Linguistics

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	RELC Journal	9.893
2	System	8.876
3	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	6.884
4	Language Teaching	6.874
5	TESOL Quarterly	6.102
6	Applied Linguistics	5.173
7	Modern Language Journal	5.154
8	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	5.133
9	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	5.039
10	Language Learning	4.956
11	Applied Psycholinguistics	4.429
12	Language Testing	4.333
13	Brain and Language	3.908
14	Journal of Communication Disorders	3.611
15	Journal of Phonetics	3.584
16	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	3.453
17	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	3.356
18	Journal of Fluency Disorders	3.280
19	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	3.251
20	Journal of Pragmatics	2.972
21	First Language	2.884
22	Aphasiology	2.809
23	Mind & Language	2.645
24	Topics in Language Disorders	2.566
25	Language Sciences	2.476
26	Language & Communication	2.408
27	Journal of Semantics	2.357
28	Foreign Language Annals	2.349
29	Journal of Child Language	2.327
30	Second Language Research	2.293
31	Linguistic Inquiry	2.251
32	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	2.125
33	Linguistics and Philosophy	2.097
34	Lingua	2.010
35	English World-Wide	1.868
36	Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics	1.833
37	Language and Speech	1.687
38	Linguistics	1.618
39	Journal of English Linguistics	1.607
40	Studies in Language	1.417
41	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	1.389
42	Diachronica	1.373
43	Language in Society	1.358
44	Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes	1.307
45	Linguistic Review	1.162
46	Australian Journal of Linguistics	1.134
47	Phonetica	1.021
48	Langages	0.971
49	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	0.953
50	American Speech	0.947

51	Journal of Linguistics	0.927
52	Revista Signos	0.925
53	English Today	0.906
54	Language Problems & Language Planning	0.792
55	Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation	0.682
56	Nordic Journal of Linguistics	0.653
57	Theoretical Linguistics	0.595
58	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	0.590
59	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	0.538
60	Folia Linguistica	0.500
61	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	0.385
62	International Journal of American Linguistics	0.285
63	Historiographia Linguistica	0.213
64	Estudios Filologicos	0.203
65	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	0.147