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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics14.785
2 Computer Assisted Language Learning11.679
3 Pragmatics10.875
4 Recall10.131
5 Annual Review of Linguistics7.951
6 Language Teaching6.980
7 Natural Language Engineering5.715
8 Applied Linguistics Review5.641
9 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development5.276
10 Metaphor and Symbol5.141
11 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4.819
12 Language Testing4.503
13 Journal of English for Academic Purposes4.465
14 Language Culture and Curriculum4.353
15 Linguistics and Education4.260
16 ELT Journal4.012
17 International Multilingual Research Journal3.936
18 Journal of Phonetics3.807
19 Language and Education3.615
20 Language Awareness3.307
21 Language Assessment Quarterly3.208
22 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism3.159
23 Journal of Pragmatics2.942
24 Journal of Language Identity and Education2.937
25 First Language2.928
26 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture2.800
27 Current Issues in Language Planning2.794
28 Language Policy2.786
29 Language and Intercultural Communication2.782
30 Interpreter and Translator Trainer2.664
31 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2.591
32 International Journal of Multilingualism2.537
33 International Journal of Applied Linguistics2.519
34 Literacy2.482
35 Language Sciences2.451
36 International Journal of Bilingualism2.430
37 Linguistic Inquiry2.365
38 Journal of Semantics2.261
39 Linguistics and Philosophy2.238
40 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication2.216
41 Gender and Language2.198
42 Language Variation and Change2.187
43 Language Acquisition2.116
44 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory2.080
45 Language and Cognition2.064
46 World Englishes2.059
47 Journal of Language and Politics2.018
48 Lingua2.007
49 Cognitive Linguistics1.915
50 English Teaching-Practice and Critique1.890
51 English World-Wide1.870
52 Argumentation1.867
53 Language Learning and Development1.823
54 Intercultural Pragmatics1.667
55 Linguistics1.647
56 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies1.627
57 Translation Studies1.618
58 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice1.594
59 Text & Talk1.579
60 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.477
61 Linguistics Vanguard1.463
62 Language Matters1.459
63 Narrative Inquiry1.426
64 Across Languages and Cultures1.406
65 Diachronica1.385
66 Translation and Interpreting Studies1.384
67 Translator1.373
68 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory1.369
69 Journal of Logic Language and Information1.324
70 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research1.318
71 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics1.292
72 Language and Literature1.259
73 Linguistic Typology1.242
74 Studies in Language1.239
75 Australian Journal of Linguistics1.232
76 Linguistic Review1.230
77 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research1.154
78 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies1.152
79 Journal of English Linguistics1.140
80 International Journal of Lexicography1.090
81 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics1.063
82 Phonetica1.051
83 Pragmatics & Cognition1.040
84 American Speech0.965
85 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada0.964
86 English Today0.949
87 Journal of Linguistics0.948
88 Pragmatics and Society0.947
89 Journal of French Language Studies0.902
90 Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique0.884
91 Langages0.839
92 Gesture0.829
93 Review of Cognitive Linguistics0.826
94 Language Problems & Language Planning0.787
95 Spanish in Context0.785
96 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics0.770
97 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies0.768
98 Langue Francaise0.740
99 Functions of Language0.698
100 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation0.692
101 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion0.676
102 Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik0.673
103 European Journal of English Studies0.659
104 Nordic Journal of Linguistics0.653
105 Revista Signos0.646
106 Theoretical Linguistics0.633
107 Transactions of the Philological Society0.627
108 English Language & Linguistics0.625
109 Journal of the International Phonetic Association0.622
110 Journal of Germanic Linguistics0.620
111 Rhetoric Review0.575
112 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages0.553
113 Folia Linguistica0.545
114 Studia Linguistica0.541
115 Names-A Journal of Onomastics0.528
116 Phonology0.466
117 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik0.451
118 Acta Linguistica Academica0.422
119 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie0.345
120 Language & History0.338
121 Meta0.299
122 Style0.294
123 Neophilologus0.288
- International Journal of American Linguistics0.288
125 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik0.267
126 Kritika Kultura0.238
127 Estudios Filologicos0.236
- RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica0.236
129 Studia Neophilologica0.230
130 Forum Italicum0.189
131 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie0.184
132 Revista de Filologia Espanola0.179
133 Historiographia Linguistica0.173
- Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie0.173
135 German Quarterly0.132
136 Linguistique0.128
137 Forum for Modern Language Studies0.117
138 Translation Review0.105
139 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur0.104
140 Journal of English and Germanic Philology0.095
- Revue Romane0.095
142 Iberoromania0.094
143 Studies in Philology0.078
144 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies0.069
145 Modern Philology0.059
146 Revue des Langues Romanes0.038
147 Romance Philology0.030
148 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen0.015
149 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies0.000
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