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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 Communication Methods and Measures ca. 6.3
2 Journal of Communication ca. 6.1
3 Computer Assisted Language Learning ca. 6
4 Telecommunications Policy ca. 5.9
5 Social Media + Society ca. 5.5
6 Journal of Advertising ca. 5.4
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication ca. 5.4
8 International Journal of Advertising ca. 5.3
9 Digital Journalism ca. 5.2
10 Comunicar ca. 5.1
11 Journal of Second Language Writing ca. 5
12 Communication Research ca. 4.9
- System ca. 4.9
14 Communication Theory ca. 4.7
- Modern Language Journal ca. 4.7
16 Science Communication ca. 4.6
- Recall ca. 4.6
- Political Communication ca. 4.6
19 New Media & Society ca. 4.5
20 Human Communication Research ca. 4.4
21 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics ca. 4.2
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition ca. 4.2
- Information Communication & Society ca. 4.2
- Assessing Writing ca. 4.2
25 Policy and Internet ca. 4.1
- Public Relations Review ca. 4.1
- International Journal of Press-Politics ca. 4.1
28 Language Teaching ca. 4
29 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching ca. 3.7
30 RELC Journal ca. 3.6
- Applied Linguistics ca. 3.6
32 Public Understanding of Science ca. 3.5
- Language Learning ca. 3.5
34 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly ca. 3.4
- Media Psychology ca. 3.4
36 Language Teaching Research ca. 3.3
37 English for Specific Purposes ca. 3.2
- Communication & Sport ca. 3.2
39 Mobile Media & Communication ca. 3.1
- Communication Monographs ca. 3.1
- ELT Journal ca. 3.1
- Journal of Health Communication ca. 3.1
- Journal of English for Academic Purposes ca. 3.1
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching ca. 3.1
- International Journal of Business Communication ca. 3.1
46 Annual Review of Linguistics ca. 3
- Research on Language and Social Interaction ca. 3
- Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture ca. 3
- TESOL Quarterly ca. 3
- Health Communication ca. 3
- Information Society ca. 3
52 Journal of Memory and Language ca. 2.9
- Public Opinion Quarterly ca. 2.9
54 Journalism Studies ca. 2.8
55 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development ca. 2.7
- Media and Communication ca. 2.7
- International Journal of Conflict Management ca. 2.7
- Journalism ca. 2.7
- Mass Communication and Society ca. 2.7
- Theory Culture & Society ca. 2.7
61 Profesional de la Informacion ca. 2.6
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics ca. 2.6
63 Science As Culture ca. 2.5
- Bilingualism-Language and Cognition ca. 2.5
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism ca. 2.5
66 Applied Psycholinguistics ca. 2.4
- Language Culture and Curriculum ca. 2.4
- Games and Culture ca. 2.4
- Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace ca. 2.4
- Television & New Media ca. 2.4
- Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies ca. 2.4
- Discourse & Society ca. 2.4
- Journal of Consumer Culture ca. 2.4
74 Natural Language Engineering ca. 2.3
- Discourse Context & Media ca. 2.3
- American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ca. 2.3
- Media Culture & Society ca. 2.3
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ca. 2.3
79 Metaphor and Symbol ca. 2.2
- Journalism Practice ca. 2.2
- Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ca. 2.2
- Language Testing ca. 2.2
- Translation Studies ca. 2.2
- Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ca. 2.2
85 Applied Linguistics Review ca. 2.1
- Psychology of Popular Media ca. 2.1
- Discourse & Communication ca. 2.1
- Brain and Language ca. 2.1
- Journal of Advertising Research ca. 2.1
- South Atlantic Quarterly ca. 2.1
- Language and Education ca. 2.1
- Journal of Children and Media ca. 2.1
- Chinese Journal of Communication ca. 2.1
- Journal of Fluency Disorders ca. 2.1
95 Poetics ca. 2
- Language in Society ca. 2
- International Journal of Multilingualism ca. 2
- Journal of Language and Social Psychology ca. 2
- Journal of Semantics ca. 2
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media ca. 2
- Critical Inquiry ca. 2
