Journal rankings · indicator year 2010
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Subfield ranking · 2010
Language and Linguistics journal rankings 2010
95 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Language and Linguistics has 95 ranked journals in 2010. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.62 against 1.00, up 0.03 on 2009. A journal needs OJR 2.97 to reach Q1. The top three are Transactions of the Philological Society, Syntax, and Language.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2010. 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 2007–2009, the window the 2010 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)
95 ranked journals
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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 2009. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2007–2009, the window the 2010 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2007–2009 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 2001 to 2010. | Compare |
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1Transactions of the Philological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 16.40Q1 | 4.59 1.62 up from 2009 | 48 | 16% | $2,900 | ||
2SyntaxWiley · United Kingdom | 9.60Q1 | 1.54 0.32 down from 2009 | 34 | 26% | $3,240 | ||
3LanguageLinguistic Society of America · United States | 8.81Q1 | 3.31 1.42 up from 2009 | 141 | 13% | — | ||
4Natural Language & Linguistic TheorySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.48Q1 | 1.98 2.21 down from 2009 | 69 | 30% | $3,090 | ||
5Linguistic InquiryThe MIT Press · United States | 7.76Q1 | 3.70 0.24 down from 2009 | 104 | 14% | — | ||
6Natural Language SemanticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 7.28Q1 | 2.52 0.92 up from 2009 | 35 | 31% | $3,090 | ||
7Journal of Politeness ResearchDe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 6.93Q1 | 1.28 0.06 down from 2009 | 40 | 7% | $0 listed | ||
8Research on Language and Social InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 6.80Q1 | 2.70 1.01 up from 2009 | 51 | 32% | — | ||
9Linguistics and PhilosophySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.43Q1 | 1.79 1.30 down from 2009 | 62 | 37% | $3,090 | ||
10Computer Assisted Language LearningRoutledge · United Kingdom | 5.02Q1 | 3.20 0.33 down from 2009 | 74 | 15% | — | ||
11Language learning & technologyOAUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · United States | 4.51Q1 | 2.06 0.19 up from 2009 | 88 | 100% | — | ||
12IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language TeachingDe Gruyter · Germany | 4.40Q1 | 1.32 0.20 up from 2009 | 50 | 5% | $2,712 | ||
13Translation StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 4.39Q1 | 1.15 0.80 up from 2009 | 33 | 8% | — | ||
14Linguistic TypologyOADe Gruyter · Germany | 4.25Q1 | 1.56 0.25 up from 2009 | 68 | 6% | $0 listed | ||
15International Journal of Applied LinguisticsWiley · Norway | 4.05Q1 | 0.94 0.13 down from 2009 | 96 | 0% | $3,240 | ||
16Modern Language JournalWiley · United States | 3.96Q1 | 1.02 0.11 down from 2009 | 366 | 3% | $3,800 | ||
17Language Teaching ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.96Q1 | 2.23 0.16 up from 2009 | 67 | 8% | $3,900 | ||
18Studia LinguisticaWiley · United States | 3.81Q1 | 1.73 0.56 up from 2009 | 52 | 20% | $2,900 | ||
19Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.41Q1 | 1.12 0.49 down from 2009 | 101 | 8% | $3,650 | ||
20DiachronicaJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 3.21Q1 | 0.74 0.42 up from 2009 | 74 | 6% | — | ||
21Language TeachingCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.19Q1 | 0.92 0.18 up from 2009 | 154 | 27% | $3,550 | ||
22Journal of LinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.12Q1 | 1.37 0.24 up from 2009 | 103 | 26% | $3,550 | ||
23SystemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.12Q1 | 0.65 0.18 up from 2009 | 516 | 2% | $3,980 | ||
24Language & CommunicationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.97Q1 | 1.36 0.18 up from 2009 | 74 | 10% | $3,030 | ||
25LinguaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.96Q2 | 1.51 0.31 up from 2009 | 332 | 14% | $2,640 | ||
26LinguisticsOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.87Q2 | 0.91 0.07 up from 2009 | 113 | 16% | $0 listed | ||
27Language TestingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.87Q2 | 1.81 0.13 up from 2009 | 66 | 6% | $3,900 | ||
28Journal of SemanticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.74Q2 | 1.52 0.81 down from 2009 | 41 | 10% | $5,137 | ||
29Acta Linguistica HungaricaOAAkadémiai Kiadó · Hungary | 2.73Q2 | 1.39 0.68 down from 2009 | 53 | 80% | — | ||
30Innovation in Language Learning and TeachingTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.71Q2 | 0.36 0.72 down from 2009 | 74 | 6% | — | ||
31Text and TalkDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.45Q2 | 0.73 0.15 down from 2009 | 104 | 17% | $2,712 | ||
32Foreign Language AnnalsWiley · United States | 2.40Q2 | 0.81 0.23 up from 2009 | 157 | 7% | $3,570 | ||
33The TranslatorTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.31Q2 | 0.56 0.20 down from 2009 | 54 | 0% | — | ||
34Intercultural PragmaticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.30Q2 | 1.27 0.08 up from 2009 | 71 | 9% | $2,712 | ||
35CALICO JournalEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.26Q2 | 1.30 0.21 up from 2009 | 115 | 10% | — | ||
36Theoretical LinguisticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.25Q2 | 1.13 0.76 down from 2009 | 64 | 11% | $0 listed | ||
37Journal of PragmaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.22Q2 | 1.04 0.12 down from 2009 | 480 | 16% | $3,260 | ||
38Russian LinguisticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.22Q2 | 0.42 0.05 down from 2009 | 47 | 40% | $3,290 | ||
39Language AwarenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.05Q2 | 0.72 0.14 up from 2009 | 83 | 0% | — | ||
40Journal of Portuguese LinguisticsOAUbiquity Press · United Kingdom | 1.99Q2 | 1.13 0.46 up from 2009 | 36 | 100% | $551 | ||
41The Linguistic ReviewDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.84Q2 | 0.74 2.89 down from 2009 | 56 | 10% | $2,712 | ||
42MorphologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.81Q2 | 0.56 1.19 down from 2009 | 41 | 17% | $3,090 | ||
43Linguistische Berichte (LB)Germany | 1.81Q2 | 1.06 0.32 up from 2009 | 88 | 0% | — | ||
44Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic TheoryDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.78Q2 | 1.32 0.36 up from 2009 | 33 | 21% | $0 listed | ||
45Spanish in ContextJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.78Q2 | 0.37 0.20 up from 2009 | 54 | 5% | — | ||
46Language Typology and UniversalsDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.70Q2 | 0.55 0.02 down from 2009 | 75 | 14% | $2,712 | ||
47Studies in Second Language AcquisitionCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.69Q2 | 0.81 0.11 up from 2009 | 236 | 13% | $3,550 | ||
48Folia LinguisticaDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.62Q2 | 0.63 0.06 up from 2009 | 61 | 8% | $2,712 | ||
49Journal of Historical PragmaticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.62Q3 | 0.35 0.30 down from 2009 | 53 | 0% | — | ||
50Studies in LanguageJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.42Q3 | 0.26 0.12 down from 2009 | 138 | 14% | — |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Language and Linguistics highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics95
- Philosophy68
- Archeology44
- Literature and Literary Theory39
- History and Philosophy of Science26
- Music21
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts16
- Conservation14
- Museology12
- History9
- Religious studies1
- Classics0
- General Arts and Humanities0
Journals
Citations made in 2010. Corpus-wide, 73.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
64 additional Language and Linguistics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2007–2009, 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: 2010. Publication window: 2007–2009. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 95
- Window papers (baseline)
- 53,070 +32.0% from indicator year 2007
- Median OJR
- 1.62 +45.8% from indicator year 2007
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2007–2009 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.