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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1331
2 System942
3 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology868
4 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development861
5 Journal of Pragmatics853
6 Pragmatics738
7 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders607
8 Language Teaching Research527
9 International Journal of Applied Linguistics488
10 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities437
11 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition436
12 Lingua418
13 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics416
14 International Journal of Multilingualism404
15 TESOL Quarterly393
16 Journal of English for Academic Purposes378
17 Language in Society368
18 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research357
19 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology353
20 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools346
21 Aphasiology344
22 Applied Linguistics343
23 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism341
24 Linguistics Vanguard338
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice338
26 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies337
27 Brain and Language329
28 Linguistics and Education327
29 Applied Linguistics Review325
30 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics317
31 International Journal of Bilingualism312
32 Language Cognition and Neuroscience309
33 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching302
34 Journal of Child Language301
35 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion300
36 Computer Assisted Language Learning298
37 Modern Language Journal297
38 Journal of Language Identity and Education296
39 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching293
40 Journal of Second Language Writing290
41 Language Learning288
42 Studies in Second Language Acquisition282
43 Assessing Writing281
44 Foreign Language Annals273
45 Journal of Communication Disorders272
46 Journal of Language and Politics271
47 Language and Education267
48 Language & Communication266
49 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation261
- ELT Journal261
51 RELC Journal260
52 English Language & Linguistics258
53 Folia Linguistica253
54 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica248
55 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics246
56 Journal of Memory and Language243
- Pragmatics and Society243
58 Language and Cognition239
59 Language and Intercultural Communication233
60 Journal of Sociolinguistics227
61 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies226
62 Mind & Language223
63 Journal of Phonetics213
64 Social Semiotics211
65 Linguistics210
66 English for Specific Purposes205
67 Language Teaching203
68 Journal of Linguistics195
69 World Englishes191
70 Applied Psycholinguistics188
71 First Language183
72 Text & Talk181
73 Language Sciences179
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism179
75 Journal of Language and Social Psychology172
76 Language Testing167
77 Language and Speech165
- Literacy165
79 English Today164
80 Journal of Neurolinguistics161
- Current Issues in Language Planning161
- Journal of Fluency Disorders161
83 Linguistic Inquiry157
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory157
85 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology153
86 International Journal of American Linguistics150
87 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching147
- Revista Signos147
89 Language Policy145
- Review of Cognitive Linguistics145
91 Natural Language Engineering142
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication142
93 Intercultural Pragmatics140
94 Translator139
95 Language Awareness138
96 Second Language Research133
97 English Teaching-Practice and Critique131
98 Translation Studies130
99 Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada129
100 Langages128
101 Interpreter and Translator Trainer126
102 Estudios Filologicos123
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies123
104 Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics122
105 Studies in Language119
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics119
- Spanish in Context119
108 Journal of the International Phonetic Association118
109 Names-A Journal of Onomastics117
110 Gender and Language116
111 Argumentation115
112 Language Culture and Curriculum114
- Journal of French Language Studies114
114 Language Assessment Quarterly113
115 American Speech112
116 Topics in Language Disorders110
117 International Journal of Lexicography109
118 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages108
- Language and Literature108
120 Diachronica107
121 European Journal of English Studies106
122 Linguistic Typology104
- Language Learning and Development104
124 Acta Linguistica Academica103
- Linguistics and Philosophy103
- Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory103
127 Language Problems & Language Planning102
- Nordic Journal of Linguistics102
129 Phonetica96
- Linguistic Review96
- International Multilingual Research Journal96
132 Cognitive Linguistics95
133 Recall93
- Historiographia Linguistica93
- Language Acquisition93
- Communication Disorders Quarterly93
137 Gesture92
- Interaction Studies92
- Across Languages and Cultures92
140 Translation and Interpreting Studies89
141 Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes88
142 English World-Wide87
- Annual Review of Linguistics87
144 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture86
145 Language Matters85
- Metaphor and Symbol85
147 Signs and Society83
148 Theoretical Linguistics82
149 Research on Language and Social Interaction81
150 Functions of Language80
151 Journal of English Linguistics79
152 Language Variation and Change78
- Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research78
154 Pragmatics & Cognition77
155 Journal of Semantics74
- Australian Journal of Linguistics74
- Narrative Inquiry74
158 Phonology70
159 Language & History69
160 Journal of Germanic Linguistics67
161 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics59
162 Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies26
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