New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1397
2 Esprit1381
3 Studi Francesi1371
4 French Review1183
5 New Media & Society1066
6 System1061
7 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development982
8 Health Communication978
9 Classical Review961
10 French Studies934
11 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology888
12 Information Communication & Society773
13 International Journal of Applied Linguistics761
14 Journal of Pragmatics760
15 American Literary History733
16 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders697
17 Language Teaching Research665
18 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships652
19 Journalism643
20 Social Media + Society637
21 Media and Communication630
22 Journalism Practice620
23 Feminist Media Studies604
24 Ploughshares595
25 Notes and Queries580
26 International Journal of Multilingualism535
27 American Book Review526
28 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies524
29 Teksty Drugie523
30 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities520
31 Massachusetts Review516
32 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft495
33 Telecommunications Policy493
- Journalism Studies493
35 Textual Practice485
36 Memory Studies471
37 TESOL Quarterly463
38 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition448
39 Performance Research446
40 European Journal of Cultural Studies440
41 Journal of English for Academic Purposes437
42 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching431
43 Journal of Postcolonial Writing428
44 Journal of Popular Culture427
45 Review of English Studies425
46 English Studies422
47 Asian Studies Review420
48 New England Review-Middlebury Series417
49 Media Culture & Society416
50 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture415
51 Psychology of Popular Media404
52 Journal of Roman Studies402
53 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly399
54 Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America395
55 International Journal of Bilingualism394
56 Language in Society392
57 Aphasiology391
58 Lingua390
59 Applied Linguistics382
- Russkaia Literatura382
61 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research378
62 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice375
63 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics374
64 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews371
65 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools365
66 Public Relations Review363
- International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology363
68 Critique361
69 Digital Journalism359
70 Quaderni d'Italianistica357
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics357
72 Critical Inquiry356
73 ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment353
- Linguistics Vanguard353
75 Brain and Language351
76 Journal of Health Communication346
77 Profesional de la Informacion340
- Classical Quarterly340
- Linguistics and Education340
80 Romantisme338
81 Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction337
82 Applied Linguistics Review334
83 International Journal of Cultural Policy331
84 European Journal of Communication329
- Journal of American Folklore329
86 Modern Language Journal327
87 Journal of Cultural Economy323
88 Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies315
- Assessing Writing315
90 International Journal of Advertising313
91 Explicator312
92 Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies310
93 Language Cognition and Neuroscience308
94 Computer Assisted Language Learning307
95 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion306
96 International Journal of Mobile Communications303
97 Modern Philology300
- Journal of Second Language Writing300
99 Journal of Language Identity and Education296
- Public Opinion Quarterly296
- Language and Education296
102 Communication & Sport295
- Journal of Child Language295
104 Discourse & Society294
- Discourse Studies294
106 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching292
- Dix-Septieme Siecle292
- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies292
109 Journal of Hellenic Studies291
- Language Learning291
- International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism291
112 Language and Cognition290
- Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie290
114 Bulletin of Spanish Studies288
115 Public Understanding of Science287
116 Studies in Second Language Acquisition282
117 Journal of Memory and Language280
- Language & Communication280
119 Shakespeare277
- Journal of Language and Politics277
121 Contemporary French and Francophone Studies276
122 Folia Linguistica275
123 Media International Australia273
- Canadian Theatre Review273
- Mass Communication and Society273
126 Journal of Communication Disorders271
- Social Semiotics271
- Mnemosyne271
129 Theory Culture & Society266
130 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies265
131 German Quarterly264
- Cahiers Elisabethains264
133 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies263
- Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie263
135 Games and Culture262
136 TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies259
137 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies258
- Language and Intercultural Communication258
- Revista Iberoamericana258
140 Foreign Language Annals257
141 Personal Relationships255
142 Critical Studies in Media Communication254
- English Language & Linguistics254
- Folklore254
145 Television & New Media253
146 Alea-Estudos Neolatinos252
147 ELT Journal251
148 Early American Literature250
149 Discourse & Communication249
150 Forum for Modern Language Studies248
151 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation245
- RELC Journal245
153 Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez244
154 Theatre Dance and Performance Training242
155 Eighteenth-Century Fiction241
156 Minnesota Review240
157 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen239
- Pragmatics and Society239
159 Political Communication238
- Journal of Australian Studies238
161 Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies235
162 Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics234
163 Missouri Review233
- Journal of Sociolinguistics233
- Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power233
- Life Writing233
167 Forum Italicum232
168 International Journal of Cultural Studies230
169 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research228
- Critical Quarterly228
171 Discourse Context & Media227
- Sewanee Review227
173 International Journal of Conflict Management225
174 Cultural Studies223
175 Journal of Information Technology & Politics222
176 English for Specific Purposes221
- Modern Drama221
- Orbis Litterarum221
- South Atlantic Quarterly221
180 Journal of Children and Media220
- Pamietnik Literacki220
- Poetics220
- Neohelicon220
184 Wordsworth Circle219
185 RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica218
- International Research in Childrens Literature218
187 Etudes Germaniques217
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication217
189 Rhetoric Society Quarterly216
- Applied Psycholinguistics216
191 Cultural Trends214
- Communication Research214
- Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media214
- Irish University Review214
195 Classical Philology213
- Etudes Anglaises213
197 Hispanofila211
198 Tydskrif vir Letterkunde209
199 World Englishes208
- Language Teaching208
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