New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Literature & Language

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Journal of Advertising17
2 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication15
3 Telecommunications Policy14
4 Computer Assisted Language Learning13
- Recall13
- Comunicar13
7 Public Relations Review12
- Digital Journalism12
- Pragmatics12
- International Journal of Advertising12
11 Social Media + Society11
- System11
13 Political Communication10
- Communication Methods and Measures10
- Journal of Communication10
- Annual Review of Linguistics10
17 Communication Theory9
- New Media & Society9
- Assessing Writing9
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching9
- Communication Research9
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics9
23 Studies in Second Language Acquisition8
- English for Specific Purposes8
- Human Communication Research8
- Policy and Internet8
- Public Understanding of Science8
- TESOL Quarterly8
- Language Teaching8
30 International Multilingual Research Journal7
- International Journal of Press-Politics7
- Journal of Business and Technical Communication7
- Language Testing7
- Media Culture & Society7
- RELC Journal7
- Information Society7
- Journalism Studies7
- Journal of Health Communication7
- Applied Linguistics Review7
- Journal of Second Language Writing7
41 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research6
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools6
- Management Communication Quarterly6
- Media and Communication6
- Modern Language Journal6
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology6
- Applied Linguistics6
- Research on Language and Social Interaction6
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer6
- Information Communication & Society6
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development6
- Journal of Memory and Language6
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships6
- Language Culture and Curriculum6
- Language Learning6
- Language Teaching Research6
- Profesional de la Informacion6
- Public Opinion Quarterly6
- Applied Psycholinguistics6
- Science Communication6
- Written Communication6
- Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace6
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes6
- Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture6
- Journal of Phonetics6
- International Journal of Conflict Management6
- Journal of Advertising Research6
- Natural Language Engineering6
- Language and Education6
- Linguistics and Education6
71 Personal Relationships5
- Communication Monographs5
- Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies5
- Journal of Consumer Culture5
- ELT Journal5
- International Journal of Business Communication5
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders5
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching5
- Journalism5
- Journal of Communication Disorders5
- Poetics5
- Games and Culture5
- Mass Communication and Society5
- Media Psychology5
- Communication & Sport5
- Critical Discourse Studies5
- Discourse Context & Media5
- Health Communication5
- Language Awareness5
90 Language Cognition and Neuroscience4
- Psychology of Popular Media4
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism4
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics4
- International Journal of Cultural Studies4
- Bilingualism-Language and Cognition4
- Cultural Studies of Science Education4
- Current Issues in Language Planning4
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching4
- International Communication Gazette4
- Journal of Pragmatics4
- Journalism Practice4
- Journal of Applied Communication Research4
- Journal of Children and Media4
- Journal of Fluency Disorders4
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics4
- Language and Intercultural Communication4
- Language & Communication4
- Mobile Media & Communication4
- Aphasiology4
- Brain and Language4
- Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture4
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology4
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media4
- Journal of Language and Social Psychology4
- Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications4
- Journal of Neurolinguistics4
- Metaphor and Symbol4
118 Gender and Language3
- Media International Australia3
- Asian Journal of Communication3
- International Journal of Multilingualism3
- Second Language Research3
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics3
- Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory3
- Communications-European Journal of Communication Research3
- Discourse & Communication3
- Discourse & Society3
- Foreign Language Annals3
- European Journal of Cultural Studies3
- Journal of Psycholinguistic Research3
- Linguistics and Philosophy3
- Science As Culture3
- Theory Culture & Society3
- Translation Studies3
- Language and Cognition3
- Language Assessment Quarterly3
- Language Policy3
- Language Sciences3
- Linguistic Inquiry3
- Linguistics3
- International Journal of Applied Linguistics3
- International Journal of Bilingualism3
- International Journal of Cultural Policy3
- Cognitive Linguistics3
- Chinese Journal of Communication3
- Communication Culture & Critique3
- Topics in Language Disorders3
- Journal of Cultural Economy3
- Cultural Trends3
- Feminist Media Studies3
- Journal of Language Identity and Education3
- Javnost-The Public3
- Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly3
- Journal of Child Language3
- First Language3
- Literacy3
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication3
- World Englishes3
- Language Acquisition3
- Language Variation and Change3
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism3
162 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics2
- Mind & Language2
- Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power2
- Intercultural Pragmatics2
- Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes2
- Communication Disorders Quarterly2
- Television & New Media2
- Journal of African Cultural Studies2
- Visual Communication2
- Journal of Language and Politics2
- Agenda2
- Journal of Media Ethics2
- Argumentation2
- Australian Journal of Linguistics2
- South Atlantic Quarterly2
- Space and Culture2
- Target-International Journal of Translation Studies2
- Text & Talk2
- Narrative Inquiry2
- Natural Language & Linguistic Theory2
- Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice2
- Phonetica2
- Journal of Semantics2
- Pragmatics & Cognition2
- Language Learning and Development2
- Language and Speech2
- African Journalism Studies2
- Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies2
- Signs and Society2
- Social Semiotics2
- Journal of African Media Studies2
- Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies2
- Digital Scholarship in the Humanities2
- Discourse Studies2
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication2
- Journal of Material Culture2
- Interaction Studies2
- English Teaching-Practice and Critique2
- Journal of Quantitative Linguistics2
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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