New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Pragmatics43
2 System42
3 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics30
4 Computer Assisted Language Learning27
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development27
6 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research24
- Language Teaching Research24
8 RELC Journal23
9 Assessing Writing22
10 TESOL Quarterly21
- Journal of Second Language Writing21
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology21
13 Applied Linguistics Review20
- Language Teaching20
15 Journal of Pragmatics19
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition19
- Applied Linguistics19
18 Journal of English for Academic Purposes18
19 Recall17
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching17
- Language Learning17
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools17
- Brain and Language17
- Modern Language Journal17
25 ELT Journal16
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching16
27 English for Specific Purposes15
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism15
- Journal of Memory and Language15
- Language and Education15
- Linguistics and Education15
- Bilingualism-Language and Cognition15
33 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders14
- International Journal of Multilingualism14
- Journal of Communication Disorders14
- Journal of Language Identity and Education14
- Annual Review of Linguistics14
38 Language and Intercultural Communication13
- Foreign Language Annals13
- International Journal of Applied Linguistics13
- International Journal of Bilingualism13
- Journal of Psycholinguistic Research13
- Applied Psycholinguistics13
44 Current Issues in Language Planning12
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics12
- Journal of Language and Social Psychology12
- Language & Communication12
- Aphasiology12
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching12
- Journal of Phonetics12
- Language Testing12
- Mind & Language12
53 Natural Language Engineering11
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology11
- Metaphor and Symbol11
- Language Cognition and Neuroscience11
- Lingua11
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism11
59 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities10
- Research on Language and Social Interaction10
- Journal of Child Language10
- Language Awareness10
- International Multilingual Research Journal10
- Journal of Language and Politics10
- Journal of Sociolinguistics10
- Language Assessment Quarterly10
- Language Culture and Curriculum10
- Language in Society10
- Language Policy10
70 World Englishes9
- Journal of Fluency Disorders9
- Journal of Neurolinguistics9
- Cognitive Linguistics9
- Social Semiotics9
- Language Sciences9
- Literacy9
77 Interaction Studies8
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer8
- Language and Cognition8
- Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies8
- Linguistic Inquiry8
- Argumentation8
- Linguistics8
- Linguistics and Philosophy8
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice8
- First Language8
- Gender and Language8
- Second Language Research8
- Intercultural Pragmatics8
- Topics in Language Disorders8
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture8
- Linguistics Vanguard8
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics8
- Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory8
95 English Teaching-Practice and Critique7
- Pragmatics and Society7
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology7
- Language and Speech7
- Linguistic Typology7
- Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics7
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies7
- Text & Talk7
- Journal of Linguistics7
- Language Acquisition7
- Language Learning and Development7
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication7
107 English World-Wide6
- Folia Linguistica6
- Gesture6
- Signs and Society6
- Translation Studies6
- Journal of Semantics6
- Language Matters6
- Language Variation and Change6
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation6
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory6
- English Language & Linguistics6
- Translator6
- Journal of English Linguistics6
- Language and Literature6
- Across Languages and Cultures6
122 Phonetica5
- European Journal of English Studies5
- Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada5
- Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies5
- Studies in Language5
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics5
- Langages5
- Language Problems & Language Planning5
- American Speech5
- Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion5
- Diachronica5
- English Today5
- Pragmatics & Cognition5
- Review of Cognitive Linguistics5
- Revista Signos5
- Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research5
- Translation and Interpreting Studies5
- Journal of French Language Studies5
- Linguistic Review5
- Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes5
- Communication Disorders Quarterly5
- Narrative Inquiry5
144 Nordic Journal of Linguistics4
- Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics4
- International Journal of Lexicography4
- Theoretical Linguistics4
- Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages4
- Acta Linguistica Academica4
- Phonology4
- Spanish in Context4
- Journal of the International Phonetic Association4
- Australian Journal of Linguistics4
154 Functions of Language3
- International Journal of American Linguistics3
- Journal of Germanic Linguistics3
- Names-A Journal of Onomastics3
158 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica2
- Historiographia Linguistica2
- Language & History2
- Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies2
- Estudios Filologicos2
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