Journal rankings · indicator year 2024
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Literature and Literary Theory journal rankings 2024
76 ranked journals · Subfield in Arts and Humanities
Literature and Literary Theory has 76 ranked journals in 2024. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.03 on 2023; Q1 starts at OJR 1.59. The top three are Journal of English-Medium Instruction, Journal of Second Language Writing, and Language Culture and Curriculum.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2024. 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 2021–2023, the window the 2024 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)
76 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 2023. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2021–2023, the window the 2024 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2021–2023 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 2015 to 2024. | Compare |
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1Journal of English-Medium InstructionJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 6.83Q1 | 2.42 0.86 down from 2023 | 31 | 33% | — | ||
2Journal of Second Language WritingElsevier BV · United States | 6.19Q1 | 4.80 0.44 down from 2023 | 136 | 31% | $3,830 | ||
3Language Culture and CurriculumRoutledge · United Kingdom | 5.85Q1 | 3.06 0.92 down from 2023 | 73 | 52% | — | ||
4English for Specific PurposesElsevier BV · United States | 5.18Q1 | 4.01 1.31 down from 2023 | 117 | 24% | $3,590 | ||
5Journal of English for Academic PurposesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.16Q1 | 4.15 0.20 up from 2023 | 199 | 25% | $3,730 | ||
6Language and EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.99Q1 | 3.46 0.54 up from 2023 | 136 | 42% | — | ||
7ELT JournalOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.28Q1 | 2.72 0.82 down from 2023 | 203 | 28% | $5,481 | ||
8Journal of Literacy ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.40Q1 | 2.49 0.05 up from 2023 | 68 | 42% | $3,650 | ||
9TESL Canada JournalOACanada | 3.19Q1 | 2.07 0.38 up from 2023 | 35 | 100% | — | ||
10Written CommunicationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.85Q1 | 3.02 0.02 up from 2023 | 76 | 52% | $3,650 | ||
11Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language EducationJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 2.71Q1 | 1.68 0.58 up from 2023 | 43 | 52% | — | ||
12Journal of English as a Lingua FrancaDe Gruyter · Germany | 2.56Q1 | 1.59 0.78 up from 2023 | 53 | 26% | $2,712 | ||
13LiteracyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.53Q1 | 1.92 0.08 up from 2023 | 95 | 84% | $3,470 | ||
14Journal of Business and Technical CommunicationSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.06Q1 | 2.70 0.38 up from 2023 | 43 | 43% | $3,650 | ||
15Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas ExtranjerasOARovira i Virgili University · Spain | 1.96Q1 | 2.08 0.58 up from 2023 | 184 | 100% | — | ||
16The Australian Journal of Language and LiteracySpringer Nature · Singapore | 1.95Q1 | 2.06 0.40 up from 2023 | 73 | 72% | $3,190 | ||
17AILA ReviewJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.94Q1 | 1.86 0.26 up from 2023 | 43 | 18% | — | ||
18College Composition and CommunicationNational Council of Teachers of English · United States | 1.80Q1 | 1.19 0.53 up from 2023 | 118 | 0% | — | ||
19Language Learning in Higher EducationDe Gruyter · Germany | 1.59Q1 | 1.12 0.02 down from 2023 | 99 | 36% | $2,712 | ||
20Computers & composition/Computers and compositionElsevier BV · United States | 1.56Q2 | 2.57 0.47 down from 2023 | 85 | 22% | $3,860 | ||
21IbéricaOAAsociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos · Spain | 1.56Q2 | 1.28 0.34 down from 2023 | 73 | 100% | — | ||
22Journal of English for Research Publication PurposesJohn Benjamins Publishing Company · Netherlands | 1.52Q2 | 1.04 0.83 down from 2023 | 36 | 33% | — | ||
23Apples - Journal of Applied Language StudiesOAUniversity of Jyväskylä · Finland | 1.45Q2 | 0.92 0.15 down from 2023 | 52 | 100% | — | ||
24Technical Communication QuarterlyRoutledge · United States | 1.39Q2 | 2.12 0.31 up from 2023 | 85 | 5% | — | ||
25Intercultural Communication EducationOAAustralia | 1.38Q2 | 0.43 0.57 down from 2023 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
26European Journal of Language PolicyLiverpool University Press · United Kingdom | 1.36Q2 | 0.73 0.07 down from 2023 | 44 | 8% | — | ||
27Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated LearningOAUniversity of La Sabana · Colombia | 1.25Q2 | 1.24 0.16 up from 2023 | 30 | 100% | — | ||
