Language & Linguistics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. 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	H4-Index
1	Pragmatics	43
2	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	30
3	Computer Assisted Language Learning	27
-	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	27
5	Applied Linguistics Review	20
-	Language Teaching	20
7	Journal of Pragmatics	19
8	Journal of English for Academic Purposes	18
9	Recall	17
10	ELT Journal	16
11	Language and Education	15
-	International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism	15
-	Linguistics and Education	15
14	Journal of Language Identity and Education	14
-	Annual Review of Linguistics	14
-	International Journal of Multilingualism	14
17	International Journal of Applied Linguistics	13
-	International Journal of Bilingualism	13
-	Language and Intercultural Communication	13
20	Current Issues in Language Planning	12
-	International Journal of Corpus Linguistics	12
-	Journal of Phonetics	12
-	Language Testing	12
24	Metaphor and Symbol	11
-	Natural Language Engineering	11
-	Lingua	11
-	Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism	11
28	International Multilingual Research Journal	10
-	Language Awareness	10
-	Journal of Language and Politics	10
-	Language Assessment Quarterly	10
-	Language Culture and Curriculum	10
-	Language Policy	10
34	Literacy	9
-	Cognitive Linguistics	9
-	World Englishes	9
-	Language Sciences	9
38	Argumentation	8
-	First Language	8
-	Intercultural Pragmatics	8
-	Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies	8
-	Linguistic Inquiry	8
-	Linguistics	8
-	Linguistics and Philosophy	8
-	Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	8
-	Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory	8
-	Gender and Language	8
-	Interpreter and Translator Trainer	8
-	Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture	8
-	Language and Cognition	8

-	Linguistics Vanguard	8
52	Pragmatics and Society	7
-	English Teaching-Practice and Critique	7
-	Target-International Journal of Translation Studies	7
-	Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics	7
-	Humor-International Journal of Humor Research	7
-	Journal of Linguistics	7
-	Language Acquisition	7
-	Linguistic Typology	7
-	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	7
-	Text & Talk	7
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	7
-	Language Learning and Development	7
64	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	6
-	English World-Wide	6
-	Translator	6
-	Journal of English Linguistics	6
-	Journal of Semantics	6
-	Language and Literature	6
-	Language Matters	6
-	Language Variation and Change	6
-	Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation	6
-	English Language & Linguistics	6
-	Folia Linguistica	6
-	Gesture	6
-	Translation Studies	6
-	Langue Francaise	6
-	Across Languages and Cultures	6
79	Narrative Inquiry	5
-	Phonetica	5
-	Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion	5
-	Revista Signos	5
-	Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies	5
-	European Journal of English Studies	5
-	Studies in Language	5
-	Language Problems & Language Planning	5
-	Pragmatics & Cognition	5
-	Review of Cognitive Linguistics	5
-	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	5
-	Diachronica	5
-	English Today	5
-	Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research	5
-	Translation and Interpreting Studies	5
-	Journal of French Language Studies	5
-	Journal of Logic Language and Information	5
-	Journal of Quantitative Linguistics	5
-	Langages	5
-	Linguistic Review	5
-	American Speech	5
100	Nordic Journal of Linguistics	4
-	Australian Journal of Linguistics	4
-	Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics	4
-	Studia Linguistica	4
-	Theoretical Linguistics	4
-	Transactions of the Philological Society	4
-	International Journal of Lexicography	4
-	Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages	4
-	Acta Linguistica Academica	4
-	Phonology	4
-	Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique	4
-	Rhetoric Review	4
-	Spanish in Context	4
-	Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik	4
-	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	4
-	Meta	4
116	Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur	3
-	Functions of Language	3
-	German Quarterly	3
-	Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie	3
-	Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie	3
-	Journal of Germanic Linguistics	3
-	LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik	3
-	Neophilologus	3
-	International Journal of American Linguistics	3
-	Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik	3
-	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	3
127	Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie	2
-	Revista de Filologia Espanola	2
-	Revue Romane	2
-	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	2
-	Forum for Modern Language Studies	2
-	Style	2
-	Journal of English and Germanic Philology	2
-	Kritika Kultura	2
-	Language & History	2
-	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	2
-	Estudios Filologicos	2
-	Studia Neophilologica	2
-	Forum Italicum	2
-	Historiographia Linguistica	2
-	Modern Philology	2
142	Translation Review	1
-	Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen	1
-	Revue des Langues Romanes	1
-	Romance Philology	1
-	European Journal of Scandinavian Studies	1
-	Studies in Philology	1
-	Iberoromania	1
-	Linguistique	1