Journal rankings · indicator year 2003
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Subfield ranking · 2003
Language and Linguistics journal rankings 2003
72 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Language and Linguistics has 72 ranked journals in 2003. The median journal has an OJR of 0.91, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.04 on 2002; Q1 starts at OJR 2.01. The top three are Linguistic Inquiry, Research on Language and Social Interaction, and Natural Language & Linguistic Theory.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2003. 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 2000–2002, the window the 2003 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)
72 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 2002. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2000–2002 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 2003. | Compare |
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1Linguistic InquiryThe MIT Press · United States | 7.53Q1 | 2.77 0.14 up from 2002 | 99 | 8% | — | ||
2Research on Language and Social InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 6.13Q1 | 1.22 0.16 up from 2002 | 52 | 7% | — | ||
3Natural Language & Linguistic TheorySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.43Q1 | 1.57 0.14 down from 2002 | 68 | 3% | $3,090 | ||
4Linguistics and PhilosophySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.22Q1 | 1.56 0.01 down from 2002 | 63 | 0% | $3,090 | ||
5Journal of SemanticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.52Q1 | 0.69 0.42 down from 2002 | 41 | 0% | $5,137 | ||
6Language SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.28Q1 | 0.38 0.90 down from 2002 | 100 | 4% | $2,510 | ||
7SyntaxWiley · United Kingdom | 3.04Q1 | 1.53 0.70 up from 2002 | 31 | 0% | $3,240 | ||
8Theoretical LinguisticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.94Q1 | 0.33 0.03 down from 2002 | 52 | 5% | $0 listed | ||
9Studies in Second Language AcquisitionCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.84Q1 | 1.63 1.12 up from 2002 | 151 | 4% | $3,550 | ||
10Language Teaching ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.71Q1 | 0.48 0.07 down from 2002 | 55 | 10% | $3,900 | ||
11Transactions of the Philological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.50Q1 | 0.79 0.56 up from 2002 | 49 | 8% | $2,900 | ||
12The Linguistic ReviewDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.47Q1 | 1.25 0.74 up from 2002 | 51 | 5% | $2,712 | ||
13Journal of PragmaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.38Q1 | 0.99 0.25 up from 2002 | 306 | 8% | $3,260 | ||
14LinguisticsOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 0.77 0.36 up from 2002 | 130 | 9% | $0 listed | ||
15ProbusDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.11Q1 | 1.24 0.53 up from 2002 | 34 | 0% | $0 listed | ||
16LinguaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.04Q1 | 0.98 0.21 down from 2002 | 136 | 8% | $2,640 | ||
16Journal of Historical PragmaticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 2.04Q1 | 0.55 0.05 up from 2002 | 45 | 0% | — | ||
18Text and TalkDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.01Q1 | 0.73 0.22 down from 2002 | 75 | 3% | $2,712 | ||
19Language learning & technologyOAUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · United States | 1.94Q2 | 0.70 0.29 down from 2002 | 143 | 100% | — | ||
20Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.89Q2 | 0.35 0.48 down from 2002 | 81 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
21Studia LinguisticaWiley · United States | 1.77Q2 | 0.71 0.35 up from 2002 | 46 | 0% | $2,900 | ||
22Modern Language JournalWiley · United States | 1.73Q2 | 0.51 0.52 down from 2002 | 170 | 2% | $3,800 | ||
23SystemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.68Q2 | 0.55 0.12 down from 2002 | 156 | 14% | $3,980 | ||
24Language & CommunicationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.61Q2 | 0.65 0.07 up from 2002 | 73 | 0% | $3,030 | ||
25Studies in LanguageJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.53Q2 | 0.68 0.45 up from 2002 | 123 | 2% | — | ||
26Language AwarenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.52Q2 | 0.46 0.27 up from 2002 | 54 | 0% | — | ||
27International Journal of Applied LinguisticsWiley · Norway | 1.47Q2 | 0.63 0.41 up from 2002 | 52 | 0% | $3,240 | ||
28LanguageLinguistic Society of America · United States | 1.42Q2 | 0.25 0.41 down from 2002 | 747 | 5% | — | ||
29Computer Assisted Language LearningRoutledge · United Kingdom | 1.38Q2 | 0.63 0.67 down from 2002 | 88 | 10% | — | ||
30Journal of LinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.38Q2 | 0.42 0.20 up from 2002 | 142 | 5% | $3,550 | ||
31EUROSLA YearbookJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.01Q2 | 0.41 0.20 down from 2002 | 32 | 0% | — | ||
32IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language TeachingDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.00Q2 | 0.45 0.11 up from 2002 | 63 | 9% | $2,712 | ||
33Journal of East Asian LinguisticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.97Q2 | 0.46 0.08 down from 2002 | 37 | 5% | $2,990 | ||
34Australian Journal of LinguisticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.96Q2 | 0.42 0.08 up from 2002 | 45 | 0% | — | ||
35DiachronicaJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 0.94Q2 | 0.26 0.15 up from 2002 | 72 | 0% | — | ||
36Language TestingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 0.70 0.44 up from 2002 | 103 | 11% | $3,900 | ||
37Journal of Germanic LinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.88Q3 | 0.23 0.17 up from 2002 | 35 | 5% | $3,550 | ||
38JALT JournalJapan | 0.86Q3 | 0.48 0.38 up from 2002 | 44 | 64% | — | ||
39International Journal of LexicographyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.80Q3 | 0.07 0.11 down from 2002 | 146 | 0% | $4,942 | ||
40Folia LinguisticaDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.76Q3 | 0.28 0.36 down from 2002 | 56 | 0% | $2,712 | ||
41Zeitschrift für SprachwissenschaftDe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 0.69Q3 | 0.18 0.23 down from 2002 | 75 | 88% | $0 listed | ||
42Foreign Language AnnalsWiley · United States | 0.68Q3 | 0.17 0.21 down from 2002 | 326 | 3% | $3,570 | ||
43Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic TheoryOALinguistic Society of America · United States | 0.63Q3 | 0.26 0.08 down from 2002 | 59 | 100% | — | ||
44The TranslatorTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.62Q3 | 0.15 0.09 down from 2002 | 50 | 6% | — | ||
45Terminology International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized CommunicationJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 0.60Q3 | 0.32 0.03 up from 2002 | 63 | 0% | — | ||
46Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching GermanWiley · United States | 0.56Q3 | 0.08 0.06 down from 2002 | 174 | 3% | $2,900 | ||
47Pragmatics & CognitionJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 0.55Q3 | 0.44 0.12 up from 2002 | 71 | 4% | — | ||
48PerspectivesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.54Q3 | 0.24 0.08 up from 2002 | 71 | 0% | — | ||
49Language Learning JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.48Q3 | 0.66 0.24 up from 2002 | 67 | 0% | — | ||
50CALICO JournalEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.40Q3 | 0.15 0.34 down from 2002 | 112 | 12% | — |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Language and Linguistics highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics72
- Philosophy59
- Archeology35
- Literature and Literary Theory32
- History and Philosophy of Science21
- Music15
- Conservation11
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts11
- Museology8
- History7
- Classics1
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2003. Corpus-wide, 70.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
45 additional Language and Linguistics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2000–2002, 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: 2003. Publication window: 2000–2002. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 72
- Window papers (baseline)
- 30,722 +31.1% from indicator year 2000
- Median OJR
- 0.91 +7.3% from indicator year 2000
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2000–2002 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.