Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Subfield ranking · 2002
Language and Linguistics journal rankings 2002
71 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Language and Linguistics has 71 ranked journals in 2002. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2001 to 0.95, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.82. The top three are Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, and Linguistics and Philosophy.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Arts and Humanities (13)
71 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2002. | Compare |
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1Linguistic InquiryThe MIT Press · United States | 8.21Q1 | 2.63 1.10 down from 2001 | 103 | 0% | — | ||
2Natural Language & Linguistic TheorySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.79Q1 | 1.71 0.99 down from 2001 | 67 | 0% | $3,090 | ||
3Linguistics and PhilosophySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.23Q1 | 1.58 0.42 down from 2001 | 52 | 3% | $3,090 | ||
4Modern Language JournalWiley · United States | 3.98Q1 | 1.03 0.17 up from 2001 | 150 | 1% | $3,800 | ||
5Zeitschrift für SprachwissenschaftDe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 3.49Q1 | 0.41 0.21 up from 2001 | 55 | 94% | $0 listed | ||
6Text and TalkDe Gruyter · Germany | 3.03Q1 | 0.94 0.53 up from 2001 | 78 | 10% | $2,712 | ||
7Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.94Q1 | 0.83 0.18 down from 2001 | 60 | 3% | $3,650 | ||
8Linguistic TypologyOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.70Q1 | 0.55 0.37 up from 2001 | 36 | 20% | $0 listed | ||
9Research on Language and Social InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.66Q1 | 1.06 0.17 up from 2001 | 72 | 5% | — | ||
10Computer Assisted Language LearningRoutledge · United Kingdom | 2.57Q1 | 1.30 1.05 up from 2001 | 89 | 6% | — | ||
11Journal of SemanticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.49Q1 | 1.12 0.03 up from 2001 | 35 | 6% | $5,137 | ||
12LanguageLinguistic Society of America · United States | 2.45Q1 | 0.67 0.14 down from 2001 | 825 | 2% | — | ||
13SyntaxWiley · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 0.83 1.54 down from 2001 | 33 | 8% | $3,240 | ||
14Language SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 1.28 0.90 up from 2001 | 71 | 0% | $2,510 | ||
15LinguaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.36Q1 | 1.18 0.69 up from 2001 | 125 | 3% | $2,640 | ||
16Journal of PragmaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.11Q1 | 0.73 0.03 up from 2001 | 312 | 4% | $3,260 | ||
17LinguisticsOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.09Q1 | 0.41 0.09 down from 2001 | 129 | 8% | $0 listed | ||
18Foreign Language AnnalsWiley · United States | 1.82Q1 | 0.38 0.08 down from 2001 | 244 | 1% | $3,570 | ||
19Journal of Historical PragmaticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.82Q2 | 0.50 2.75 down from 2001 | 30 | 0% | — | ||
20Language learning & technologyOAUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · United States | 1.73Q2 | 0.99 0.30 up from 2001 | 119 | 100% | — | ||
21Language & CommunicationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.67Q2 | 0.58 0.36 up from 2001 | 67 | 10% | $3,030 | ||
22Language AwarenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.63Q2 | 0.19 0.29 down from 2001 | 54 | 4% | — | ||
23Studies in Second Language AcquisitionCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 0.50 0.30 down from 2001 | 146 | 6% | $3,550 | ||
24SystemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.57Q2 | 0.67 0.15 down from 2001 | 138 | 2% | $3,980 | ||
25ProbusDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.56Q2 | 0.71 0.25 down from 2001 | 37 | 23% | $0 listed | ||
26CALICO JournalEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.53Q2 | 0.48 0.16 up from 2001 | 106 | 4% | — | ||
27Folia LinguisticaDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.51Q2 | 0.64 0.07 up from 2001 | 66 | 10% | $2,712 | ||
28Language Teaching ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.50Q2 | 0.56 0.21 up from 2001 | 64 | 6% | $3,900 | ||
29Acta Linguistica HungaricaOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 1.48Q2 | 0.08 0.11 down from 2001 | 50 | 29% | — | ||
