Journal of English Studies	ca. 0.4
-	Spanish in Context	ca. 0.4
-	Acta Linguistica Academica	ca. 0.4
151	Theoretical Linguistics	ca. 0.3
-	Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages	ca. 0.3
-	Language & History	ca. 0.3
-	Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation	ca. 0.3
-	Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion	ca. 0.3
156	Estudios Filologicos	ca. 0.2
-	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	ca. 0.2
-	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	ca. 0.2
-	International Journal of American Linguistics	ca. 0.2
-	Langages	ca. 0.2
-	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	ca. 0.2