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Best Language and Linguistics journals

1,125 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Language and Linguistics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 281 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Artificial Intelligence Review 36.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Computer Assisted Language Learning 29.7 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
3 Computational Linguistics 28.8 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – Yes
4 RELC Journal 19.4 99th Q1 SSCI – No
5 Language Teaching Research 17.8 99th Q1 SSCI – No
6 ReCALL 14.9 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
7 Communication Research 14.3 99th Q1 SSCI A No
8 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 13.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
9 Language Teaching 12.7 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
10 Assessing Writing 12.1 99th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Artificial Intelligence 11.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 10.9 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
13 Studies in Second Language Acquisition 10.8 98th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Annual Review of Linguistics 10.6 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
15 Applied Ontology 10.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Communication Theory 10.5 98th Q1 SSCI A No
17 Teaching English with Technology 10.4 98th Q1 – – No
18 Applied Linguistics 10.3 98th Q1 SSCI – No
19 System 10 98th Q1 SSCI – No
20 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 9.7 98th Q1 SSCI – Yes
21 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8.7 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
22 TESOL Quarterly 8.6 98th Q1 SSCI – No
23 Journal of Communication 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI A No
24 Language Learning 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
25 Modern Language Journal 8.4 97th Q1 SSCI – No
26 Applied Linguistics Review 8.2 97th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
27 Journal of Second Language Writing 8.1 97th Q1 SSCI – No
28 ELT Journal 7.7 97th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
29 English for Specific Purposes 7.5 97th Q1 SSCI – No
30 Language Learning and Technology 7.4 97th Q1 SSCI – Yes
31 Speech Communication 7.4 97th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Journal of English-Medium Instruction 7.3 97th Q1 – – No
33 Language, Culture and Curriculum 7.3 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
34 Language Testing 7 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
35 European Journal of Communication 6.7 96th Q1 SSCI B No
36 Language Learning Journal 6.6 96th Q1 ESCI – No
37 Journal of English for Academic Purposes 6.5 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
38 Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 6.4 96th Q1 – – No
39 Bilingualism 6.3 96th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Language Testing in Asia 6.2 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 6 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 Mind and Language 6 96th Q1 SSCI – No
43 Natural Language Processing 6 96th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
44 Journal of Language, Identity and Education 5.9 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
45 Cognition 5.8 95th Q1 SSCI – No
46 International Journal of Multilingualism 5.8 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
47 Language and Education 5.8 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
48 Language in Society 5.7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
49 Translation Spaces (The Netherlands) 5.7 95th Q1 ESCI – No
50 Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural 5.6 95th Q1 ESCI – No
51 Applied Psycholinguistics 5.5 95th Q1 SSCI – No
52 International Journal of Listening 5.4 95th Q1 – – No
53 IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching 5.4 95th Q1 SSCI – No
54 Language Resources and Evaluation 5.4 95th Q1 SCIE – No
55 International Journal of Speech Technology 5.3 95th Q1 – – No
56 Journal of China Tourism Research 5.3 94th Q1 ESCI B No
57 International Multilingual Research Journal 5.3 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
58 Discourse and Society 5.2 94th Q1 SSCI A No
59 Journal of Memory and Language 5.2 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
60 Language Awareness 5.2 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
61 Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 5.2 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
62 Current Issues in Language Planning 5.1 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
63 Computers and Composition 5 94th Q1 ESCI – No
64 Journal of Child Language 5 94th Q1 SSCI – No
65 Social Semiotics 5 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
66 Communication Monographs 4.9 94th Q1 SSCI – No
67 Aphasiology 4.9 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
68 ESP Today 4.9 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
69 Interpreter and Translator Trainer 4.9 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
70 Language Assessment Quarterly 4.9 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
71 Asian Englishes 4.7 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
72 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 4.7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
73 International Journal of Language Studies 4.7 93rd Q1 – – No
74 Journal of Language and Social Psychology 4.7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
75 Language Policy 4.7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
76 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition 4.6 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
77 Journal of Language and Sexuality 4.6 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
78 Linguistic Typology 4.6 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
79 Classroom Discourse 4.6 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
80 Poetics 4.6 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
81 Interpreting 4.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
82 Journal of Phonetics 4.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
83 Jurnal Ilmiah Peuradeun 4.4 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
84 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 4.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
85 Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice 4.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
86 International Journal of Audiology 4.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
87 Journal of Sociolinguistics 4.3 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
88 Linguistics and Education 4.3 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
89 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 4.1 91st Q1 SSCI – No
90 Linguistic Landscape 4.1 91st Q1 ESCI – No
91 Brain and Language 4 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
92 Discourse Processes 4 91st Q1 SSCI – No
93 First Language 4 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
94 Journal of Pragmatics 3.9 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
95 Language Learning and Development 3.9 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
96 Multilingua 3.9 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
97 Translation, Cognition and Behavior 3.9 91st Q1 – – No
98 International Journal of Applied Linguistics 3.8 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
99 Mind, Culture, and Activity 3.8 91st Q1 SSCI – No