30Theoretical LinguisticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.28Q2 | 0.36 0.49 down from 2001 | 39 | 9% | $0 listed | ||
31Studia LinguisticaWiley · United States | 1.17Q2 | 0.36 0.30 down from 2001 | 46 | 8% | $2,900 | ||
32Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic TheoryOALinguistic Society of America · United States | 1.03Q2 | 0.34 0.66 down from 2001 | 58 | 100% | — | ||
33The Linguistic ReviewDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.01Q2 | 0.51 0.30 up from 2001 | 57 | 6% | $2,712 | ||
34Language Learning JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.00Q2 | 0.42 0.05 up from 2001 | 71 | 0% | — | ||
35Journal of LinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.98Q2 | 0.22 0.13 down from 2001 | 124 | 2% | $3,550 | ||
36Australian Journal of LinguisticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.95Q2 | 0.33 0.07 up from 2001 | 43 | 0% | — | ||
37Journal of East Asian LinguisticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.89Q3 | 0.54 0.09 up from 2001 | 35 | 0% | $2,990 | ||
38IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language TeachingDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.86Q3 | 0.34 0.17 up from 2001 | 76 | 13% | $2,712 | ||
39Studies in LanguageJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 0.86Q3 | 0.24 0.04 up from 2001 | 117 | 0% | — | ||
40International Journal of Applied LinguisticsWiley · Norway | 0.79Q3 | 0.22 0.15 up from 2001 | 65 | 0% | $3,240 | ||
41Language TestingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.71Q3 | 0.27 0.63 down from 2001 | 117 | 8% | $3,900 | ||
42Transactions of the Philological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 0.68Q3 | 0.23 0.15 up from 2001 | 41 | 5% | $2,900 | ||
43The TranslatorTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.67Q3 | 0.24 0.20 down from 2001 | 50 | 0% | — | ||
44Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching GermanWiley · United States | 0.67Q3 | 0.15 0.09 down from 2001 | 173 | 2% | $2,900 | ||
45International Journal of LexicographyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.64Q3 | 0.18 0.08 up from 2001 | 158 | 4% | $4,942 | ||
46Journal of French Language StudiesCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.49Q3 | 0.15 0.14 up from 2001 | 111 | 5% | $3,550 | ||
47Pragmatics & CognitionJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 0.45Q3 | 0.32 0.04 up from 2001 | 70 | 14% | — | ||
48Terminology International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized CommunicationJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 0.42Q3 | 0.29 0.24 up from 2001 | 41 | 0% | — | ||
49Target International Journal of Translation StudiesJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 0.42Q3 | 0.19 0.07 down from 2001 | 145 | 0% | — | ||
50Language TeachingCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.41Q3 | 0.06no change | 169 | 34% | $3,550 |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Language and Linguistics highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics71
- Philosophy56
- Archeology36
- Literature and Literary Theory31
- History and Philosophy of Science20
- Music15
- Conservation11
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts11
- Museology8
- History6
- Classics0
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
40 additional Language and Linguistics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 71
- Window papers (baseline)
- 27,295 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.95 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 64 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 95 | 101 | 107 | 114 | 123 | 127 | 135 | 141 | 150 | 150 | 153 | 154 | 160 | 164 | 161 | 166 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 23,431 | 24,873 | 27,295 | 30,722 | 33,569 | 35,822 | 37,701 | 40,210 | 44,255 | 48,419 | 53,070 | 57,589 | 61,839 | 64,341 | 65,295 | 65,985 | 69,100 | 69,414 | 70,603 | 71,710 | 76,067 | 80,757 | 83,795 | 84,882 | 86,269 | 89,829 | |
| Median OJR | 0.85 | 0.893 | 0.95 | 0.91 | 1.004 | 0.891 | 1.24 | 1.11 | 1.33 | 1.59 | 1.62 | 1.498 | 1.43 | 1.34 | 1.69 | 1.29 | 1.503 | 1.31 | 1.14 | 1.20 | 1.12 | 1.017 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 1.019 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.