102 Target-International Journal of Translation Studies ca. 1.9
- Journal of Cultural Economy ca. 1.9
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research ca. 1.9
- European Journal of Cultural Studies ca. 1.9
- Journal of Phonetics ca. 1.9
- Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power ca. 1.9
- Second Language Research ca. 1.9
- Written Communication ca. 1.9
- Management Communication Quarterly ca. 1.9
111 Mind & Language ca. 1.8
- Journal of Pragmatics ca. 1.8
- Language and Intercultural Communication ca. 1.8
- Interpreter and Translator Trainer ca. 1.8
- Journal of Linguistic Anthropology ca. 1.8
- European Journal of Communication ca. 1.8
- Topics in Language Disorders ca. 1.8
- Intercultural Pragmatics ca. 1.8
- Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism ca. 1.8
- Cognitive Linguistics ca. 1.8
- Personal Relationships ca. 1.8
- Journal of Communication Disorders ca. 1.8
- Journal of Business and Technical Communication ca. 1.8
124 Journal of Language and Politics ca. 1.7
- Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies ca. 1.7
- Current Issues in Language Planning ca. 1.7
- Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications ca. 1.7
- Linguistic Typology ca. 1.7
- Journal of Child Language ca. 1.7
- Cultural Trends ca. 1.7
- Javnost-The Public ca. 1.7
132 Linguistic Inquiry ca. 1.6
- Social Semiotics ca. 1.6
- Language Cognition and Neuroscience ca. 1.6
- Journal of Applied Communication Research ca. 1.6
- International Journal of Corpus Linguistics ca. 1.6
- Journal of Psycholinguistic Research ca. 1.6
- Linguistics and Education ca. 1.6
- Cultural Studies ca. 1.6
- Feminist Media Studies ca. 1.6
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication ca. 1.6
142 Language Awareness ca. 1.5
- Language Learning and Development ca. 1.5
- International Journal of Applied Linguistics ca. 1.5
- International Journal of Cultural Studies ca. 1.5
- Journal of Language Identity and Education ca. 1.5
- Aphasiology ca. 1.5
- Media International Australia ca. 1.5
- Communication Culture & Critique ca. 1.5
- Communications-European Journal of Communication Research ca. 1.5
- Journal of Sociolinguistics ca. 1.5
- Foreign Language Annals ca. 1.5
- International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders ca. 1.5
- Asian Journal of Communication ca. 1.5
- Critical Discourse Studies ca. 1.5
156 Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture ca. 1.4
- Language Variation and Change ca. 1.4
- Language Policy ca. 1.4
- Walt Whitman Quarterly Review ca. 1.4
- Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication ca. 1.4
- Language Assessment Quarterly ca. 1.4
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching ca. 1.4
- Memory Studies ca. 1.4
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ca. 1.4
- Discourse Studies ca. 1.4
166 Language Acquisition ca. 1.3
- Linguistics ca. 1.3
- International Journal of Cultural Policy ca. 1.3
- Language & Communication ca. 1.3
- Quarterly Journal of Speech ca. 1.3
- International Journal of Bilingualism ca. 1.3
- Language Sciences ca. 1.3
- Cultural Studies of Science Education ca. 1.3
- International Communication Gazette ca. 1.3
175 English Today ca. 1.2
- Literacy ca. 1.2
- Postcolonial Studies ca. 1.2
- Asian Studies Review ca. 1.2
- First Language ca. 1.2
- Humor-International Journal of Humor Research ca. 1.2
- International Multilingual Research Journal ca. 1.2
- Journal of Neurolinguistics ca. 1.2
- Visual Communication ca. 1.2
184 Language and Cognition ca. 1.1
- Linguistics and Philosophy ca. 1.1
- Linguistics Vanguard ca. 1.1
- Rhetoric Society Quarterly ca. 1.1
- Public Culture ca. 1.1
- Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies ca. 1.1
- African Journalism Studies ca. 1.1
- Pragmatics ca. 1.1
- Lingua ca. 1.1
- Meta ca. 1.1
- Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies ca. 1.1
- Phonetica ca. 1.1
- Language and Speech ca. 1.1
- Critical Studies in Media Communication ca. 1.1
198 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory ca. 1
- Across Languages and Cultures ca. 1
- Translation and Interpreting Studies ca. 1
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