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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Pragmatics11.431
2 Computer Assisted Language Learning10.916
3 Recall8.800
4 Language Teaching5.768
5 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development4.562
6 Applied Linguistics Review4.500
7 Natural Language Engineering4.393
8 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4.366
9 ELT Journal4.296
10 Journal of English for Academic Purposes4.132
11 Language Culture and Curriculum4.124
12 Metaphor and Symbol4.048
13 Journal of Phonetics3.773
14 Language Testing3.723
15 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism3.545
16 Linguistics and Education3.387
17 Language Awareness3.350
18 International Multilingual Research Journal3.189
19 Language and Education3.147
20 Journal of Pragmatics3.027
21 Journal of Language Identity and Education3.003
22 Language and Intercultural Communication2.898
23 Current Issues in Language Planning2.789
24 Language Assessment Quarterly2.716
25 International Journal of Multilingualism2.690
26 First Language2.612
27 International Journal of Bilingualism2.456
28 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism2.439
29 Language Learning and Development2.373
30 Language Policy2.365
31 Interpreter and Translator Trainer2.184
32 Cognitive Linguistics2.151
33 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology2.128
34 Gender and Language2.108
35 Linguistics and Philosophy2.056
36 Linguistic Inquiry1.968
37 Journal of Language and Politics1.964
38 Journal of Semantics1.959
39 Language Acquisition1.936
40 Lingua1.882
41 Language Sciences1.876
42 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication1.848
43 Literacy1.823
44 Linguistics1.798
45 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture1.776
46 Text & Talk1.764
47 English Teaching-Practice and Critique1.748
48 Intercultural Pragmatics1.728
49 Language and Cognition1.684
50 Linguistic Typology1.670
51 Language Variation and Change1.610
52 Argumentation1.555
53 International Journal of Applied Linguistics1.550
54 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory1.537
55 World Englishes1.503
56 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics1.491
57 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies1.437
58 English World-Wide1.429
59 Across Languages and Cultures1.395
60 Journal of English Linguistics1.375
61 Gesture1.370
62 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice1.311
63 Narrative Inquiry1.263
64 Studies in Language1.254
65 Translation Studies1.246
66 Language Matters1.228
67 Linguistic Review1.188
- Journal of Logic Language and Information1.188
69 Pragmatics and Society1.185
70 Diachronica1.137
71 Pragmatics & Cognition1.130
72 Translator1.116
73 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory1.081
74 Humor-International Journal of Humor Research1.056
75 Translation and Interpreting Studies1.035
76 Language and Literature1.018
77 Langue Francaise1.007
78 Phonetica0.990
79 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research0.988
80 American Speech0.955
81 Journal of Linguistics0.938
82 Phonology0.917
83 Langages0.868
84 Revista Signos0.850
85 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies0.830
86 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada0.819
87 Australian Journal of Linguistics0.797
88 Journal of the International Phonetic Association0.767
89 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics0.762
90 Journal of French Language Studies0.760
91 Review of Cognitive Linguistics0.739
92 Studia Linguistica0.735
93 English Today0.720
94 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages0.717
95 Nordic Journal of Linguistics0.705
96 European Journal of English Studies0.693
97 Language Problems & Language Planning0.686
98 English Language & Linguistics0.668
99 Spanish in Context0.667
100 Rhetoric Review0.652
101 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation0.645
102 International Journal of Lexicography0.625
103 Transactions of the Philological Society0.597
104 Names-A Journal of Onomastics0.592
105 Journal of Germanic Linguistics0.583
106 Functions of Language0.582
107 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion0.571
108 Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique0.570
109 Folia Linguistica0.556
110 Language & History0.533
111 Theoretical Linguistics0.507
112 Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik0.475
113 Meta0.473
114 LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik0.423
115 Neophilologus0.314
116 Studia Neophilologica0.306
117 Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie0.302
118 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies0.269
119 International Journal of American Linguistics0.250
120 Historiographia Linguistica0.183
121 Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik0.174
122 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie0.169
123 Estudios Filologicos0.155
124 Revista de Filologia Espanola0.141
125 Style0.129
126 Journal of English and Germanic Philology0.108
127 German Quarterly0.106
- Forum Italicum0.106
129 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica0.105
130 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie0.100
131 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur0.095
132 Modern Philology0.082
133 Linguistique0.080
134 Revue Romane0.078
135 Studies in Philology0.076
136 Iberoromania0.073
137 Translation Review0.070
138 Forum for Modern Language Studies0.063
139 Romance Philology0.036
140 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen0.004
141 Revue des Langues Romanes0.000
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