Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Field ranking · 2016
Arts and Humanities journal rankings 2016
460 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities has 460 ranked journals in 2016. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2015 to 0.91, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.80. The top three are Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), Journal of Politeness Research, and Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. 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 2013–2015, the window the 2016 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.
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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 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 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 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)John Benjamins Publishing Company | 9.89Q1 | 3.22 3.22 up from 2015 | 539 | 84% | — | ||
2Journal of Politeness ResearchDe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 9.61Q1 | 2.50 0.17 down from 2015 | 34 | 22% | $0 listed | ||
3Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language EducationJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 9.22Q1 | 1.57 0.34 down from 2015 | 51 | 5% | — | ||
4Language Culture and CurriculumRoutledge · United Kingdom | 8.11Q1 | 3.35 1.50 up from 2015 | 62 | 19% | — | ||
5Semantics and PragmaticsOALinguistic Society of America · United States | 8.02Q1 | 5.24 1.19 down from 2015 | 35 | 100% | — | ||
6Journal of Second Language WritingElsevier BV · United States | 6.68Q1 | 2.55 0.62 up from 2015 | 107 | 13% | $3,830 | ||
7Linguistic InquiryThe MIT Press · United States | 6.45Q1 | 2.85 3.33 down from 2015 | 82 | 24% | — | ||
8Language learning & technologyOAUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · United States | 6.09Q1 | 2.33 0.38 down from 2015 | 125 | 100% | — | ||
9Research on Language and Social InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.85Q1 | 2.69 0.05 up from 2015 | 67 | 56% | — | ||
10English for Specific PurposesElsevier BV · United States | 5.72Q1 | 2.93 1.25 up from 2015 | 126 | 23% | $3,590 | ||
11Journal of English as a Lingua FrancaDe Gruyter · Germany | 5.59Q1 | 1.57 0.09 down from 2015 | 66 | 12% | $2,712 | ||
12Written CommunicationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.49Q1 | 1.85 1.54 down from 2015 | 49 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
13Language Teaching ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.43Q1 | 2.74 0.35 down from 2015 | 126 | 24% | $3,900 | ||
14Language and EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.42Q1 | 1.68 0.19 up from 2015 | 117 | 2% | — | ||
15PerspectivesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.06Q1 | 1.07 0.34 up from 2015 | 121 | 18% | — | ||
16SyntaxWiley · United Kingdom | 5.04Q1 | 2.17 0.89 down from 2015 | 34 | 19% | $3,240 | ||
17Research in the Teaching of EnglishRoutledge · United States | 4.92Q1 | 1.27 0.33 up from 2015 | 100 | 3% | — | ||
18Museum and SocietyOAUniversity of Leicester · United Kingdom | 4.55Q1 | 0.86 0.86 up from 2015 | 127 | — | — | ||
19Journal of Literacy ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.48Q1 | 2.24 0.52 up from 2015 | 49 | 46% | $3,650 | ||
20IALLT Journal of Language Learning TechnologiesOAUniversity of Kansas · United States | 4.47Q1 | 0.20 1.80 down from 2015 | 35 | 100% | — | ||
21SystemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.43Q1 | 1.31 0.15 up from 2015 | 678 | 6% | $3,980 | ||
22Modern Language JournalWiley · United States | 4.37Q1 | 2.48 0.38 up from 2015 | 216 | 10% | $3,800 | ||
23Journal of PragmaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.24Q1 | 1.83 0.55 down from 2015 | 474 | 22% | $3,260 | ||
24ProbusDe Gruyter · Germany | 4.22Q1 | 1.46 2.50 down from 2015 | 33 | 25% | $0 listed | ||
25ELT JournalOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.20Q1 | 1.16 0.30 down from 2015 | 270 | 13% | $5,481 | ||
26International Journal of Art TherapyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.18Q1 | 1.00 0.36 up from 2015 | 30 | 30% | — | ||
27Natural Language & Linguistic TheorySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.12Q1 | 1.79 1.05 down from 2015 | 134 | 32% | $3,090 | ||
28International Journal of Heritage StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.04Q1 | 1.52 0.20 down from 2015 | 115 | 23% | — | ||
29LiteracyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.87Q1 | 0.98 0.50 down from 2015 | 59 | 26% | $3,470 | ||
