New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Language & Linguistics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation 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 Average citations
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics13.306
2 Computer Assisted Language Learning11.037
3 Pragmatics10.764
4 Recall9.862
5 Annual Review of Linguistics7.546
6 Language Teaching6.529
7 Applied Linguistics Review5.343
8 Natural Language Engineering5.068
9 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development5.048
10 ELT Journal4.922
11 Metaphor and Symbol4.624
12 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4.621
13 Journal of English for Academic Purposes4.346
14 Language Testing4.072
15 Language Culture and Curriculum3.983
16 Linguistics and Education3.895
17 International Multilingual Research Journal3.862
18 Journal of Phonetics3.562
19 Language and Education3.453
20 Language Assessment Quarterly3.200
21 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism3.199
22 Language Awareness3.101
23 Journal of Language Identity and Education3.003
24 Current Issues in Language Planning2.958
25 Journal of Pragmatics2.930
26 Language and Intercultural Communication2.903
27 First Language2.872
28 International Journal of Multilingualism2.525
29 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2.492
30 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture2.477
31 Language Policy2.473
32 Language Sciences2.441
33 Interpreter and Translator Trainer2.341
34 Journal of Semantics2.333
35 International Journal of Bilingualism2.313
36 Literacy2.273
37 Linguistics and Philosophy2.245
38 International Journal of Applied Linguistics2.228
39 Language Acquisition2.215
40 Linguistic Inquiry2.152
41 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication2.079
42 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory1.980
43 Lingua1.955
44 Gender and Language1.944
45 World Englishes1.905
46 Journal of Language and Politics1.871
47 Language Variation and Change1.865
48 Language and Cognition1.816
49 Language Learning and Development1.808
50 English Teaching-Practice and Critique1.748
51 Cognitive Linguistics1.737
52 Intercultural Pragmatics1.732
53 English World-Wide1.697
54 Linguistic Typology1.687
55 Argumentation1.653
56 Journal of English Linguistics1.600
57 Text & Talk1.591
58 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics1.536
59 Linguistics1.520
60 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies1.500
61 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice1.477
62 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.469
63 Across Languages and Cultures1.442
64 Translation Studies1.408
65 Studies in Language1.393
66 Pragmatics & Cognition1.386
67 Narrative Inquiry1.370
68 Journal of Logic Language and Information1.357
69 Linguistics Vanguard1.346
70 Language Matters1.321
71 Gesture1.316
72 Diachronica1.300
73 Pragmatics and Society1.283
74 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory1.259
75 Translation and Interpreting Studies1.239
76 Translator1.231
77 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research1.224
78 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research1.193
79 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies1.185
80 Language and Literature1.176
81 Linguistic Review1.170
82 Phonetica1.094
83 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics1.020
84 Australian Journal of Linguistics1.000
85 Langages0.949
86 Journal of French Language Studies0.936
87 Journal of Linguistics0.917
88 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada0.907
89 Revista Signos0.884
90 Langue Francaise0.879
91 Language Problems & Language Planning0.874
92 Studia Linguistica0.862
93 American Speech0.857
94 International Journal of Lexicography0.844
95 English Today0.832
96 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics0.816
97 Review of Cognitive Linguistics0.813
98 Phonology0.795
99 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages0.793
100 Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique0.778
101 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies0.718
102 Spanish in Context0.695
103 Transactions of the Philological Society0.653
104 Functions of Language0.639
105 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation0.633
106 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion0.628
107 Journal of the International Phonetic Association0.626
108 Acta Linguistica Academica0.623
109 Names-A Journal of Onomastics0.613
110 Nordic Journal of Linguistics0.608
111 English Language & Linguistics0.590
112 Theoretical Linguistics0.563
113 European Journal of English Studies0.533
114 Folia Linguistica0.516
115 Journal of Germanic Linguistics0.514
116 Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik0.513
117 Rhetoric Review0.490
118 Meta0.441
119 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik0.421
120 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies0.385
121 Language & History0.313
122 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie0.306
123 Studia Neophilologica0.295
- Style0.295
125 Neophilologus0.267
126 International Journal of American Linguistics0.258
127 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik0.203
128 Estudios Filologicos0.195
129 Historiographia Linguistica0.186
130 Revista de Filologia Espanola0.175
131 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie0.161
132 Forum Italicum0.149
133 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie0.139
134 Kritika Kultura0.128
135 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica0.127
136 Revue Romane0.118
137 German Quarterly0.108
138 Linguistique0.105
139 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur0.103
140 Journal of English and Germanic Philology0.092
141 Translation Review0.091
142 Forum for Modern Language Studies0.088
143 Iberoromania0.086
144 Studies in Philology0.078
145 Modern Philology0.061
146 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies0.052
147 Romance Philology0.042
148 Revue des Langues Romanes0.018
149 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen0.004
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