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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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Pragmatics918
2 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development820
3 Pragmatics744
4 International Journal of Applied Linguistics423
5 Lingua421
6 International Journal of Multilingualism364
7 Journal of English for Academic Purposes361
8 Linguistics and Education350
9 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice344
10 German Quarterly327
11 International Journal of Bilingualism326
12 Modern Philology317
13 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion313
14 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism311
15 Applied Linguistics Review310
16 Computer Assisted Language Learning304
17 Journal of Language and Politics293
18 Journal of Language Identity and Education290
19 ELT Journal289
20 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie286
21 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen269
22 Language and Education268
23 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation266
24 Forum for Modern Language Studies265
25 Pragmatics and Society255
26 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie252
27 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica246
28 Folia Linguistica241
29 Forum Italicum239
30 English Language & Linguistics233
31 Language and Cognition229
32 Language and Intercultural Communication224
33 Journal of English and Germanic Philology222
34 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies215
35 Linguistics214
36 Journal of Phonetics213
37 Language Teaching204
38 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur198
39 Journal of Linguistics195
40 Text & Talk189
- World Englishes189
42 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik177
43 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik176
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism176
45 First Language175
46 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research172
47 Language Sciences169
48 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology168
49 English Today163
50 Literacy161
51 Language Testing159
- Linguistic Inquiry159
53 Neophilologus155
54 Meta153
- Natural Language Engineering153
- Revista Signos153
57 Current Issues in Language Planning151
58 Language Policy150
59 International Journal of American Linguistics149
60 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory146
61 Intercultural Pragmatics143
- Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada143
- Language Awareness143
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication143
65 Translation Review142
66 Review of Cognitive Linguistics139
67 Translator137
- Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique137
69 Studia Neophilologica135
70 English Teaching-Practice and Critique134
71 Langages132
- Langue Francaise132
- Style132
74 Gender and Language130
75 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics127
76 Translation Studies125
77 Journal of French Language Studies121
78 Studies in Language120
79 Transactions of the Philological Society119
80 Names-A Journal of Onomastics118
- Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik118
82 Journal of the International Phonetic Association117
83 Spanish in Context115
- International Journal of Lexicography115
- Studia Linguistica115
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics115
87 Rhetoric Review114
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer114
89 Language Assessment Quarterly113
- Language Culture and Curriculum113
91 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies112
92 Language Learning and Development111
93 American Speech110
- Estudios Filologicos110
- Iberoromania110
96 Language and Literature109
97 Linguistics and Philosophy106
98 Argumentation104
- Nordic Journal of Linguistics104
100 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages103
- Language Problems & Language Planning103
102 Linguistic Review101
- Diachronica101
104 Journal of Logic Language and Information100
105 Phonetica98
106 Revue des Langues Romanes97
107 International Multilingual Research Journal96
- Recall96
109 Language Acquisition95
110 Historiographia Linguistica93
- Cognitive Linguistics93
112 Linguistic Typology92
- Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory92
114 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie87
115 Translation and Interpreting Studies86
- Across Languages and Cultures86
- Revista de Filologia Espanola86
118 Theoretical Linguistics85
- Metaphor and Symbol85
120 English World-Wide84
- Linguistique84
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture84
123 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research83
- Language Variation and Change83
125 Gesture81
126 Journal of English Linguistics80
127 Studies in Philology79
- Functions of Language79
- Narrative Inquiry79
130 European Journal of English Studies77
- Pragmatics & Cognition77
132 Language Matters76
133 Journal of Semantics73
134 Phonology72
135 Journal of Germanic Linguistics69
136 Australian Journal of Linguistics65
137 Language & History60
138 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics55
139 Revue Romane52
140 Romance Philology28
141 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies25
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