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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development896
2 Journal of Pragmatics760
3 Pragmatics741
4 International Journal of Applied Linguistics727
5 International Journal of Multilingualism534
6 Journal of English for Academic Purposes449
7 Lingua397
8 International Journal of Bilingualism391
9 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics377
10 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice363
11 Linguistics Vanguard358
12 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics330
- Applied Linguistics Review330
14 Linguistics and Education322
15 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion317
16 Computer Assisted Language Learning310
17 Language and Education294
18 Journal of Language Identity and Education292
19 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism291
20 Modern Philology290
21 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie286
22 Language and Cognition282
23 German Quarterly278
24 Journal of Language and Politics276
25 Folia Linguistica268
26 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie263
27 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies262
28 English Language & Linguistics256
29 Forum for Modern Language Studies254
30 Language and Intercultural Communication253
31 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation251
- ELT Journal251
33 Pragmatics and Society243
34 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen239
35 Forum Italicum234
36 Journal of English and Germanic Philology220
37 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica218
38 Language Sciences211
39 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur198
40 Language Teaching196
41 Linguistics193
- Current Issues in Language Planning193
43 World Englishes191
44 Journal of Linguistics190
45 Meta184
46 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism183
47 English Today181
48 Journal of Phonetics174
- Humor-International Journal of Humor Research174
50 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik170
51 Language Testing169
52 First Language168
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory168
54 Language Awareness167
55 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik166
56 Literacy165
57 Intercultural Pragmatics163
58 Linguistic Inquiry160
59 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology159
60 English Teaching-Practice and Critique158
61 Language Policy151
62 Review of Cognitive Linguistics149
63 Studia Neophilologica146
- Text & Talk146
65 Argumentation137
66 International Journal of American Linguistics136
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer136
- Language Culture and Curriculum136
- Langue Francaise136
- Neophilologus136
71 Translator133
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication133
73 Revista Signos132
74 Style131
75 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies127
- Transactions of the Philological Society127
77 Langages126
78 Journal of the International Phonetic Association125
- Language Assessment Quarterly125
- Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics125
81 Translation Studies123
82 International Journal of Lexicography122
83 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics120
84 Journal of French Language Studies118
- European Journal of English Studies118
86 Names-A Journal of Onomastics117
87 Iberoromania116
88 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies115
- Translation Review115
90 Spanish in Context114
91 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada113
92 Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik112
93 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory111
94 Journal of Logic Language and Information109
95 Rhetoric Review107
- Phonetica107
97 Acta Linguistica Academica105
98 Gender and Language103
- Diachronica103
- Linguistic Typology103
101 Estudios Filologicos102
- Linguistic Review102
- Linguistique102
- Across Languages and Cultures102
105 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages101
106 Studies in Language100
- Language and Literature100
108 Language Problems & Language Planning99
- Linguistics and Philosophy99
110 Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique98
- Revista de Filologia Espanola98
112 American Speech97
- Studia Linguistica97
114 Nordic Journal of Linguistics96
- Recall96
116 Journal of English Linguistics94
117 Translation and Interpreting Studies92
- Cognitive Linguistics92
- Language Acquisition92
120 Language Learning and Development91
121 International Multilingual Research Journal90
122 Functions of Language89
123 Historiographia Linguistica88
- Natural Language Engineering88
125 Pragmatics & Cognition87
- Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie87
127 Australian Journal of Linguistics86
128 Studies in Philology85
129 Metaphor and Symbol84
130 Annual Review of Linguistics82
131 Gesture81
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics81
133 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture80
134 Language Variation and Change75
- Revue Romane75
136 English World-Wide73
137 Revue des Langues Romanes72
- Language & History72
- Language Matters72
140 Theoretical Linguistics70
- Journal of Germanic Linguistics70
142 Phonology69
143 Narrative Inquiry68
144 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research67
145 Journal of Semantics61
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 Philology32
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