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Best Linguistics and Language journals

1,210 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Linguistics and Language. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 304 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Artificial Intelligence Review 36.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics 30.7 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – Yes
3 Computer Assisted Language Learning 29.7 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
4 Computational Linguistics 28.8 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – Yes
5 RELC Journal 19.4 99th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Language Teaching Research 17.8 99th Q1 SSCI – No
7 ReCALL 14.9 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
8 Communication Research 14.3 99th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 13.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
10 Language Teaching 12.7 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
11 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 12.4 99th Q1 ESCI – No
12 Assessing Writing 12.1 99th Q1 SSCI – No
13 Artificial Intelligence 11.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 10.9 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
15 Studies in Second Language Acquisition 10.8 98th Q1 SSCI – No
16 Annual Review of Linguistics 10.6 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
17 Applied Ontology 10.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Communication Theory 10.5 98th Q1 SSCI A No
19 Teaching English with Technology 10.4 98th Q1 – – No
20 Applied Linguistics 10.3 98th Q1 SSCI – No
21 System 10 98th Q1 SSCI – No
22 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 9.9 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
23 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 9.7 98th Q1 SSCI – Yes
24 Natural Language Processing Journal 9.1 97th Q1 – – Yes
25 International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8.7 97th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
26 Journal of Communication 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI A No
27 Language Learning 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
28 TESOL Quarterly 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
29 Topics in Cognitive Science 8.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
30 Modern Language Journal 8.4 97th Q1 SSCI – No
31 Applied Linguistics Review 8.2 97th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
32 Journal of Second Language Writing 8.1 97th Q1 SSCI – No
33 Human Communication Research 8 97th Q1 SSCI – No
34 Task-Based Language Teaching 7.8 97th Q1 – – No
35 English for Specific Purposes 7.5 97th Q1 SSCI – No
36 Language Learning and Technology 7.4 97th Q1 SSCI – Yes
37 Speech Communication 7.4 96th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Journal of English-Medium Instruction 7.3 96th Q1 – – No
39 Language, Culture and Curriculum 7.3 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
40 Language Testing 7 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
41 Neurobiology of Language 6.8 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 Language Learning Journal 6.6 96th Q1 ESCI – No
43 Journal of English for Academic Purposes 6.5 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
44 Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 6.4 96th Q1 – – No
45 Bilingualism 6.3 96th Q1 SSCI – No
46 Language Testing in Asia 6.2 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
47 Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education 6 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
48 Natural Language Processing 6 96th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
49 Mind and Language 6 95th Q1 SSCI – No
50 Journal of Language, Identity and Education 5.9 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
51 Cognition 5.8 95th Q1 SSCI – No
52 International Journal of Multilingualism 5.8 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
53 Language and Education 5.8 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
54 Metaphor and Symbol 5.8 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
55 Language in Society 5.7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
56 Translation Spaces (The Netherlands) 5.7 95th Q1 ESCI – No
57 Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural 5.6 95th Q1 ESCI – No
58 Reading and Writing 5.6 95th Q1 SSCI – No
59 Applied Psycholinguistics 5.5 95th Q1 SSCI – No
60 International Journal of Listening 5.4 95th Q1 – – No
61 Cognitive Psychology 5.4 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
62 IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching 5.4 94th Q1 SSCI – No
63 Language Resources and Evaluation 5.4 94th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Journal of China Tourism Research 5.3 94th Q1 ESCI B No
65 International Journal of Speech Technology 5.3 94th Q1 – – No
66 International Multilingual Research Journal 5.3 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
67 Second Language Research 5.3 94th Q1 SSCI – No
68 Discourse and Society 5.2 94th Q1 SSCI A No
69 Journal of Memory and Language 5.2 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
70 Language Awareness 5.2 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
71 Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 5.2 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
72 Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval 5.2 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
73 Current Issues in Language Planning 5.1 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
74 Discourse 5.1 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