30Language TeachingCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.81Q1 | 1.55 0.21 up from 2015 | 135 | 49% | $3,550 | ||
31Heritage & SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.76Q1 | 1.38 0.13 up from 2015 | 37 | 24% | — | ||
32Language & CommunicationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.73Q1 | 2.03 0.82 down from 2015 | 150 | 22% | $3,030 | ||
33Journal of Material CultureSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.71Q1 | 1.45 0.04 up from 2015 | 76 | 18% | $3,650 | ||
34The Australian Journal of Language and LiteracySpringer Nature · Singapore | 3.66Q1 | 2.05 0.20 up from 2015 | 59 | 35% | $3,190 | ||
35Journal of Forensic Dental SciencesOAMedknow · India | 3.61Q1 | 1.54 0.06 up from 2015 | 97 | 100% | — | ||
36Journal of African ArchaeologyBrill · Germany | 3.59Q1 | 1.35 0.55 up from 2015 | 30 | 14% | — | ||
37Technical Communication QuarterlyRoutledge · United States | 3.58Q1 | 1.81 0.65 up from 2015 | 46 | 19% | — | ||
38Journal of English for Academic PurposesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.57Q1 | 1.45 1.82 down from 2015 | 138 | 9% | $3,730 | ||
39Folia LinguisticaDe Gruyter · Germany | 3.53Q1 | 0.65 0.18 up from 2015 | 79 | 30% | $2,712 | ||
40Linguistics and PhilosophySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.53Q1 | 2.69 0.58 down from 2015 | 48 | 28% | $3,090 | ||
41Journal of Military EthicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.39Q1 | 0.63no change | 84 | 25% | — | ||
42Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJOAPublisher not listed | 3.37Q1 | 1.18 0.07 up from 2015 | 44 | 100% | — | ||
43The Linguistic ReviewDe Gruyter · Germany | 3.26Q1 | 1.18 1.00 down from 2015 | 63 | 32% | $2,712 | ||
44Journal of Archaeological ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.25Q1 | 3.51 0.31 up from 2015 | 975 | 43% | $4,040 | ||
45Computer Assisted Language LearningRoutledge · United Kingdom | 3.24Q1 | 1.95 0.43 up from 2015 | 99 | 4% | — | ||
46Language TestingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.24Q1 | 1.93 1.01 down from 2015 | 98 | 24% | $3,900 | ||
47Journal of SemanticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.22Q1 | 2.45 0.77 up from 2015 | 52 | 33% | $5,137 | ||
48Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.17Q1 | 1.61 0.58 down from 2015 | 108 | 9% | $3,650 | ||
49Foreign Language AnnalsWiley · United States | 3.16Q1 | 1.34 0.10 down from 2015 | 142 | 17% | $3,570 | ||
50Journal of Business and Technical CommunicationSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.16Q1 | 1.91 0.43 down from 2015 | 50 | 0% | $3,650 |
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
160 additional Arts and Humanities journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2013–2015, 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: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 460
- Window papers (baseline)
- 509,856 +9.7% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.91 -3.4% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 11Comparison-group list (11)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 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 | 240 | 255 | 265 | 272 | 275 | 288 | 310 | 316 | 329 | 335 | 345 | 360 | 377 | 403 | 422 | 443 | 460 | 472 | 497 | 507 | 513 | 518 | 535 | 537 | 539 | 536 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 221,321 | 279,847 | 294,456 | 312,227 | 279,317 | 298,100 | 312,834 | 331,747 | 353,197 | 379,622 | 406,003 | 431,868 | 450,451 | 464,727 | 474,562 | 488,100 | 509,856 | 524,369 | 538,902 | 557,204 | 570,365 | 583,919 | 578,750 | 571,888 | 560,239 | 567,751 | |
| Median OJR | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.794 | 0.789 | 0.8877 | 0.893 | 0.885 | 0.8879 | 0.90 | 0.939 | 0.92 | 0.840 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.9408 | 1.01 | 0.9405 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.835 | 0.81 | 0.77 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 5.7% | 196 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.249 per 1,000 | 200 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -1.5% | 491 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 52.7% | 536 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,090 | 181 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 15.7% | 453 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 536 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.78 | 532 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 64.8% | 536 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 60.7% | 534 journals |
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.