Linguistics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	ca. 11.7
2	Computer Assisted Language Learning	ca. 8.7
3	System	ca. 8
-	Language Teaching	ca. 8
5	Recall	ca. 7.7
-	Journal of Second Language Writing	ca. 7.7
7	Assessing Writing	ca. 7.6
8	RELC Journal	ca. 7.2
9	Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 5.5
10	Annual Review of Linguistics	ca. 5.2
-	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	ca. 5.2
12	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 5.1
-	TESOL Quarterly	ca. 5.1
14	Language Teaching Research	ca. 4.7
15	Modern Language Journal	ca. 4.5
16	Language Assessment Quarterly	ca. 4.4
-	Applied Linguistics Review	ca. 4.4
18	ELT Journal	ca. 4
-	Journal of Sociolinguistics	ca. 4
20	Applied Linguistics	ca. 3.9
21	International Journal of Applied Linguistics	ca. 3.8
22	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	ca. 3.7
-	Language Policy	ca. 3.7
-	Journal of English for Academic Purposes	ca. 3.7
25	Journal of Memory and Language	ca. 3.5
-	Language Learning	ca. 3.5
27	International Journal of Corpus Linguistics	ca. 3.3
28	Language and Education	ca. 3.1
29	International Multilingual Research Journal	ca. 3
-	Linguistics and Education	ca. 3
-	English for Specific Purposes	ca. 3
-	Language Awareness	ca. 3
-	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	ca. 3
34	Metaphor and Symbol	ca. 2.9
35	Research on Language and Social Interaction	ca. 2.8
-	Language Culture and Curriculum	ca. 2.8
-	Language Testing	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Fluency Disorders	ca. 2.8
39	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	ca. 2.7
-	Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism	ca. 2.7
41	International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders	ca. 2.5
-	American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research	ca. 2.5
-	Natural Language Engineering	ca. 2.5
46	Applied Psycholinguistics	ca. 2.4
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	ca. 2.4
-	Mind & Language	ca. 2.4
-	Social Semiotics	ca. 2.4
-	Brain and Language	ca. 2.4

51	Journal of Phonetics	ca. 2.3
-	Linguistic Inquiry	ca. 2.3
53	First Language	ca. 2.2
-	International Journal of Multilingualism	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Communication Disorders	ca. 2.2
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	ca. 2.2
-	Language Sciences	ca. 2.2
-	Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Pragmatics	ca. 2.2
-	Aphasiology	ca. 2.2
-	Argumentation	ca. 2.2
62	Language in Society	ca. 2.1
-	Interpreter and Translator Trainer	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Child Language	ca. 2.1
65	Foreign Language Annals	ca. 2
-	Signs and Society	ca. 2
-	Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture	ca. 2
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	ca. 2
-	Literacy	ca. 2
-	International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism	ca. 2
71	Journal of Language Identity and Education	ca. 1.9
-	Current Issues in Language Planning	ca. 1.9
73	Journal of Language and Politics	ca. 1.8
-	International Journal of Lexicography	ca. 1.8
-	Language and Intercultural Communication	ca. 1.8
-	Language & Communication	ca. 1.8
-	Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 1.8
78	Translation Studies	ca. 1.7
-	Language Acquisition	ca. 1.7
-	Second Language Research	ca. 1.7
81	Journal of English Linguistics	ca. 1.6
-	Lingua	ca. 1.6
-	English Teaching-Practice and Critique	ca. 1.6
-	International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 1.6
-	Language and Cognition	ca. 1.6
-	Language Variation and Change	ca. 1.6
87	International Journal of Bilingualism	ca. 1.5
-	Target-International Journal of Translation Studies	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	ca. 1.5
-	Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies	ca. 1.5
-	Linguistics and Philosophy	ca. 1.5
93	Intercultural Pragmatics	ca. 1.4
-	Australian Journal of Linguistics	ca. 1.4
95	Gender and Language	ca. 1.3
-	Diachronica	ca. 1.3
-	English World-Wide	ca. 1.3
-	Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research	ca. 1.3
-	Linguistics	ca. 1.3
100	Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	ca. 1.2
-	World Englishes	ca. 1.2
-	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	ca. 1.2
-	Translator	ca. 1.2
-	Language Matters	ca. 1.2
-	Linguistic Typology	ca. 1.2
106	Journal of Linguistics	ca. 1.1
-	Language Learning and Development	ca. 1.1
-	Linguistic Review	ca. 1.1
-	Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics	ca. 1.1
-	Narrative Inquiry	ca. 1.1
-	Translation and Interpreting Studies	ca. 1.1
-	Language and Speech	ca. 1.1
-	Language Problems & Language Planning	ca. 1.1
114	Digital Scholarship in the Humanities	ca. 1
-	Pragmatics & Cognition	ca. 1
-	Gesture	ca. 1
-	Journal of Quantitative Linguistics	ca. 1
118	English Language & Linguistics	ca. 0.9
-	English Today	ca. 0.9
-	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	ca. 0.9
-	Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of French Language Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Across Languages and Cultures	ca. 0.9
-	Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes	ca. 0.9
-	Phonetica	ca. 0.9
-	Interaction Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Text & Talk	ca. 0.9
-	Topics in Language Disorders	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Semantics	ca. 0.9
130	Theoretical Linguistics	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	ca. 0.8
-	Linguistics Vanguard	ca. 0.8
-	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	ca. 0.8
-	Functions of Language	ca. 0.8
135	Language and Literature	ca. 0.7
-	Communication Disorders Quarterly	ca. 0.7
137	Phonology	ca. 0.6
-	Studies in Language	ca. 0.6
-	Review of Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 0.6
-	Folia Linguistica	ca. 0.6
-	Revista Signos	ca. 0.6
-	Spanish in Context	ca. 0.6
-	Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation	ca. 0.6
-	Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion	ca. 0.6
-	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	ca. 0.6
146	Pragmatics and Society	ca. 0.5
-	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	ca. 0.5
-	Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Nordic Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.5
-	Pragmatics	ca. 0.5
-	European Journal of English Studies	ca. 0.5
-	International Journal of American Linguistics	ca. 0.5
-	American Speech	ca. 0.5
154	Journal of Germanic Linguistics	ca. 0.4
-	Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages	ca. 0.4
156	Acta Linguistica Academica	ca. 0.3
157	Language & History	ca. 0.2
-	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	ca. 0.2
159	Estudios Filologicos	ca. 0.1
-	Historiographia Linguistica	ca. 0.1
-	Langages	ca. 0.1