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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	25
2	RELC Journal	20
-	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	20
4	Language Teaching	18
5	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	17
-	TESOL Quarterly	17
7	Applied Linguistics	16
-	Modern Language Journal	16
9	Brain and Language	15
10	Language Learning	14
-	Journal of Communication Disorders	14
12	Foreign Language Annals	13
13	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	12
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	12
-	Aphasiology	12
-	Journal of Phonetics	12
17	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	11
-	Language & Communication	11
-	Language Testing	11
-	Mind & Language	11
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	11
-	Lingua	11
23	Linguistics	9
-	Language in Society	9
-	Second Language Research	9
26	Topics in Language Disorders	8
-	Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics	8
-	Journal of Fluency Disorders	8
-	Linguistics and Philosophy	8
30	First Language	7
-	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	7
-	Language and Speech	7
33	Linguistic Inquiry	6
-	Journal of Semantics	6
35	American Speech	5
-	Diachronica	5
-	English World-Wide	5
-	Journal of English Linguistics	5
-	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	5
-	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	5
-	Journal of Linguistics	5
-	Phonetica	5
43	Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes	4
-	English Today	4
-	Folia Linguistica	4
-	Language Problems & Language Planning	4
-	Linguistic Review	4
-	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	4
49	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	3
50	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	2

-	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	2
-	International Journal of American Linguistics	2
53	Estudios Filologicos	1