Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Subfield ranking · 2009
Language and Linguistics journal rankings 2009
91 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Language and Linguistics has 91 ranked journals in 2009. The median OJR rose 0.26 on 2008 to 1.59, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 3.12. The top three are Syntax, Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, and Transactions of the Philological Society.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. 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 2006–2008, the window the 2009 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)
91 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 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 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 2009. | Compare |
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1SyntaxWiley · United Kingdom | 14.99Q1 | 1.86 0.34 down from 2008 | 33 | 12% | $3,240 | ||
2Natural Language & Linguistic TheorySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 9.16Q1 | 4.19 2.03 up from 2008 | 74 | 18% | $3,090 | ||
3Transactions of the Philological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 9.08Q1 | 2.97 2.66 up from 2008 | 50 | 21% | $2,900 | ||
4Natural Language SemanticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.81Q1 | 1.60 0.79 down from 2008 | 36 | 9% | $3,090 | ||
5Linguistic InquiryThe MIT Press · United States | 7.40Q1 | 3.94 1.88 up from 2008 | 110 | 24% | — | ||
6Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 7.11Q1 | 1.61 0.33 down from 2008 | 112 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
7Linguistics and PhilosophySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.82Q1 | 3.09 0.51 up from 2008 | 63 | 33% | $3,090 | ||
8Journal of Politeness ResearchDe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 5.77Q1 | 1.33 0.55 up from 2008 | 39 | 17% | $0 listed | ||
9Language learning & technologyOAUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · United States | 5.49Q1 | 1.87 0.05 up from 2008 | 95 | 100% | — | ||
10Journal of Historical PragmaticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 5.47Q1 | 0.65 0.29 up from 2008 | 52 | 0% | — | ||
11Computer Assisted Language LearningRoutledge · United Kingdom | 5.24Q1 | 3.53 2.48 up from 2008 | 70 | 9% | — | ||
12Research on Language and Social InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 4.79Q1 | 1.69 0.28 up from 2008 | 46 | 5% | — | ||
13LanguageLinguistic Society of America · United States | 4.62Q1 | 1.89 0.06 up from 2008 | 171 | 24% | — | ||
14International Journal of Applied LinguisticsWiley · Norway | 4.41Q1 | 1.07 0.04 down from 2008 | 101 | 7% | $3,240 | ||
15Innovation in Language Learning and TeachingTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.29Q1 | 1.08 0.39 down from 2008 | 50 | 6% | — | ||
16The Linguistic ReviewDe Gruyter · Germany | 4.25Q1 | 3.62 2.05 up from 2008 | 57 | 21% | $2,712 | ||
17Acta Linguistica HungaricaOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 4.15Q1 | 2.07 1.92 up from 2008 | 59 | 71% | — | ||
18Modern Language JournalWiley · United States | 4.04Q1 | 1.14 0.05 up from 2008 | 293 | 7% | $3,800 | ||
19Text and TalkDe Gruyter · Germany | 3.68Q1 | 0.88 0.12 down from 2008 | 97 | 13% | $2,712 | ||
20Journal of SemanticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.53Q1 | 2.33 0.85 up from 2008 | 40 | 21% | $5,137 | ||
21Journal of LinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.50Q1 | 1.14 0.25 down from 2008 | 87 | 19% | $3,550 | ||
22Language Teaching ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.46Q1 | 2.07 0.47 up from 2008 | 65 | 14% | $3,900 | ||
23Language TestingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.12Q1 | 1.68 0.39 up from 2008 | 65 | 4% | $3,900 | ||
24Studia LinguisticaWiley · United States | 3.11Q2 | 1.18 0.51 up from 2008 | 50 | 27% | $2,900 | ||
25ProbusDe Gruyter · Germany | 3.04Q2 | 1.30 0.80 up from 2008 | 30 | 17% | $0 listed | ||
26Studies in Second Language AcquisitionCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.01Q2 | 0.71 1.04 down from 2008 | 248 | 12% | $3,550 | ||
27Theoretical LinguisticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.97Q2 | 1.89 0.51 up from 2008 | 71 | 24% | $0 listed | ||
28Journal of PragmaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.88Q2 | 1.15 0.17 down from 2008 | 423 | 6% | $3,260 | ||
29SystemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.81Q2 | 0.47 0.14 up from 2008 | 454 | 1% | $3,980 | ||
30CALICO JournalEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.79Q2 | 1.10 0.22 up from 2008 | 102 | 34% | — | ||
31Language & CommunicationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.71Q2 | 1.18 0.51 up from 2008 | 69 | 5% | $3,030 | ||
32MorphologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.58Q2 | 1.75 0.83 up from 2008 | 33 | 35% | $3,090 | ||
33IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language TeachingDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.54Q2 | 1.12 0.44 down from 2008 | 51 | 19% | $2,712 | ||
34Linguistic TypologyOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.36Q2 | 1.30 0.57 down from 2008 | 60 | 7% | $0 listed | ||
35The JALT CALL JournalOAAustralia | 2.31Q2 | 0.78 0.50 up from 2008 | 52 | 100% | — | ||
36Zeitschrift für SprachwissenschaftDe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 2.18Q2 | 0.84 0.51 up from 2008 | 50 | 94% | $0 listed | ||
37Language TeachingCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.97Q2 | 0.73 0.32 up from 2008 | 151 | 28% | $3,550 | ||
38The TranslatorTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.92Q2 | 0.76 0.41 up from 2008 | 50 | 9% | — | ||
39LinguaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.90Q2 | 1.20 0.51 up from 2008 | 279 | 16% | $2,640 | ||
40Linguistische Berichte (LB)Germany | 1.89Q2 | 0.74 0.10 up from 2008 | 90 | 6% | — | ||
41Journal of East Asian LinguisticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.84Q2 | 1.21 0.50 down from 2008 | 39 | 18% | $2,990 | ||
42LinguisticsOADe Gruyter · Germany | 1.73Q2 | 0.85 0.02 up from 2008 | 105 | 11% | $0 listed | ||
43Intercultural PragmaticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.71Q2 | 1.20 0.52 up from 2008 | 69 | 9% | $2,712 | ||
44Revista internacional de lingüística iberoamericanaPublisher not listed | 1.69Q2 | 0.03 0.03 down from 2008 | 54 | 0% | — | ||
45Language AwarenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 0.58 0.14 up from 2008 | 78 | 8% | — | ||
46Language SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 1.27 0.63 up from 2008 | 122 | 8% | $2,510 | ||
47Foreign Language AnnalsWiley · United States | 1.57Q3 | 0.57 0.02 down from 2008 | 162 | 7% | $3,570 | ||
48Journal of French Language StudiesCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.53Q3 | 0.48 0.18 down from 2008 | 78 | 17% | $3,550 | ||
49Target International Journal of Translation StudiesJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.51Q3 | 0.36 0.10 up from 2008 | 96 | 0% | — | ||
50International Journal of LexicographyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.51Q3 | 0.39 0.07 up from 2008 | 113 | 3% | $4,942 |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Language and Linguistics highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics91
- Philosophy69
- Archeology43
- Literature and Literary Theory36
- History and Philosophy of Science24
- Music20
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts17
- Conservation15
- Museology11
- History8
- Classics1
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
58 additional Language and Linguistics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, 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: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 91
- Window papers (baseline)
- 48,419 +28.4% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 1.59 +27.9% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 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.