Journal rankings · indicator year 2023
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Subfield ranking · 2023
Language and Linguistics journal rankings 2023
164 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Language and Linguistics has 164 ranked journals in 2023. The median OJR fell 0.06 on 2022 to 1.04, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.07. The top three are Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, System, and Australian Journal of Linguistics.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2023. 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 2020–2022, the window the 2023 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)
164 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 2022. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2020–2022, the window the 2023 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2020–2022 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 2014 to 2023. | Compare |
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1Research Methods in Applied LinguisticsElsevier BV | 7.90Q1 | 10.26 8.26 up from 2022 | 34 | 40% | $2,000 | ||
2SystemElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.49Q1 | 7.63 1.01 down from 2022 | 465 | 28% | $3,980 | ||
3Australian Journal of LinguisticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 6.05Q1 | 3.18 2.56 up from 2022 | 54 | 50% | — | ||
4Research on Language and Social InteractionTaylor & Francis · United States | 5.64Q1 | 4.03 0.07 up from 2022 | 64 | 88% | — | ||
5Computer Assisted Language LearningRoutledge · United Kingdom | 5.21Q1 | 8.22 0.09 up from 2022 | 237 | 13% | — | ||
6Language Teaching ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.08Q1 | 5.00 0.10 down from 2022 | 369 | 41% | $3,900 | ||
7Modern Language JournalWiley · United States | 4.95Q1 | 5.33 0.80 down from 2022 | 156 | 64% | $3,800 | ||
8Innovation in Language Learning and TeachingTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.88Q1 | 5.26 0.60 up from 2022 | 108 | 19% | — | ||
9Language Learning JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.47Q1 | 3.21 0.31 up from 2022 | 124 | 45% | — | ||
10Language TeachingCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 4.41Q1 | 3.95 0.68 down from 2022 | 171 | 75% | $3,550 | ||
11Studies in Second Language Learning and TeachingOADepartment of English Studies Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts Adam Mickiewicz University · Poland | 4.13Q1 | 5.02 0.68 up from 2022 | 77 | 100% | — | ||
12Language Teaching for Young LearnersJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 4.02Q1 | 3.48 1.66 up from 2022 | 49 | 29% | — | ||
13DiachronicaJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 3.95Q1 | 1.03 0.17 down from 2022 | 61 | 45% | — | ||
14Foreign Language AnnalsWiley · United States | 3.67Q1 | 2.39 2.26 down from 2022 | 196 | 59% | $3,570 | ||
15Transactions of the Philological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.62Q1 | 3.27 2.24 up from 2022 | 54 | 74% | $2,900 | ||
16SyntaxWiley · United Kingdom | 3.35Q1 | 2.14 0.18 down from 2022 | 39 | 78% | $3,240 | ||
17Journal for the Psychology of Language LearningOAPublisher not listed | 3.18Q1 | 3.59 1.23 down from 2022 | 45 | 100% | — | ||
18Language AwarenessTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.15Q1 | 3.10 0.69 up from 2022 | 85 | 24% | — | ||
19Journal of PragmaticsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.08Q1 | 3.35 0.55 up from 2022 | 566 | 47% | $3,260 | ||
20Linguistic TypologyOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.82Q1 | 2.57 0.44 up from 2022 | 77 | 70% | $0 listed | ||
21Language TestingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.82Q1 | 3.30 2.68 down from 2022 | 88 | 45% | $3,900 | ||
22Linguistics VanguardDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.77Q1 | 4.27 2.92 up from 2022 | 211 | 53% | $2,712 | ||
23Classroom DiscourseTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.76Q1 | 2.38 0.28 up from 2022 | 66 | 44% | — | ||
24Language learning & technologyOAUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · United States | 2.70Q1 | 3.40 0.21 up from 2022 | 117 | 100% | — | ||
25Discourse StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.67Q1 | 1.86 1.13 down from 2022 | 99 | 37% | $3,650 | ||