28Research in the Teaching of EnglishRoutledge · United States | 1.19Q2 | 1.15 0.30 down from 2023 | 90 | 0% | — | ||
29Multimodality & SocietySAGE Publishing | 1.10Q2 | 2.22 1.34 up from 2023 | 83 | 67% | $3,400 | ||
30Children s Literature in EducationSpringer Nature · United States | 1.08Q2 | 0.82 0.45 down from 2023 | 132 | 44% | $3,190 | ||
31Language ValueOACarlos V · Spain | 1.07Q2 | 1.11 0.30 up from 2023 | 41 | 100% | — | ||
32ESP TodayOAUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Economics · Serbia | 1.05Q2 | 2.19 0.50 down from 2023 | 54 | 100% | — | ||
33Language and LiteracyOALanguage and Literacy Researchers of Canada · Canada | 1.03Q2 | 1.03 0.42 up from 2023 | 53 | 100% | — | ||
34English EducationNational Council of Teachers of English | 1.03Q2 | 0.88 0.22 up from 2023 | 63 | 0% | — | ||
35Language ArtsNational Council of Teachers of English · United States | 1.01Q2 | 0.73 0.18 down from 2023 | 190 | 1% | — | ||
36International Journal of English for Academic Purposes Research and PracticeOALiverpool University Press · United Kingdom | 0.96Q2 | 0.27 1.35 down from 2023 | 34 | 100% | — | ||
37Research in Corpus LinguisticsOASpain | 0.94Q2 | 0.79 1.00 down from 2023 | 43 | 100% | — | ||
38Multimodal CommunicationDe Gruyter · New Zealand | 0.91Q2 | 0.86 0.39 down from 2023 | 53 | 26% | $2,712 | ||
39New Techno HumanitiesOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.89Q3 | 1.56 1.05 down from 2023 | 43 | 100% | $1,400 | ||
40English in EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.85Q3 | 0.70 0.23 down from 2023 | 90 | 59% | — | ||
41Bellaterra Journal of Teaching & Learning Language & LiteratureOAAutonomous University of Barcelona · Spain | 0.82Q3 | 0.41 0.32 down from 2023 | 76 | 100% | — | ||
42Trabalhos em Linguística AplicadaOAUniversity of Campinas · Brazil | 0.72Q3 | 0.55 0.10 up from 2023 | 140 | 100% | — | ||
43International Journal of Humanities and Arts ComputingEdinburgh University Press · United Kingdom | 0.67Q3 | 0.97 0.24 up from 2023 | 42 | 29% | — | ||
44Literacy in Composition StudiesOAUnited States | 0.66Q3 | 0.32 0.10 down from 2023 | 30 | 100% | — | ||
45Journal of Literary EducationOAServei de Formació Permanent i Innovació Educativa, Universitat de València · Spain | 0.63Q3 | 0.25 0.30 down from 2023 | 41 | 100% | — | ||
46EliaOAEditorial Universidad de Sevilla · Spain | 0.62Q3 | 0.72 0.25 up from 2023 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
47International Journal of TESOL StudiesOAUnited Kingdom | 0.62Q3 | 0.64 0.32 down from 2023 | 126 | 100% | — | ||
48Journal of Cultural AnalyticsOACanada | 0.56Q3 | 0.76 0.20 down from 2023 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
49Revista Brasileira de Lingüística AplicadaOAFederal University of Minas Gerais · Brazil | 0.54Q3 | 0.96 0.17 up from 2023 | 115 | 100% | — | ||
50Journal of the Text Encoding InitiativeOAUMR ESPACE et UMR LISST · United States | 0.50Q3 | 0.38 0.34 down from 2023 | 30 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Arts and Humanities, with Literature and Literary Theory highlighted.
- Language and Linguistics161
- Philosophy98
- Literature and Literary Theory76
- Archeology72
- Music31
- History and Philosophy of Science27
- Museology25
- Conservation22
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts19
- History7
- Classics1
- General Arts and Humanities0
- Religious studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2024. Corpus-wide, 87.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
17 additional Literature and Literary Theory journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2021–2023, 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: 2024. Publication window: 2021–2023. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 76
- Window papers (baseline)
- 100,705 -5.8% from indicator year 2021
- Median OJR
- 0.903 -10.6% from indicator year 2021
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2021–2023 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 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 72 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 39,152 | 41,293 | 44,360 | 47,693 | 50,568 | 53,724 | 56,806 | 60,437 | 65,031 | 69,362 | 74,882 | 79,853 | 84,459 | 87,431 | 89,177 | 91,543 | 94,470 | 97,026 | 99,068 | 101,727 | 103,853 | 106,881 | 106,516 | 103,525 | 100,705 | 102,959 | |
| Median OJR | 0.77 | 0.91 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 1.12 | 1.014 | 1.18 | 1.10 | 0.94 | 0.901 | 1.26 | 1.31 | 1.49 | 1.303 | 1.299 | 1.335 | 1.11 | 1.339 | 1.35 | 1.24 | 1.51 | 1.010 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 0.903 | 0.89 |
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.