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
1	Computer Assisted Language Learning	ca. 6
2	Journal of Second Language Writing	ca. 5
3	System	ca. 4.9
4	Modern Language Journal	ca. 4.7
5	Recall	ca. 4.6
6	Assessing Writing	ca. 4.2
-	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	ca. 4.2
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	ca. 4.2
9	Language Teaching	ca. 4
10	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 3.7
11	Applied Linguistics	ca. 3.6
-	RELC Journal	ca. 3.6
13	Language Learning	ca. 3.5
14	Language Teaching Research	ca. 3.3
15	English for Specific Purposes	ca. 3.2
16	Journal of English for Academic Purposes	ca. 3.1
-	Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 3.1
-	ELT Journal	ca. 3.1
19	Research on Language and Social Interaction	ca. 3
-	TESOL Quarterly	ca. 3
-	Annual Review of Linguistics	ca. 3
22	Journal of Memory and Language	ca. 2.9
23	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	ca. 2.7
24	International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism	ca. 2.5
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	ca. 2.5
26	Language Culture and Curriculum	ca. 2.4
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	ca. 2.4
28	American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 2.3
-	Natural Language Engineering	ca. 2.3
30	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	ca. 2.2
-	Language Testing	ca. 2.2
-	Translation Studies	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research	ca. 2.2
-	Metaphor and Symbol	ca. 2.2
35	Journal of Fluency Disorders	ca. 2.1
-	Language and Education	ca. 2.1
-	Brain and Language	ca. 2.1
-	Applied Linguistics Review	ca. 2.1
39	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	ca. 2
-	Journal of Semantics	ca. 2
-	International Journal of Multilingualism	ca. 2
-	Language in Society	ca. 2
43	Second Language Research	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Phonetics	ca. 1.9
-	Target-International Journal of Translation Studies	ca. 1.9
46	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Communication Disorders	ca. 1.8
-	Intercultural Pragmatics	ca. 1.8
-	Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism	ca. 1.8
-	Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 1.8

-	Topics in Language Disorders	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Pragmatics	ca. 1.8
-	Language and Intercultural Communication	ca. 1.8
-	Interpreter and Translator Trainer	ca. 1.8
-	Mind & Language	ca. 1.8
56	Linguistic Typology	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Child Language	ca. 1.7
-	Current Issues in Language Planning	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Language and Politics	ca. 1.7
-	Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies	ca. 1.7
61	Linguistics and Education	ca. 1.6
-	International Journal of Corpus Linguistics	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	ca. 1.6
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	ca. 1.6
-	Social Semiotics	ca. 1.6
-	Linguistic Inquiry	ca. 1.6
67	Journal of Sociolinguistics	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders	ca. 1.5
-	Foreign Language Annals	ca. 1.5
-	Language Learning and Development	ca. 1.5
-	Aphasiology	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Language Identity and Education	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Applied Linguistics	ca. 1.5
-	Language Awareness	ca. 1.5
75	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	ca. 1.4
-	Language Assessment Quarterly	ca. 1.4
-	International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 1.4
-	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture	ca. 1.4
-	Language Variation and Change	ca. 1.4
-	Language Policy	ca. 1.4
82	International Journal of Bilingualism	ca. 1.3
-	Language Sciences	ca. 1.3
-	Language & Communication	ca. 1.3
-	Language Acquisition	ca. 1.3
-	Linguistics	ca. 1.3
87	First Language	ca. 1.2
-	International Multilingual Research Journal	ca. 1.2
-	English Today	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	ca. 1.2
-	Literacy	ca. 1.2
92	Language and Cognition	ca. 1.1
-	Linguistics and Philosophy	ca. 1.1
-	Linguistics Vanguard	ca. 1.1
-	Phonetica	ca. 1.1
-	Pragmatics	ca. 1.1
-	Lingua	ca. 1.1
-	Language and Speech	ca. 1.1
99	Signs and Society	ca. 1
-	Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	ca. 1
-	American Speech	ca. 1
-	Argumentation	ca. 1
-	Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory	ca. 1
-	Across Languages and Cultures	ca. 1
-	Translation and Interpreting Studies	ca. 1
106	Gender and Language	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of English Linguistics	ca. 0.9
-	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	ca. 0.9
-	Narrative Inquiry	ca. 0.9
-	English Language & Linguistics	ca. 0.9
-	Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics	ca. 0.9
-	Interaction Studies	ca. 0.9
113	Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	ca. 0.8
-	International Journal of Lexicography	ca. 0.8
-	English Teaching-Practice and Critique	ca. 0.8
-	World Englishes	ca. 0.8
-	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	ca. 0.8
-	English World-Wide	ca. 0.8
-	Text & Talk	ca. 0.8
122	Phonology	ca. 0.7
-	Gesture	ca. 0.7
-	Translator	ca. 0.7
-	Pragmatics and Society	ca. 0.7
-	Digital Scholarship in the Humanities	ca. 0.7
-	Communication Disorders Quarterly	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Quantitative Linguistics	ca. 0.7
-	Linguistic Review	ca. 0.7
-	Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research	ca. 0.7
-	European Journal of English Studies	ca. 0.7
-	Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion	ca. 0.7
133	Language and Literature	ca. 0.6
-	Diachronica	ca. 0.6
-	Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Functions of Language	ca. 0.6
-	Theoretical Linguistics	ca. 0.6
-	Folia Linguistica	ca. 0.6
-	Review of Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 0.6
-	Journal of French Language Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	ca. 0.6
142	Nordic Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.5
-	Studies in Language	ca. 0.5
-	Acta Linguistica Academica	ca. 0.5
-	Pragmatics & Cognition	ca. 0.5
-	Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages	ca. 0.5
-	Language Matters	ca. 0.5
-	Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes	ca. 0.5
-	Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation	ca. 0.5
150	Journal of Germanic Linguistics	ca. 0.4
-	Spanish in Context	ca. 0.4
-	Australian Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.4
-	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	ca. 0.4
-	Language Problems & Language Planning	ca. 0.4
-	Revista Signos	ca. 0.4
156	International Journal of American Linguistics	ca. 0.2
-	Historiographia Linguistica	ca. 0.2
-	Langages	ca. 0.2
-	Language & History	ca. 0.2
160	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	ca. 0.1
-	Estudios Filologicos	ca. 0.1