New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Literature & Language

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Studi Francesi1515
2 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1357
3 Esprit1243
4 French Review1125
5 New Media & Society1089
6 System1036
7 Classical Review1014
8 French Studies997
9 Health Communication955
10 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development914
11 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology850
12 American Literary History836
13 Journal of Pragmatics825
14 Pragmatics736
15 Information Communication & Society704
16 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships677
17 Social Media + Society673
18 Feminist Media Studies638
19 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders636
20 Media and Communication622
21 Journalism619
22 Journalism Practice582
23 Notes and Queries558
24 Teksty Drugie549
25 Language Teaching Research547
26 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft544
27 International Journal of Applied Linguistics541
28 Ploughshares535
29 American Book Review525
30 Telecommunications Policy495
31 Textual Practice482
- Russkaia Literatura482
33 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies481
34 Journalism Studies475
35 Massachusetts Review474
36 Memory Studies459
37 Performance Research457
38 International Journal of Multilingualism452
39 New England Review-Middlebury Series451
40 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition443
41 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities437
42 Journal of Popular Culture432
43 Review of English Studies430
44 Media Culture & Society421
- Lingua421
46 Profesional de la Informacion419
47 English Studies416
- Journal of Postcolonial Writing416
49 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics407
50 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly403
51 Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America401
52 Public Relations Review399
- Asian Studies Review399
54 Psychology of Popular Media398
55 European Journal of Cultural Studies395
56 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture385
- Digital Journalism385
58 Journal of Roman Studies381
- TESOL Quarterly381
- Critique381
61 Journal of English for Academic Purposes378
62 Language in Society372
63 Quaderni d'Italianistica371
64 Linguistics Vanguard367
65 Aphasiology361
66 Applied Linguistics358
- ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment358
- Critical Inquiry358
69 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools356
70 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews354
71 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology353
72 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics350
73 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice347
- Journal of Psycholinguistic Research347
75 European Journal of Communication345
76 Journal of American Folklore338
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching338
78 Journal of Health Communication337
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism337
- International Journal of Bilingualism337
81 Romantisme336
82 Linguistics and Education331
83 Early American Literature328
84 Brain and Language327
85 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion325
86 Applied Linguistics Review322
87 Classical Quarterly320
88 International Journal of Cultural Policy315
89 Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction312
90 Modern Language Journal311
91 Public Understanding of Science307
92 Journal of Child Language306
93 Discourse Studies304
- Computer Assisted Language Learning304
95 Modern Philology303
96 Language Cognition and Neuroscience302
- Journal of Language Identity and Education302
98 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching300
99 Journal of Second Language Writing299
- International Journal of Mobile Communications299
101 Language Learning294
102 Dix-Septieme Siecle293
103 International Journal of Advertising291
- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies291
105 Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies290
106 Assessing Writing289
107 German Quarterly287
- Journal of Cultural Economy287
- Journal of Hellenic Studies287
110 Journal of Language and Politics286
111 Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie284
112 Pamietnik Literacki281
113 Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies280
114 Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies279
115 Eighteenth-Century Fiction278
- Foreign Language Annals278
117 TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies277
- Bulletin of Spanish Studies277
119 Games and Culture276
120 Studies in Second Language Acquisition275
121 Communication & Sport271
122 Theatre Dance and Performance Training270
- Journal of Communication Disorders270
124 Canadian Theatre Review267
125 Language & Communication265
- Mnemosyne265
- Discourse & Society265
128 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen263
129 English Language & Linguistics262
130 Poetics261
131 Language and Cognition260
132 Language and Education259
- Shakespeare259
- Inter-Asia Cultural Studies259
135 Journal of Memory and Language258
- RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica258
137 Forum for Modern Language Studies257
- Media International Australia257
139 ELT Journal256
140 Revista Iberoamericana255
- Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation255
- Alea-Estudos Neolatinos255
143 RELC Journal253
144 Folia Linguistica252
145 Public Opinion Quarterly251
146 Personal Relationships249
- Pragmatics and Society249
- Contemporary French and Francophone Studies249
149 Mass Communication and Society248
150 Cahiers Elisabethains246
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics246
152 Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie242
- Explicator242
154 Journal of Australian Studies241
155 Theory Culture & Society240
- Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies240
157 Language and Intercultural Communication239
158 Critical Quarterly234
- International Journal of Press-Politics234
160 Discourse & Communication233
161 Journal of English and Germanic Philology232
- Folklore232
163 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication231
- Sewanee Review231
- South Atlantic Quarterly231
166 Journal of Sociolinguistics229
- Television & New Media229
168 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies228
169 Wordsworth Circle227
170 Discourse Context & Media226
171 RLC-Revue de Litterature Comparee225
- Forum Italicum225
173 Bulletin Hispanique223
174 International Journal of Cultural Studies222
- International Research in Childrens Literature222
176 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research221
- Cultural Studies221
178 Missouri Review220
- Social Semiotics220
180 Minnesota Review219
- Critical Studies in Media Communication219
182 Modern Drama217
- Classical Philology217
184 Hispanofila216
185 Life Writing215
186 Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies213
187 Orbis Litterarum212
- Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power212
- Western American Literature212
190 Mind & Language211
- Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez211
192 Political Communication210
193 Neohelicon208
194 Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats207
- English for Specific Purposes207
- Rhetoric Society Quarterly207
197 Language Teaching206
198 Journal of Communication205
- Confluencia-Revista Hispanica de Cultura y Literatura205
200 Linguistics204
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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