New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Language & Linguistics

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development982
2 International Journal of Applied Linguistics761
3 Journal of Pragmatics760
4 International Journal of Multilingualism535
5 Journal of English for Academic Purposes437
6 International Journal of Bilingualism394
7 Lingua390
8 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice375
9 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics374
10 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics357
11 Linguistics Vanguard353
12 Linguistics and Education340
13 Applied Linguistics Review334
14 Computer Assisted Language Learning307
15 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion306
16 Modern Philology300
17 Journal of Language Identity and Education296
- Language and Education296
19 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism291
20 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie290
- Language and Cognition290
22 Journal of Language and Politics277
23 Folia Linguistica275
24 German Quarterly264
25 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies263
- Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie263
27 Language and Intercultural Communication258
28 English Language & Linguistics254
29 ELT Journal251
30 Forum for Modern Language Studies248
31 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation245
32 Pragmatics and Society239
- Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen239
34 Forum Italicum232
35 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica218
36 Language Teaching208
- World Englishes208
38 Language Sciences205
39 Journal of Phonetics204
40 Current Issues in Language Planning201
41 Journal of English and Germanic Philology199
- Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur199
43 Linguistics198
44 Journal of Linguistics188
45 Meta184
46 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism183
47 English Today181
48 First Language179
49 Language Testing177
50 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research176
51 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik171
52 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory170
- Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik170
54 Intercultural Pragmatics168
55 Linguistic Inquiry167
- Literacy167
57 Language Awareness166
58 English Teaching-Practice and Critique163
59 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology162
60 Language Policy155
61 Studia Neophilologica153
62 Review of Cognitive Linguistics149
63 Text & Talk146
64 Pragmatics144
65 Neophilologus143
66 Argumentation140
67 Style139
68 Language Culture and Curriculum137
69 Langages136
- Langue Francaise136
71 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics134
- Translation Studies134
73 International Journal of American Linguistics133
74 Revista Signos132
75 Translator131
76 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication130
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer130
78 Transactions of the Philological Society128
- Translation Review128
- Journal of the International Phonetic Association128
81 Names-A Journal of Onomastics127
82 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies126
- International Journal of Lexicography126
84 Language Assessment Quarterly123
85 European Journal of English Studies120
86 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory117
87 Iberoromania116
88 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies115
89 Spanish in Context114
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics114
91 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada112
- Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik112
93 Journal of French Language Studies111
- Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique111
95 Phonetica109
- Journal of Logic Language and Information109
97 Acta Linguistica Academica106
98 Diachronica104
- Gender and Language104
100 Across Languages and Cultures103
101 Language and Literature102
- Linguistics and Philosophy102
- Estudios Filologicos102
- Linguistique102
105 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages101
106 Linguistic Typology100
107 Studies in Language99
108 Recall98
- Rhetoric Review98
110 Journal of English Linguistics97
- American Speech97
112 Studia Linguistica96
- Language Problems & Language Planning96
- Linguistic Review96
115 Language Acquisition95
116 Nordic Journal of Linguistics94
117 International Multilingual Research Journal93
- Historiographia Linguistica93
- Cognitive Linguistics93
120 Language Learning and Development91
121 Functions of Language89
- Studies in Philology89
123 Revista de Filologia Espanola88
- Australian Journal of Linguistics88
- Pragmatics & Cognition88
126 Revue des Langues Romanes87
- Translation and Interpreting Studies87
128 Natural Language Engineering85
129 Metaphor and Symbol84
130 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics83
131 Language Matters82
- Annual Review of Linguistics82
133 Gesture81
134 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture80
135 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie79
136 Revue Romane75
137 Phonology74
138 English World-Wide73
139 Theoretical Linguistics71
- Journal of Germanic Linguistics71
- Language Variation and Change71
- Narrative Inquiry71
143 Language & History70
144 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research66
145 Journal of Semantics62
146 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies57
147 Kritika Kultura53
148 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies44
149 Romance Philology34
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