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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Studi Francesi1515
2 Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research1334
3 Esprit1272
4 New Media & Society1069
5 Classical Review1065
6 French Review1056
7 French Studies1054
8 System1009
9 Health Communication950
10 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development875
11 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology853
12 Journal of Pragmatics850
13 American Literary History838
14 Pragmatics739
15 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships701
16 Information Communication & Society680
17 Social Media + Society673
18 Feminist Media Studies665
19 Media and Communication621
20 International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders616
21 Journalism598
22 Journalism Practice566
23 Notes and Queries544
24 Language Teaching Research530
25 Ploughshares523
26 Teksty Drugie522
27 Gnomon-Kritische Zeitschrift fuer die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft509
28 International Journal of Applied Linguistics497
29 American Book Review486
30 Telecommunications Policy483
31 Textual Practice475
32 Massachusetts Review474
- Performance Research474
34 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies471
35 Journalism Studies465
36 Memory Studies455
37 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities448
38 Bilingualism-Language and Cognition446
39 Journal of Popular Culture439
40 Profesional de la Informacion435
41 Lingua434
42 Review of English Studies421
- Russkaia Literatura421
44 International Journal of Multilingualism418
45 Media Culture & Society417
46 Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics415
47 English Studies408
48 Journal of Postcolonial Writing404
49 New England Review-Middlebury Series399
50 Psychology of Popular Media394
51 Public Relations Review389
- Digital Journalism389
53 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly385
54 European Journal of Cultural Studies384
- TESOL Quarterly384
56 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture383
57 Journal of Roman Studies382
58 Asian Studies Review379
- Pmla-Publications of the Modern Language Association of America379
60 Language in Society377
61 Critique374
62 Journal of English for Academic Purposes370
63 Critical Inquiry358
- Journal of Hellenic Studies358
65 Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools357
66 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research356
67 Journal of American Folklore354
68 ISLE-Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment352
- Linguistics Vanguard352
70 Aphasiology350
71 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology348
72 Applied Linguistics347
- European Journal of Communication347
74 Anq-A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews344
75 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism342
76 Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice340
77 Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies337
78 Linguistics and Education335
79 Journal of Health Communication334
80 Applied Linguistics Review331
81 Brain and Language330
82 Classical Quarterly329
83 Quaderni d'Italianistica326
84 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics325
85 Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion321
86 Modern Philology320
87 Romantisme316
88 International Journal of Bilingualism315
89 International Journal of Cultural Policy313
90 Revista Iberoamericana311
91 Public Understanding of Science308
92 Early American Literature307
- Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching307
94 Critique-Studies in Contemporary Fiction305
95 German Quarterly304
96 IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching303
- Language Cognition and Neuroscience303
98 Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies302
99 Modern Language Journal301
- Journal of Child Language301
101 Dix-Septieme Siecle299
102 Assessing Writing298
103 Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies297
104 Journal of Language Identity and Education295
- Zeitschrift fuer Romanische Philologie295
106 International Journal of Mobile Communications294
107 Canadian Theatre Review292
108 International Journal of Advertising291
- Discourse Studies291
- Computer Assisted Language Learning291
- Bulletin of Hispanic Studies291
112 Language Learning290
113 Journal of Cultural Economy284
114 Journal of Language and Politics280
115 Bulletin of Spanish Studies279
116 Studies in Second Language Acquisition278
- Journal of Second Language Writing278
- Theatre Dance and Performance Training278
119 Games and Culture277
120 Foreign Language Annals274
121 Media International Australia272
122 Interventions-International Journal of Postcolonial Studies271
123 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies270
124 Archiv fuer das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen269
125 Contemporary French and Francophone Studies268
126 Forum for Modern Language Studies267
127 Eighteenth-Century Fiction266
128 Language and Education265
129 Pamietnik Literacki264
- RELC Journal264
131 Communication & Sport263
- Public Opinion Quarterly263
- TDR-The Drama Review-The Journal of Performance Studies263
134 ELT Journal260
- Journal of Memory and Language260
- Poetics260
137 English Language & Linguistics259
138 Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation254
- Journal of Communication Disorders254
- Anglia-Zeitschrift fuer Englische Philologie254
141 Discourse & Society253
142 Folia Linguistica252
- Folklore252
- Language & Communication252
- Shakespeare252
146 Mnemosyne250
147 Theory Culture & Society249
- Journal of Australian Studies249
149 Cahiers Elisabethains248
- Pragmatics and Society248
- RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica248
152 Language and Cognition247
153 Explicator245
- Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics245
155 Personal Relationships243
156 Minnesota Review242
- Mass Communication and Society242
158 Melanges de la Casa de Velazquez239
159 Critical Quarterly238
160 Language and Intercultural Communication237
161 South Atlantic Quarterly236
162 Alea-Estudos Neolatinos233
- International Journal of Press-Politics233
164 Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies232
165 Journal of Sociolinguistics231
166 Wordsworth Circle227
167 International Journal of Cultural Studies226
168 Forum Italicum225
169 Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies224
170 Bulletin Hispanique223
- Communications-European Journal of Communication Research223
172 International Research in Childrens Literature222
- Television & New Media222
174 Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats221
175 Discourse & Communication220
176 Identities-Global Studies in Culture and Power219
177 Discourse Context & Media218
- Sewanee Review218
179 Cultural Studies217
180 Classical Philology216
- Mind & Language216
- Irish University Review216
- Hispanofila216
184 English for Specific Purposes215
185 Orbis Litterarum214
- Tydskrif vir Letterkunde214
187 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication213
188 Neohelicon212
189 Social Semiotics211
190 Language Teaching210
191 Linguistics209
- Journal of English and Germanic Philology209
- Rhetoric Society Quarterly209
194 MFS-Modern Fiction Studies207
- Journal of Communication207
196 Missouri Review205
197 Political Communication204
- Quarterly Journal of Speech204
- Modern Drama204
200 Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur203
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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