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 are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	ca. 10.9
2	Computer Assisted Language Learning	ca. 7
3	Journal of Second Language Writing	ca. 6.1
4	System	ca. 6
5	Modern Language Journal	ca. 4.9
6	Recall	ca. 4.5
7	Language Learning	ca. 4.4
8	Journal of Memory and Language	ca. 4.3
9	Language Teaching Research	ca. 4.2
10	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	ca. 4.1
-	Language Testing	ca. 4.1
12	Assessing Writing	ca. 3.9
13	Language Teaching	ca. 3.6
-	Applied Linguistics	ca. 3.6
-	Bilingualism-Language and Cognition	ca. 3.6
16	Language Culture and Curriculum	ca. 3.5
17	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 3.4
18	TESOL Quarterly	ca. 3.2
-	Annual Review of Linguistics	ca. 3.2
20	Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 3
-	RELC Journal	ca. 3
-	Journal of English for Academic Purposes	ca. 3
23	Language Assessment Quarterly	ca. 2.9
24	International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism	ca. 2.8
25	Foreign Language Annals	ca. 2.7
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	ca. 2.7
27	Applied Linguistics Review	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research	ca. 2.6
-	American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 2.6
30	ELT Journal	ca. 2.5
-	English for Specific Purposes	ca. 2.5
-	Brain and Language	ca. 2.5
-	Natural Language Engineering	ca. 2.5
34	Current Issues in Language Planning	ca. 2.4
-	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	ca. 2.4
-	Second Language Research	ca. 2.4
-	International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders	ca. 2.4
38	International Journal of Multilingualism	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	ca. 2.3
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	ca. 2.3
-	Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication	ca. 2.3
42	Journal of Child Language	ca. 2.2
-	Linguistica Antverpiensia New Series-Themes in Translation Studies	ca. 2.2
44	Applied Psycholinguistics	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	ca. 2.1
-	International Multilingual Research Journal	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Fluency Disorders	ca. 2.1
48	Language Awareness	ca. 2
-	Mind & Language	ca. 2
-	Aphasiology	ca. 2

-	Linguistic Typology	ca. 2
-	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	ca. 2
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	ca. 2
-	Social Semiotics	ca. 2
55	Language and Education	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Phonetics	ca. 1.9
-	First Language	ca. 1.9
-	Language and Intercultural Communication	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Sociolinguistics	ca. 1.9
60	Language and Cognition	ca. 1.8
-	Language and Speech	ca. 1.8
-	International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology	ca. 1.8
63	Journal of Language Identity and Education	ca. 1.7
-	Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Communication Disorders	ca. 1.7
66	Language Policy	ca. 1.6
-	International Journal of Applied Linguistics	ca. 1.6
-	Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory	ca. 1.6
-	Linguistic Inquiry	ca. 1.6
-	Linguistics and Education	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Pragmatics	ca. 1.6
-	World Englishes	ca. 1.6
73	International Journal of Bilingualism	ca. 1.5
-	Language in Society	ca. 1.5
-	Language & Communication	ca. 1.5
-	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	ca. 1.5
-	Interpreter and Translator Trainer	ca. 1.5
-	Language Learning and Development	ca. 1.5
-	Interaction Studies	ca. 1.5
80	Topics in Language Disorders	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Quantitative Linguistics	ca. 1.4
82	Literacy	ca. 1.3
-	Gender and Language	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Language and Politics	ca. 1.3
-	Phonology	ca. 1.3
-	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory	ca. 1.3
-	Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice	ca. 1.3
88	Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics	ca. 1.2
-	Argumentation	ca. 1.2
-	Language Acquisition	ca. 1.2
91	Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism	ca. 1.1
-	Intercultural Pragmatics	ca. 1.1
-	Linguistics and Philosophy	ca. 1.1
-	Metaphor and Symbol	ca. 1.1
-	Pragmatics	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Linguistics	ca. 1.1
-	Language Sciences	ca. 1.1
-	Linguistics	ca. 1.1
-	Lingua	ca. 1.1
-	Linguistics Vanguard	ca. 1.1
101	Journal of Politeness Research-Language Behaviour Culture	ca. 1
-	English Today	ca. 1
-	International Journal of Corpus Linguistics	ca. 1
-	English Language & Linguistics	ca. 1
-	Translation Studies	ca. 1
-	Target-International Journal of Translation Studies	ca. 1
-	Language Variation and Change	ca. 1
-	Glossa-A Journal of General Linguistics	ca. 1
-	Gesture	ca. 1
-	Canadian Modern Language Review-Revue Canadienne des Langues Vivantes	ca. 1
111	Communication Disorders Quarterly	ca. 0.9
-	Phonetica	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Semantics	ca. 0.9
-	English Teaching-Practice and Critique	ca. 0.9
-	Translation and Interpreting Studies	ca. 0.9
116	Journal of the International Phonetic Association	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of English Linguistics	ca. 0.8
-	Pragmatics and Society	ca. 0.8
-	Digital Scholarship in the Humanities	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Linguistic Anthropology	ca. 0.8
-	Syntax-A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Interdisciplinary Research	ca. 0.8
-	Names-A Journal of Onomastics	ca. 0.8
123	Across Languages and Cultures	ca. 0.7
-	Review of Cognitive Linguistics	ca. 0.7
-	Translator	ca. 0.7
-	Diachronica	ca. 0.7
-	Language and Literature	ca. 0.7
-	Narrative Inquiry	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages	ca. 0.7
130	Theoretical Linguistics	ca. 0.6
-	Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Journal of French Language Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Language Problems & Language Planning	ca. 0.6
-	Folia Linguistica	ca. 0.6
-	Text & Talk	ca. 0.6
136	European Journal of English Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Acta Linguistica Academica	ca. 0.5
-	Functions of Language	ca. 0.5
-	Language Matters	ca. 0.5
-	Nordic Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.5
-	Studies in Language	ca. 0.5
-	Language & History	ca. 0.5
-	Signs and Society	ca. 0.5
-	International Journal of Lexicography	ca. 0.5
-	American Speech	ca. 0.5
-	Journal of Germanic Linguistics	ca. 0.5
-	Linguistic Review	ca. 0.5
-	Spanish in Context	ca. 0.5
149	English World-Wide	ca. 0.4
-	Revista Signos	ca. 0.4
-	Revista Espanola de Linguistica Aplicada	ca. 0.4
-	Langages	ca. 0.4
-	Atlantis-Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies	ca. 0.4
-	Australian Journal of Linguistics	ca. 0.4
-	Pragmatics & Cognition	ca. 0.4
-	Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion	ca. 0.4
157	Babel-Revue Internationale de la Traduction-International Journal of Translation	ca. 0.3
-	Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics	ca. 0.3
159	RILCE-Revista de Filologia Hispanica	ca. 0.1
-	International Journal of American Linguistics	ca. 0.1
-	Estudios Filologicos	ca. 0.1
-	Historiographia Linguistica	ca. 0.1