New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Linguistics

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1353
2 System1025
3 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development950
4 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology880
5 Journal of Pragmatics761
6 Pragmatics737
7 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders679
8 International Journal of Applied Linguistics673
9 Language Teaching Research611
10 International Journal of Multilingualism522
11 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities488
12 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition440
13 Journal of English for Academic Purposes420
14 TESOL Quarterly416
15 Lingua411
16 Language in Society394
17 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching388
18 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics386
19 Aphasiology377
20 International Journal of Bilingualism368
21 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice361
22 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research360
23 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology359
24 Applied Linguistics357
25 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools356
- Linguistics Vanguard356
27 Brain and Language344
28 Applied Linguistics Review342
29 Linguistics and Education328
30 Modern Language Journal326
31 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism325
32 Computer Assisted Language Learning316
33 Language Cognition and Neuroscience305
34 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion304
35 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics303
36 Journal of Language Identity and Education300
37 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching298
38 Assessing Writing297
39 Journal of Second Language Writing295
40 Journal of Child Language290
41 Language Learning283
42 Language & Communication281
43 Language and Education280
44 Language and Cognition277
45 Journal of Language and Politics273
46 Journal of Communication Disorders272
47 Journal of Memory and Language271
48 Studies in Second Language Acquisition269
49 Foreign Language Annals266
50 Folia Linguistica265
51 English Language & Linguistics262
52 Social Semiotics260
53 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies250
54 ELT Journal249
55 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation247
56 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics246
57 Pragmatics and Society244
58 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica241
59 Language and Intercultural Communication238
- RELC Journal238
61 Journal of Sociolinguistics219
62 Language Teaching210
63 English for Specific Purposes205
64 Journal of Linguistics201
- Journal of Phonetics201
66 Applied Psycholinguistics199
- First Language199
68 World Englishes198
69 Linguistics196
70 Language Sciences193
71 Mind & Language191
72 Language and Speech186
73 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism182
74 English Today181
75 Current Issues in Language Planning178
76 Journal of Neurolinguistics172
77 Journal of Fluency Disorders167
- Language Awareness167
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory167
80 Language Testing164
- Intercultural Pragmatics164
82 Literacy159
- Review of Cognitive Linguistics159
84 Linguistic Inquiry157
85 Journal of Language and Social Psychology155
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology155
87 Text & Talk150
88 Language Policy149
89 English Teaching-Practice and Critique148
90 Interpreter and Translator Trainer141
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching141
92 International Journal of American Linguistics137
93 Langages136
94 Second Language Research133
95 Translator132
- Revista Signos132
97 Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication131
98 Argumentation128
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies128
100 Names-A Journal of Onomastics125
- Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics125
102 European Journal of English Studies124
- Language Culture and Curriculum124
104 Language Assessment Quarterly123
105 Translation Studies122
106 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics121
107 International Journal of Lexicography117
108 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada116
109 Spanish in Context114
110 Journal of the International Phonetic Association113
111 Journal of French Language Studies110
112 Acta Linguistica Academica106
- Linguistics and Philosophy106
- Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory106
- Diachronica106
116 Across Languages and Cultures105
117 Language and Literature102
- Estudios Filologicos102
119 Studies in Language101
- Gender and Language101
121 American Speech100
122 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages99
- Linguistic Typology99
- Phonetica99
- Topics in Language Disorders99
- Language Acquisition99
- Linguistic Review99
128 Natural Language Engineering97
- Language Learning and Development97
130 Nordic Journal of Linguistics96
- Recall96
- International Multilingual Research Journal96
133 Translation and Interpreting Studies92
134 Cognitive Linguistics91
- Interaction Studies91
136 Journal of English Linguistics89
137 Language Problems & Language Planning88
138 Pragmatics & Cognition87
139 Historiographia Linguistica86
140 Communication Disorders Quarterly85
141 Australian Journal of Linguistics84
142 Signs and Society83
143 Metaphor and Symbol82
- Annual Review of Linguistics82
- Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes82
146 Functions of Language80
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture80
148 Theoretical Linguistics79
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics79
- Language Matters79
151 English World-Wide78
152 Research on Language and Social Interaction77
153 Phonology76
154 Language & History75
- Gesture75
156 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research73
157 Language Variation and Change72
158 Narrative Inquiry68
159 Journal of Germanic Linguistics67
160 Journal of Semantics63
161 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies57
162 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies29
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