75 Computers and Composition 5 93rd Q1 ESCI – No
76 Journal of Child Language 5 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
77 Social Semiotics 5 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
78 Aphasiology 4.9 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
79 ESP Today 4.9 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
80 Interpreter and Translator Trainer 4.9 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
81 Language Assessment Quarterly 4.9 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
82 International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 4.7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
83 International Journal of Language Studies 4.7 93rd Q1 – – No
84 Language Policy 4.7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
85 Asian Englishes 4.7 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
86 Journal of Language and Social Psychology 4.7 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
87 Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition 4.6 92nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
88 Journal of Language and Sexuality 4.6 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
89 Journal of World Languages 4.6 92nd Q1 – – Yes
90 Language and Intercultural Communication 4.6 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
91 Linguistic Typology 4.6 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
92 Maritime Technology and Research 4.6 92nd Q1 – – No
93 Poetics 4.6 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
94 Journal of Phonetics 4.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
95 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 4.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
96 Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice 4.4 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
97 Research on Language and Social Interaction 4.4 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
98 Applied Corpus Linguistics 4.4 91st Q1 ESCI – No
99 Interpreting 4.4 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
100 Public Relations Inquiry 4.3 91st Q1 ESCI B No
101 International Journal of Audiology 4.3 91st Q1 SCIE – No
102 Journal of Sociolinguistics 4.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
103 Linguistics and Education 4.3 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
104 Reading and Writing Quarterly 4.2 91st Q1 SSCI – No
105 Discourse and Communication 4.1 91st Q1 SSCI A No
106 Journal of Multicultural Discourses 4.1 91st Q1 ESCI – No
107 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 4.1 91st Q1 SSCI – No
108 Linguistic Landscape 4.1 91st Q1 ESCI – No
109 Brain and Language 4 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
110 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 4 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
111 Discourse Processes 4 90th Q1 SSCI – No
112 First Language 4 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
113 Journal of Pragmatics 3.9 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
114 Language Learning and Development 3.9 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
115 Multilingua 3.9 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
116 Translation, Cognition and Behavior 3.9 90th Q1 – – No
117 International Journal of Applied Linguistics 3.8 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
118 International Journal of Society, Culture and Language 3.8 90th Q1 – – No
119 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 3.8 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
120 World Englishes 3.8 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
121 Journal for Multicultural Education 3.7 90th Q1 ESCI – No
122 Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 3.7 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
123 Foreign Language Annals 3.7 89th Q1 SSCI – No
124 International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 3.7 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
125 Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research 3.7 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
126 Journal of Quantitative Linguistics 3.7 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
127 Literacy Research and Instruction 3.7 89th Q1 ESCI – No
128 TESL-EJ 3.7 89th Q1 – – Yes
129 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 3.6 89th Q1 SSCI B No
130 International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching 3.6 89th Q1 ESCI – No
131 ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium) 3.6 89th Q1 ESCI – No
132 Journal of Communication Disorders 3.6 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
133 Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes 3.6 89th Q1 – – No
134 International Journal of Legal Discourse 3.5 88th Q1 ESCI – No
135 Journal of Politeness Research 3.5 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
136 Porta Linguarum 3.5 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
137 Spanish Journal of Psychology 3.5 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
138 TESOL Journal 3.5 88th Q1 ESCI – No
139 Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics 3.4 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
140 Ampersand 3.3 88th Q1 – – Yes
141 Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 3.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
142 International Journal of Language Education 3.3 88th Q1 ESCI – No
143 Language and Speech 3.3 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
144 Language Variation and Change 3.3 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
145 Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 3.3 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
