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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics12.050
2 Pragmatics11.588
3 Computer Assisted Language Learning10.433
4 Recall9.548
5 Annual Review of Linguistics7.517
6 Language Teaching6.414
7 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development4.916
8 Applied Linguistics Review4.865
9 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4.723
10 Natural Language Engineering4.697
11 ELT Journal4.582
12 Metaphor and Symbol4.306
13 Journal of English for Academic Purposes4.214
14 Language Culture and Curriculum3.877
15 Language Testing3.743
16 Journal of Phonetics3.620
17 International Multilingual Research Journal3.615
18 Linguistics and Education3.572
19 Language and Education3.273
20 Language Awareness3.268
21 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism3.185
22 Journal of Language Identity and Education3.068
23 Journal of Pragmatics3.012
24 Language and Intercultural Communication2.876
25 Current Issues in Language Planning2.870
26 Language Assessment Quarterly2.717
27 First Language2.694
28 International Journal of Multilingualism2.594
29 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2.475
30 Cognitive Linguistics2.337
31 Language Policy2.276
32 International Journal of Bilingualism2.250
33 Interpreter and Translator Trainer2.198
34 Language Sciences2.184
35 Linguistics and Philosophy2.155
36 Language Learning and Development2.125
37 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture2.116
38 Gender and Language2.112
39 Linguistic Inquiry2.096
40 Journal of Semantics2.081
41 Language Acquisition2.054
42 Literacy1.994
43 Journal of Language and Politics1.985
44 English Teaching-Practice and Critique1.916
45 Lingua1.885
46 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication1.845
47 International Journal of Applied Linguistics1.762
48 Language Variation and Change1.756
49 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory1.728
50 Linguistics1.714
51 Intercultural Pragmatics1.693
52 World Englishes1.660
53 Linguistic Typology1.644
54 Argumentation1.635
55 Language and Cognition1.594
56 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics1.542
57 Text & Talk1.508
58 Journal of English Linguistics1.468
59 English World-Wide1.460
60 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies1.455
61 Across Languages and Cultures1.402
62 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice1.346
63 Translation Studies1.331
64 Pragmatics & Cognition1.312
65 Language Matters1.306
- Journal of Logic Language and Information1.306
67 Narrative Inquiry1.297
68 Linguistics Vanguard1.290
69 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology1.288
70 Studies in Language1.286
71 Gesture1.250
72 Pragmatics and Society1.214
73 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research1.179
74 Diachronica1.178
75 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies1.172
76 Language and Literature1.148
77 Translator1.137
78 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory1.134
79 Phonetica1.125
80 Linguistic Review1.115
81 Translation and Interpreting Studies1.112
82 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research1.070
83 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics1.048
84 Langue Francaise1.007
85 Journal of Linguistics0.979
86 Langages0.922
87 Australian Journal of Linguistics0.919
88 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies0.841
89 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada0.829
90 International Journal of Lexicography0.789
- Journal of French Language Studies0.789
92 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics0.787
93 European Journal of English Studies0.783
94 American Speech0.777
95 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages0.759
96 Review of Cognitive Linguistics0.752
97 Studia Linguistica0.746
98 Language Problems & Language Planning0.745
99 Phonology0.729
100 Revista Signos0.728
101 English Today0.707
102 Spanish in Context0.706
103 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation0.678
104 Nordic Journal of Linguistics0.676
105 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion0.670
106 English Language & Linguistics0.667
107 Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique0.655
108 Transactions of the Philological Society0.644
109 Functions of Language0.588
110 Names-A Journal of Onomastics0.581
111 Rhetoric Review0.560
112 Journal of the International Phonetic Association0.559
113 Theoretical Linguistics0.549
- Folia Linguistica0.549
115 Acta Linguistica Academica0.534
116 Journal of Germanic Linguistics0.522
117 Language & History0.478
118 Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik0.426
119 Meta0.391
120 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik0.367
121 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies0.346
122 Neophilologus0.333
123 Studia Neophilologica0.297
124 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie0.259
125 International Journal of American Linguistics0.253
126 Revista de Filologia Espanola0.188
127 Estudios Filologicos0.187
128 Historiographia Linguistica0.183
129 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik0.176
130 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie0.173
131 Style0.144
132 Kritika Kultura0.126
133 Forum Italicum0.124
134 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie0.117
135 Revue Romane0.115
136 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica0.113
137 German Quarterly0.106
138 Journal of English and Germanic Philology0.096
139 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur0.095
140 Linguistique0.091
141 Translation Review0.088
142 Forum for Modern Language Studies0.082
143 Studies in Philology0.072
144 Iberoromania0.071
145 Modern Philology0.056
146 European Journal of Scandinavian Studies0.043
147 Romance Philology0.036
148 Revue des Langues Romanes0.009
149 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen0.004
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