New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1384
2 System1058
3 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development896
4 Journal of Pragmatics760
5 Pragmatics741
6 International Journal of Applied Linguistics727
7 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology712
8 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders690
9 Language Teaching Research626
10 International Journal of Multilingualism534
11 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities512
12 TESOL Quarterly454
13 Journal of English for Academic Purposes449
- Bilingualism-Language and Cognition449
15 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching415
16 Lingua397
17 Aphasiology391
- International Journal of Bilingualism391
- Language in Society391
20 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research378
21 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics377
22 Applied Linguistics373
23 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools368
24 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice363
25 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology358
- Linguistics Vanguard358
27 Assessing Writing334
28 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics330
- Applied Linguistics Review330
30 Modern Language Journal322
- Linguistics and Education322
32 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion317
33 Computer Assisted Language Learning310
34 Language Cognition and Neuroscience305
35 Language and Education294
36 Journal of Child Language293
37 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching292
- Journal of Language Identity and Education292
39 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism291
40 Language Learning289
41 Language and Cognition282
- Language & Communication282
43 Studies in Second Language Acquisition281
44 Journal of Language and Politics276
45 Journal of Communication Disorders272
46 Journal of Memory and Language270
47 Folia Linguistica268
48 Journal of Second Language Writing264
- Social Semiotics264
50 Brain and Language262
- Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies262
52 Foreign Language Annals258
53 English Language & Linguistics256
54 Language and Intercultural Communication253
55 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation251
- ELT Journal251
57 Pragmatics and Society243
58 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics241
59 Journal of Sociolinguistics230
60 English for Specific Purposes229
61 RELC Journal220
62 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica218
63 Language Sciences211
64 Mind & Language202
65 Language Teaching196
66 Linguistics193
- Current Issues in Language Planning193
68 Applied Psycholinguistics192
69 World Englishes191
- Language and Speech191
71 Journal of Linguistics190
72 Journal of Fluency Disorders185
73 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism183
74 English Today181
75 Journal of Phonetics174
76 Language Testing169
77 Natural Language & Linguistic Theory168
- First Language168
79 Language Awareness167
80 Literacy165
81 Intercultural Pragmatics163
82 Linguistic Inquiry160
83 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology159
84 Journal of Neurolinguistics158
- English Teaching-Practice and Critique158
86 Journal of Language and Social Psychology152
87 Language Policy151
88 Review of Cognitive Linguistics149
89 Text & Talk146
90 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching141
91 Argumentation137
92 Interpreter and Translator Trainer136
- International Journal of American Linguistics136
- Language Culture and Curriculum136
95 Translator133
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication133
97 Revista Signos132
98 Second Language Research131
99 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies127
100 Langages126
101 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics125
- Journal of the International Phonetic Association125
- Language Assessment Quarterly125
104 Translation Studies123
105 International Journal of Lexicography122
106 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics120
107 European Journal of English Studies118
- Journal of French Language Studies118
109 Names-A Journal of Onomastics117
110 Spanish in Context114
111 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada113
112 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory111
113 Phonetica107
114 Acta Linguistica Academica105
115 Linguistic Typology103
- Diachronica103
- Gender and Language103
118 Across Languages and Cultures102
- Linguistic Review102
- Estudios Filologicos102
121 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages101
122 Studies in Language100
- Language and Literature100
124 Language Problems & Language Planning99
- Linguistics and Philosophy99
- Topics in Language Disorders99
127 Signs and Society98
128 American Speech97
129 Nordic Journal of Linguistics96
- Recall96
131 Interaction Studies95
132 Journal of English Linguistics94
133 Cognitive Linguistics92
- Translation and Interpreting Studies92
- Language Acquisition92
136 Language Learning and Development91
137 International Multilingual Research Journal90
138 Functions of Language89
139 Natural Language Engineering88
- Historiographia Linguistica88
141 Communication Disorders Quarterly87
- Pragmatics & Cognition87
143 Australian Journal of Linguistics86
144 Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes85
145 Metaphor and Symbol84
- Research on Language and Social Interaction84
147 Annual Review of Linguistics82
148 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics81
- Gesture81
150 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture80
151 Language Variation and Change75
152 English World-Wide73
153 Language & History72
- Language Matters72
155 Theoretical Linguistics70
- Journal of Germanic Linguistics70
157 Phonology69
158 Narrative Inquiry68
159 Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research67
160 Journal of Semantics61
161 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies57
162 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies44
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