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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics13.960
2 Computer Assisted Language Learning11.405
3 Pragmatics10.875
4 Recall9.827
5 Annual Review of Linguistics7.720
6 Language Teaching6.874
7 Applied Linguistics Review5.519
8 Natural Language Engineering5.385
9 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development5.133
10 Metaphor and Symbol4.953
11 ELT Journal4.719
12 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4.651
13 Journal of English for Academic Purposes4.368
14 Language Testing4.333
15 Language Culture and Curriculum4.261
16 Linguistics and Education4.042
17 International Multilingual Research Journal3.979
18 Journal of Phonetics3.584
19 Language and Education3.533
20 Language Assessment Quarterly3.308
21 Language Awareness3.188
22 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism3.145
23 Language and Intercultural Communication2.996
24 Journal of Pragmatics2.972
25 First Language2.884
26 Current Issues in Language Planning2.881
- Journal of Language Identity and Education2.881
28 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture2.721
29 International Journal of Multilingualism2.624
30 Language Policy2.607
31 Interpreter and Translator Trainer2.555
32 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2.553
33 Language Sciences2.476
34 International Journal of Applied Linguistics2.421
35 Literacy2.402
36 Journal of Semantics2.357
37 International Journal of Bilingualism2.338
38 Linguistic Inquiry2.251
39 Language Acquisition2.185
40 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication2.125
41 Linguistics and Philosophy2.097
42 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory2.050
43 Gender and Language2.046
44 Language Variation and Change2.041
45 Lingua2.010
46 Language and Cognition2.008
47 Journal of Language and Politics1.941
48 Language Learning and Development1.918
49 World Englishes1.909
50 Cognitive Linguistics1.871
51 English World-Wide1.868
52 English Teaching-Practice and Critique1.790
53 Argumentation1.765
54 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice1.622
55 Linguistics1.618
56 Intercultural Pragmatics1.609
57 Journal of English Linguistics1.607
58 Text & Talk1.599
59 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies1.574
60 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.538
61 Translation Studies1.519
62 Studies in Language1.417
63 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics1.414
64 Pragmatics & Cognition1.411
65 Linguistics Vanguard1.392
66 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory1.389
67 Diachronica1.373
68 Narrative Inquiry1.357
69 Gesture1.337
70 Language Matters1.333
71 Journal of Logic Language and Information1.317
72 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies1.308
73 Translation and Interpreting Studies1.305
74 Translator1.301
75 Across Languages and Cultures1.295
76 Pragmatics and Society1.281
77 Language and Literature1.227
78 Linguistic Typology1.224
79 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research1.217
80 Linguistic Review1.162
81 Australian Journal of Linguistics1.134
82 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research1.068
83 Langue Francaise1.030
84 Phonetica1.021
85 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics1.020
86 Langages0.971
87 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada0.953
88 American Speech0.947
89 International Journal of Lexicography0.946
90 Journal of Linguistics0.927
91 Revista Signos0.925
92 English Today0.906
93 Journal of French Language Studies0.902
94 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics0.813
95 Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique0.810
96 Review of Cognitive Linguistics0.803
97 Language Problems & Language Planning0.792
98 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages0.783
99 Spanish in Context0.739
100 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies0.738
101 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation0.682
102 Functions of Language0.655
103 Nordic Journal of Linguistics0.653
104 European Journal of English Studies0.649
105 Acta Linguistica Academica0.645
106 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion0.603
107 Theoretical Linguistics0.595
108 Transactions of the Philological Society0.592
109 Journal of the International Phonetic Association0.590
110 English Language & Linguistics0.584
111 Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik0.558
112 Studia Linguistica0.556
113 Names-A Journal of Onomastics0.538
114 Rhetoric Review0.514
115 Journal of Germanic Linguistics0.507
116 Folia Linguistica0.500
117 Phonology0.457
118 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik0.418
119 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies0.385
120 Language & History0.324
121 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie0.322
122 International Journal of American Linguistics0.285
123 Style0.280
124 Neophilologus0.269
125 Meta0.253
126 Studia Neophilologica0.237
127 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik0.230
128 Historiographia Linguistica0.213
129 Estudios Filologicos0.203
130 Forum Italicum0.164
131 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie0.162
132 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie0.149
133 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica0.147
134 Kritika Kultura0.138
135 Revista de Filologia Espanola0.133
136 German Quarterly0.129
137 Revue Romane0.119
138 Linguistique0.116
139 Translation Review0.105
140 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur0.094
- Iberoromania0.094
142 Forum for Modern Language Studies0.093
143 Journal of English and Germanic Philology0.091
144 Studies in Philology0.078
145 Modern Philology0.059
146 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies0.046
147 Revue des Langues Romanes0.038
148 Romance Philology0.030
149 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen0.015
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