100 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 3.8 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
101 World Englishes 3.8 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
102 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 3.7 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
103 International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 3.7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
104 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 3.7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
105 Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research 3.7 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
106 Journal of Applied Communication Research 3.7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
107 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics 3.7 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
108 Literacy 3.7 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
109 TESL-EJ 3.7 90th Q1 – – Yes
110 ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium) 3.6 90th Q1 ESCI – No
111 Porta Linguarum 3.5 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
112 Journal of Politeness Research 3.5 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
113 Spanish Journal of Psychology 3.5 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
114 TESOL Journal 3.5 89th Q1 ESCI – No
115 Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics 3.4 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
116 Journal of Culture and Values in Education 3.4 89th Q1 – – No
117 Ampersand 3.3 89th Q1 – – Yes
118 Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 3.3 89th Q1 ESCI – No
119 International Journal of Language Education 3.3 89th Q1 ESCI – No
120 Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 3.3 89th Q1 ESCI – No
121 Language and Speech 3.3 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
122 Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 3.3 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
123 Language Variation and Change 3.3 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
124 Topics in Language Disorders 3.3 88th Q1 SSCI – No
125 Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 3.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
126 CALICO Journal 3.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
127 International Journal of Language Testing 3.2 88th Q1 – – Yes
128 Internet Pragmatics 3.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
129 Journal of English as a Lingua Franca 3.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
130 Journal of Writing Research 3.2 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
131 Linguistic Inquiry 3.2 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
132 Russian Journal of Linguistics 3.2 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
133 Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics 3.2 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
134 Biosemiotics 3.1 87th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
135 Communication Reports 3.1 87th Q1 ESCI – No
136 Dialogic Pedagogy 3.1 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
137 International Journal of Bilingualism 3.1 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
138 JALT CALL Journal 3.1 87th Q1 – – No
139 Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 3.1 87th Q1 SSCI – No
140 Journal of Literacy Research 3.1 87th Q1 SSCI – No
141 Journal of Specialised Translation 3.1 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
142 Language Dynamics and Change 3.1 87th Q1 ESCI – No
143 Novitas-ROYAL 3.1 87th Q1 – – No
144 South African Journal of Communication Disorders 3.1 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
145 Target 3.1 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
146 International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
147 Journal of Language and Education 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
148 Discourse Studies 3 86th Q1 SSCI A No
149 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 3 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
150 Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 3 86th Q1 ESCI – No
151 Journal of Second Language Studies 3 86th Q1 ESCI – No
152 Language 3 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
153 Translation and Interpreting 3 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
154 Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 2.9 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
155 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 2.9 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
156 Language Acquisition 2.9 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
157 Corpora 2.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
158 International Journal of Lexicography 2.9 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
159 Language Sciences 2.9 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
160 LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network 2.9 85th Q1 – – Yes
161 Language and Communication 2.8 85th Q1 SSCI B No
162 Biolinguistics 2.8 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
163 Canadian Slavonic Papers 2.8 85th Q1 ESCI – No
164 English Teaching 2.8 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
165 English World-Wide 2.8 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
166 International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 2.8 85th Q1 ESCI – No
167 Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 2.8 85th Q1 ESCI – No
168 Communication Education 2.7 85th Q1 ESCI – No
169 English Today 2.7 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
170 Intercultural Pragmatics 2.7 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
171 International Journal of TESOL Studies 2.7 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
172 Reading Teacher 2.7 84th Q1 SSCI – No
173 Signs and Society 2.7 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
174 Translation Studies 2.7 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
175 Child Language Teaching and Therapy 2.6 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
176 English Language and Linguistics 2.6 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
177 Gender and Language 2.6 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
178 Investigaciones sobre Lectura 2.6 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
179 Pragmatics 2.6 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
180 Linguistics 2.6 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
181 Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics 2.5 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
182 Cognitive Linguistics 2.5 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
183 Dialogue and Discourse 2.5 83rd Q1 – – Yes
184 Digital Translation: International Journal of Translation and Localization 2.5 83rd Q1 – – No
185 Journal of Linguistics 2.5 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
186 Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2.5 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
187 Lingua 2.5 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
188 Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies 2.5 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
189 Reading and Writing (South Africa) 2.5 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
190 Text and Talk 2.5 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
191 Interpreting and Society 2.5 82nd Q1 – – Yes
192 Journal of Fluency Disorders 2.5 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
193 Laboratory Phonology 2.5 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
