New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Language & Linguistics

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics33
2 Computer Assisted Language Learning28
3 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development26
4 Journal of English for Academic Purposes23
5 Applied Linguistics Review21
- International Journal of Applied Linguistics21
7 Language Teaching20
- Recall20
- ELT Journal20
10 Linguistics and Education18
- Journal of Pragmatics18
12 Language and Education17
13 Annual Review of Linguistics15
- International Journal of Multilingualism15
15 Language Testing14
- Language Assessment Quarterly14
- International Journal of Bilingualism14
- Journal of Language Identity and Education14
19 Lingua13
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism13
- Journal of Phonetics13
- Language Awareness13
23 Interpreter and Translator Trainer12
- Language Culture and Curriculum12
- Current Issues in Language Planning12
26 Language Policy11
- Language Sciences11
- Natural Language Engineering11
- World Englishes11
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics11
- Journal of Language and Politics11
- Language and Cognition11
- Metaphor and Symbol11
34 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism10
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice10
- Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory10
- Language and Intercultural Communication10
- Linguistic Inquiry10
- Literacy10
- First Language10
- International Multilingual Research Journal10
42 Linguistics Vanguard9
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture9
44 Gender and Language8
- Translation Studies8
- Linguistics8
- Linguistics and Philosophy8
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication8
- English Teaching-Practice and Critique8
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies8
- Intercultural Pragmatics8
- Translator8
53 Cognitive Linguistics7
- English Today7
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology7
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory7
- Argumentation7
- English World-Wide7
59 Across Languages and Cultures6
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation6
- Canadian Journal of Linguistics-Revue Canadienne de Linguistique6
- Text & Talk6
- Translation and Interpreting Studies6
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics6
- Language Matters6
- Language Variation and Change6
- Linguistic Typology6
- Australian Journal of Linguistics6
- Pragmatics and Society6
- Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion6
- Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies6
- Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics6
- Humor-International Journal of Humor Research6
- International Journal of Lexicography6
- Journal of Linguistics6
- Language Acquisition6
77 Langue Francaise5
- American Speech5
- Pragmatics5
- Review of Cognitive Linguistics5
- Diachronica5
- English Language & Linguistics5
- Folia Linguistica5
- Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research5
- Gesture5
- Zeitschrift fuer Slawistik5
- Journal of French Language Studies5
- Journal of Logic Language and Information5
- Journal of the International Phonetic Association5
- Langages5
- Language Learning and Development5
- Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies5
- Nordic Journal of Linguistics5
- Phonetica5
- Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics5
- Studies in Language5
- Theoretical Linguistics5
- Journal of English Linguistics5
- Journal of Semantics5
100 Linguistic Review4
- Meta4
- Names-A Journal of Onomastics4
- Pragmatics & Cognition4
- Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada4
- Rhetoric Review4
- Spanish in Context4
- International Journal of American Linguistics4
- Zeitschrift fuer Germanistische Linguistik4
- Language Problems & Language Planning4
- LiLi-Zeitschrift fuer Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik4
- Acta Linguistica Academica4
- Narrative Inquiry4
- Revista Signos4
- European Journal of English Studies4
- Studia Linguistica4
- Style4
- Functions of Language4
- Transactions of the Philological Society4
- Zeitschrift fuer Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archaologie4
- Journal of Germanic Linguistics4
- Language and Literature4
122 Neophilologus3
- Phonology3
- Forum Italicum3
- Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur3
- RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica3
- Forum for Modern Language Studies3
- German Quarterly3
- Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages3
130 Linguistique2
- Modern Philology2
- Estudios Filologicos2
- European Journal of Scandinavian Studies2
- Studia Neophilologica2
- Studies in Philology2
- Historiographia Linguistica2
- Iberoromania2
- Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie2
- Revista de Filologia Espanola2
- Revue Romane2
- Translation Review2
- Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie2
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology2
- Kritika Kultura2
- Language & History2
146 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen1
- Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies1
- Revue des Langues Romanes1
149 Romance Philology0
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