146 Topics in Language Disorders 3.3 88th Q1 SSCI – No
147 Journal of Constructivist Psychology 3.2 87th Q1 SSCI B No
148 Argumentation 3.2 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
149 Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 3.2 87th Q1 ESCI – No
150 CALICO Journal 3.2 87th Q1 ESCI – No
151 International Journal of Language Testing 3.2 87th Q1 – – Yes
152 Internet Pragmatics 3.2 87th Q1 ESCI – No
153 Journal of English as a Lingua Franca 3.2 87th Q1 ESCI – No
154 Journal of Writing Research 3.2 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
155 Journalism and Media 3.2 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
156 Linguistic Inquiry 3.2 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
157 Russian Journal of Linguistics 3.2 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
158 Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics 3.2 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
159 Communication Reports 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
160 Dialogic Pedagogy 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
161 English Teaching and Learning 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
162 International Journal of Bilingualism 3.1 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
163 International Journal of Learner Corpus Research 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
164 JALT CALL Journal 3.1 86th Q1 – – No
165 Journal of Language and Education 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
166 Journal of Literacy Research 3.1 86th Q1 SSCI – No
167 Journal of Specialised Translation 3.1 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
168 Language Dynamics and Change 3.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
169 Novitas-ROYAL 3.1 86th Q1 – – No
170 Target 3.1 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
171 Discourse Studies 3 85th Q1 SSCI A No
172 Argument and Computation 3 85th Q1 ESCI – No
173 Designs for Learning 3 85th Q1 – – Yes
174 Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 3 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
175 Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science 3 85th Q1 ESCI – No
176 Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 3 85th Q1 ESCI – No
177 Journal of Second Language Studies 3 85th Q1 ESCI – No
178 Language 3 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
179 Linguistics and Philosophy 3 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
180 Translation and Interpreting 3 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
181 Language Acquisition 2.9 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
182 Language and Linguistics Compass 2.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
183 Applied Pragmatics 2.9 84th Q1 – – No
184 Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 2.9 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
185 Corpora 2.9 84th Q1 ESCI – No
186 Journal of Audiovisual Translation 2.9 84th Q1 – – Yes
187 Journal of Language Evolution 2.9 84th Q1 ESCI – No
188 Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 2.9 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
189 Language Sciences 2.9 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
190 LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network 2.9 84th Q1 – – Yes
191 Language and Communication 2.8 84th Q1 SSCI B No
192 Arab World English Journal 2.8 84th Q1 ESCI – No
193 Technology in Language Teaching and Learning 2.8 84th Q1 – – Yes
194 Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 2.8 84th Q1 ESCI – No
195 Biolinguistics 2.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
196 Canadian Slavonic Papers 2.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
197 English Teaching 2.8 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
198 English World-Wide 2.8 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
199 Journal of Neurolinguistics 2.8 83rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
200 Open Mind 2.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
201 English Today 2.7 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
202 Intercultural Pragmatics 2.7 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
203 International Journal of TESOL Studies 2.7 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
204 Reading Teacher 2.7 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
205 Signs and Society 2.7 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
206 Translation Studies 2.7 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
207 Pragmatics 2.6 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
208 Child Language Teaching and Therapy 2.6 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
209 English Language and Linguistics 2.6 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
210 Gender and Language 2.6 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
211 Investigaciones sobre Lectura 2.6 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
212 Journal of Semantics 2.6 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
213 Linguistics 2.6 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
214 New Techno Humanities 2.6 82nd Q1 – – Yes
215 World of Media 2.6 82nd Q1 – – Yes
216 Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics 2.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
217 Dialogue and Discourse 2.5 82nd Q1 – – Yes
218 Journal of Linguistics 2.5 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
219 Reading and Writing (South Africa) 2.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
220 Cognitive Linguistics 2.5 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