194 Language Related Research 2.5 82nd Q1 – – No
195 Metaphor and the Social World 2.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
196 Psychology of Language and Communication 2.5 82nd Q1 – – Yes
197 Translator 2.5 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
198 Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft 2.5 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
199 CALL-EJ 2.4 82nd Q1 – – No
200 Contrastive Pragmatics 2.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
201 Morphology 2.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
202 Revista Tradumatica 2.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
203 Studies in English Language and Education 2.4 81st Q1 – – Yes
204 Across Languages and Cultures 2.3 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
205 Interaction Studies 2.3 81st Q1 SSCI – No
206 Languages 2.3 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
207 Semiotica 2.3 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
208 Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 2.3 81st Q1 – – No
209 East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies 2.2 81st Q1 – – Yes
210 Iberica 2.2 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
211 International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2.2 81st Q1 ESCI – No
212 Sign Systems Studies 2.2 81st Q1 AHCI – Yes
213 Terminology 2.2 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
214 Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica 2.2 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
215 Journal of Language Teaching and Research 2.2 80th Q1 – – No
216 Research in the Teaching of English 2.2 80th Q1 SSCI – No
217 AILA Review 2.1 80th Q1 ESCI – No
218 Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 2.1 80th Q1 – – No
219 Humor 2.1 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
220 Language and Cognition 2.1 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
221 Language and Literature 2.1 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
222 Language, Culture and Society 2.1 80th Q1 ESCI – No
223 Syntax 2.1 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
224 Translation and Interpreting Studies 2.1 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
225 Language Teaching for Young Learners 2.1 79th Q1 ESCI – No
226 Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 2 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
227 Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 2 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
228 Psycholinguistics 2 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
229 Cognitive Semantics 1.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
230 Constructions and Frames 1.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
231 Corpus Pragmatics 1.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
232 English in Education 1.9 79th Q1 SSCI – No
233 Interactional Linguistics 1.9 79th Q1 – – No
234 L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature 1.9 79th Q1 ESCI – No
235 Language Teaching Research Quarterly 1.9 79th Q1 – – No
236 Theory and Practice in Language Studies 1.9 79th Q1 – – No
237 Language Learning in Higher Education 1.9 78th Q1 ESCI – No
238 Tejuelo. Didactica de la Lengua y la Literatura. Educacion 1.9 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
239 Applied Research on English Language 1.8 78th Q1 – – Yes
240 European Journal of Applied Linguistics 1.8 78th Q1 ESCI – No
241 Linguistics Vanguard 1.8 78th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
242 Phonetica 1.8 78th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
243 Quarterly Journal of Speech 1.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
244 Studia Fennica Linguistica 1.8 78th Q1 – – No
245 Studies in Language 1.8 78th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
246 Studies in Language and Social Interaction 1.8 78th Q1 – – No
247 Teaching English Language 1.8 78th Q1 – – Yes
248 Western Journal of Communication 1.8 77th Q1 ESCI C No
249 Babel 1.8 77th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
250 Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics 1.8 77th Q1 – – Yes
251 Lexikos 1.8 77th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
252 Mental Lexicon 1.8 77th Q1 ESCI – No
253 Research in Corpus Linguistics 1.8 77th Q1 – – Yes
254 Russian Linguistics 1.8 77th Q1 AHCI – No
255 XLinguae 1.8 77th Q1 – – No
256 Argumentation Library 1.7 77th Q1 – – No
257 Philosophical Studies Series 1.7 77th Q1 – – No
258 Studies in Language Variation 1.7 77th Q1 – – No
259 Taiwan Journal of TESOL 1.7 77th Q1 ESCI – No
260 Asia-Pacific Language Variation 1.7 76th Q1 ESCI – No
261 Language Matters 1.7 76th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
262 Studies in Writing 1.7 76th Q1 – – No
263 International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies 1.6 76th Q1 – – No
264 Journal of African Cultural Studies 1.6 76th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
265 Journal of Historical Linguistics 1.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
266 Language Value 1.6 76th Q1 – – Yes
267 Linguistic Review 1.6 76th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
268 Linguistic Variation 1.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
269 Nordic Journal of Linguistics 1.6 76th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
270 Sociolinguistica 1.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
271 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature 1.6 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
272 Bilingual Research Journal 1.6 75th Q1 ESCI – No
273 European Journal of Humour Research 1.6 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
274 GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies 1.6 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
275 Journal of French Language Studies 1.6 75th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
276 Journal of Historical Pragmatics 1.6 75th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
277 Journal of Spanish Language Teaching 1.6 75th Q1 – – No
278 Open Linguistics 1.6 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
279 Pragmatics and Society 1.6 75th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
280 rEFLections 1.6 75th Q1 – – No
281 World Journal of English Language 1.5 75th Q1 – – No
282 Cognitive Studies 1.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
283 Glossa 1.5 74th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
284 Ikala 1.5 74th Q2 – – Yes
285 Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 1.5 74th Q2 ESCI – No
286 LLT Journal: Journal on Language and Language Teaching 1.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
287 Word 1.5 74th Q2 ESCI – No
288 Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 1.4 74th Q2 – – No
289 Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Uhingu Aastaraamat 1.4 74th Q2 – – Yes
290 International Journal of Arabic-English Studies 1.4 74th Q2 – – No
291 Sustainable Multilingualism 1.4 74th Q2 – – Yes
292 Word Structure 1.4 74th Q2 ESCI – No
293 Canadian Journal of Linguistics 1.4 73rd Q2 AHCI – No
294 East European Journal of Psycholinguistics 1.4 73rd Q2 – – Yes
295 Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics 1.4 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
296 Linguistik Aktuell 1.4 73rd Q2 – – No
297 SiSal Journal 1.4 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
298 Studia Linguistica 1.4 73rd Q2 AHCI – No
299 Voice and Speech Review 1.4 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
300 Anuario Lope de Vega 1.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes

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