26Journal of SemanticsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.61Q1 | 3.92 2.00 up from 2022 | 52 | 81% | $5,137 | ||
27Journal of Politeness ResearchDe Gruyter Mouton · Germany | 2.59Q1 | 1.58 0.12 up from 2022 | 47 | 54% | $0 listed | ||
28Journal of Audiovisual TranslationOAPublisher not listed | 2.58Q1 | 2.07 1.24 up from 2022 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
29The JALT CALL JournalOAAustralia | 2.54Q1 | 2.55 0.42 up from 2022 | 49 | 100% | — | ||
30International Journal of English StudiesOAUniversity of Murcia · Spain | 2.52Q1 | 1.04 0.21 up from 2022 | 47 | 100% | — | ||
31Studies in Second Language AcquisitionCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.51Q1 | 4.22 0.02 up from 2022 | 218 | 84% | $3,550 | ||
32Translation SpacesJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 2.46Q1 | 1.68 0.89 down from 2022 | 50 | 21% | — | ||
33Discourse Context & MediaElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.37Q1 | 3.88 0.54 up from 2022 | 147 | 32% | $3,770 | ||
34LanguageLinguistic Society of America · United States | 2.36Q1 | 1.84 0.08 down from 2022 | 239 | 42% | — | ||
35MorphologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.22Q1 | 1.70 1.17 down from 2022 | 48 | 78% | $3,090 | ||
36Journal of Spanish Language TeachingTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 2.41 0.94 up from 2022 | 43 | 42% | — | ||
37Eurasian Journal of Applied LinguisticsOAHacettepe University · Türkiye | 2.15Q1 | 2.11 0.33 down from 2022 | 53 | — | — | ||
38Natural Language & Linguistic TheorySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.14Q1 | 1.37 1.74 down from 2022 | 95 | 61% | $3,090 | ||
39Semantics and PragmaticsOALinguistic Society of America · United States | 2.11Q1 | 3.96 1.87 up from 2022 | 48 | 100% | — | ||
40LinguisticsOADe Gruyter · Germany | 2.08Q1 | 2.41 0.13 up from 2022 | 148 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
41L2 JournalOAeScholarship Publishing, University of California · United States | 2.07Q1 | 2.04 1.24 up from 2022 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
42CALICO JournalEquinox Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.07Q2 | 2.13 0.59 up from 2022 | 67 | 66% | — | ||
43PerspectivesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.05Q2 | 1.93 0.43 up from 2022 | 222 | 34% | — | ||
44Language & CommunicationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.04Q2 | 2.06 0.51 down from 2022 | 180 | 47% | $3,030 | ||
45Linguistic InquiryThe MIT Press · United States | 2.03Q2 | 2.20 0.46 up from 2022 | 126 | 39% | — | ||
46Journal of Historical PragmaticsJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 2.01Q2 | 1.00 0.60 up from 2022 | 44 | 20% | — | ||
47English Teaching & LearningSpringer Science+Business Media · Taiwan | 1.99Q2 | 2.08 0.12 down from 2022 | 88 | 50% | $2,290 | ||
48International Journal of Applied LinguisticsWiley · Norway | 1.96Q2 | 2.23 0.19 down from 2022 | 88 | 64% | $3,240 | ||
49Natural Language SemanticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.95Q2 | 2.31 0.44 up from 2022 | 38 | 40% | $3,090 | ||
50Language SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.95Q2 | 1.88 0.35 down from 2022 | 119 | 45% | $2,510 |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Language and Linguistics highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics164
- Philosophy95
- Literature and Literary Theory73
- Archeology72
- Music33
- History and Philosophy of Science28
- Conservation23
- Museology23
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts20
- History5
- Classics1
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2023. Corpus-wide, 88.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
49 additional Language and Linguistics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2020–2022, 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: 2023. Publication window: 2020–2022. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 164
- Window papers (baseline)
- 84,882 +11.6% from indicator year 2020
- Median OJR
- 1.04 -7.5% from indicator year 2020
- Rising journals (2025)
- 3
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2020–2022 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 |
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| 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.