221 Digital Translation: International Journal of Translation and Localization 2.5 81st Q1 – – No
222 Journal of Fluency Disorders 2.5 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
223 Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2.5 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
224 Lingua 2.5 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
225 Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation Studies 2.5 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
226 Metaphor and the Social World 2.5 81st Q1 ESCI – No
227 Psychology of Language and Communication 2.5 81st Q1 – – Yes
228 Teflin Journal 2.5 81st Q1 – – Yes
229 Text and Talk 2.5 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
230 Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft 2.5 81st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
231 Laboratory Phonology 2.5 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
232 Language Related Research 2.5 80th Q1 – – No
233 Translator 2.5 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
234 Journal of Intercultural Communication 2.4 80th Q1 – C No
235 CALL-EJ 2.4 80th Q1 – – No
236 Contrastive Pragmatics 2.4 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
237 Diachronica 2.4 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
238 Revista Tradumatica 2.4 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
239 Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal 2.4 80th Q1 – – Yes
240 Studies in English Language and Education 2.4 80th Q1 – – Yes
241 Interaction Studies 2.3 80th Q1 SSCI – No
242 Languages 2.3 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
243 Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 2.3 80th Q1 – – No
244 Across Languages and Cultures 2.3 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
245 Reading Psychology 2.3 79th Q1 ESCI – No
246 Semiotica 2.3 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
247 Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics 2.2 79th Q1 – – Yes
248 Communication Disorders Quarterly 2.2 79th Q1 SSCI – No
249 Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica 2.2 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
250 Iberica 2.2 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
251 International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2.2 79th Q1 ESCI – No
252 Journal of Language Teaching and Research 2.2 79th Q1 – – No
253 Research in the Teaching of English 2.2 79th Q1 SSCI – No
254 Sign Systems Studies 2.2 79th Q1 AHCI – Yes
255 Training, Language and Culture 2.2 79th Q1 – – Yes
256 AILA Review 2.1 78th Q1 ESCI – No
257 Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 2.1 78th Q1 – – No
258 Children's Literature in Education 2.1 78th Q1 AHCI – No
259 Humor 2.1 78th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
260 Journal of College Reading and Learning 2.1 78th Q1 – – No
261 Language and Cognition 2.1 78th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
262 Language and Health 2.1 78th Q1 – – Yes
263 Language and Literature 2.1 78th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
264 Language Teaching for Young Learners 2.1 78th Q1 ESCI – No
265 Language, Culture and Society 2.1 78th Q1 ESCI – No
266 Syntax 2.1 78th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
267 Translation and Interpreting Studies 2.1 78th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
268 Psycholinguistics 2 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
269 Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 2 77th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
270 Language Learning and Language Teaching 2 77th Q1 – – No
271 Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 2 77th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
272 Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development 2 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
273 Speech, Language and Hearing 2 77th Q1 ESCI – No
274 English in Education 1.9 77th Q1 SSCI – No
275 Interactional Linguistics 1.9 77th Q1 – – No
276 Intercultural Communication Education 1.9 77th Q1 – – Yes
277 International Journal of Technology and Educational Innovation 1.9 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
278 Journal of Language and Discrimination 1.9 77th Q1 – – No
279 L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature 1.9 77th Q1 ESCI – No
280 Theory and Practice in Language Studies 1.9 77th Q1 – – No
281 Cognitive Semantics 1.9 76th Q1 ESCI – No
282 Constructions and Frames 1.9 76th Q1 ESCI – No
283 Corpus Pragmatics 1.9 76th Q1 ESCI – No
284 Journal of Logic, Language and Information 1.9 76th Q1 AHCI, SCIE – No
285 Journal of the European Second Language Association 1.9 76th Q1 – – Yes
286 L2 Journal 1.9 76th Q1 – – Yes
287 Language Learning in Higher Education 1.9 76th Q1 ESCI – No
288 Language Teaching Research Quarterly 1.9 76th Q1 – – No
289 Public Journal of Semiotics 1.9 76th Q1 – – No
290 Tejuelo. Didactica de la Lengua y la Literatura. Educacion 1.9 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
291 Applied Research on English Language 1.8 76th Q1 – – Yes
292 Linguistics Vanguard 1.8 76th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
293 Advances in Communication and Swallowing 1.8 75th Q1 – – No
294 International Journal of Semantic Computing 1.8 75th Q1 ESCI – No
295 Lexikos 1.8 75th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
296 Mental Lexicon 1.8 75th Q1 ESCI – No
297 Phonetica 1.8 75th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
298 Reading in a Foreign Language 1.8 75th Q1 ESCI – No
299 Research in Corpus Linguistics 1.8 75th Q1 – – Yes
300 Russian Linguistics 1.8 75th Q1 AHCI – No

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