This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Language Linguistics journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Communication Research | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00936502, 15523810 | 2.779 |
| 2 | Journal of Communication | Wiley-Blackwell | 00219916, 14602466 | 2.605 |
| 3 | Linguistic Inquiry | MIT Press Journals | 243892 | 2.564 |
| 4 | Artificial Intelligence Review | Springer Netherlands | 02692821, 15737462 | 2.49 |
| 5 | Modern Language Journal | Wiley-Blackwell | 15404781, 00267902 | 2.463 |
| 6 | Journal of Second Language Writing | Elsevier Ltd. | 10603743 | 2.314 |
| 7 | Language Learning | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14679922, 00238333 | 2.195 |
| 8 | Natural Language and Linguistic Theory | Springer Netherlands | 0167806X, 15730859 | 2.156 |
| 9 | Journal of Memory and Language | Academic Press Inc. | 10960821, 0749596X | 2.104 |
| 10 | Studies in Second Language Acquisition | Cambridge University Press | 2722631 | 2.077 |
| 11 | Research on Language and Social Interaction | Routledge | 08351813, 15327973 | 2.013 |
| 12 | Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics | MIT Press Journals | 2307387X | 1.985 |
| 13 | System | Elsevier Ltd. | 0346251X | 1.972 |
| 14 | Open Mind | MIT Press Journals | 24702986 | 1.95 |
| 15 | Human Communication Research | Wiley-Blackwell | 03603989, 14682958 | 1.88 |
| 16 | International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 13670050 | 1.873 |
| 17 | Artificial Intelligence | Elsevier | 43702 | 1.819 |
| 18 | Computer Assisted Language Learning | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17443210, 09588221 | 1.754 |
| 19 | Applied Linguistics | Oxford University Press | 01426001, 1477450X | 1.71 |
| 20 | Interpreting | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 13846647 | 1.704 |
| 21 | Cognition | Elsevier | 18737838, 00100277 | 1.691 |
| 22 | TESOL Quarterly | Wiley-Blackwell | 398322 | 1.655 |
| 23 | Language Testing | SAGE Publications Ltd | 02655322, 14770946 | 1.609 |
| 24 | Cognitive Psychology | Academic Press Inc. | 10955623, 00100285 | 1.56 |
| 25 | Annual Review of Linguistics | Annual Reviews Inc. | 23339683, 23339691 | 1.511 |
| 26 | Communication Theory | Wiley-Blackwell | 14682885, 10503293 | 1.505 |
| 27 | Language Teaching | Cambridge University Press | 02614448, 14753049 | 1.496 |
| 28 | Language Teaching Research | SAGE Publications Ltd | 13621688, 14770954 | 1.44 |
| 29 | Natural Language Semantics | Springer Netherlands | 0925854X | 1.426 |
| 30 | Catalan Journal of Linguistics | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona | 16956885 | 1.332 |
| 31 | Journal of English for Academic Purposes | Elsevier BV | 14751585 | 1.323 |
| 32 | Language, Culture and Curriculum | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 7908318 | 1.31 |
| 33 | Journal of Literacy Research | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1086296X, 15548430 | 1.308 |
| 34 | Journal of Fluency Disorders | Elsevier Inc. | 0094730X, 1873801X | 1.296 |
| 35 | Second Language Research | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14770326, 02676583 | 1.29 |
| 36 | International Journal of Learner Corpus Research | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 22151486, 22151478 | 1.27 |
| 37 | Language | Linguistic Society of America | 15350665, 00978507 | 1.243 |
| 38 | Topics in Cognitive Science | Wiley-Blackwell | 17568765, 17568757 | 1.242 |
| 39 | Computational Linguistics | MIT Press Journals | 08912017, 15309312 | 1.238 |
| 40 | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics | Cambridge University Press | 2671905 | 1.213 |
| 41 | Bilingualism | Cambridge University Press | 14691841, 13667289 | 1.208 |
| 42 | European Journal of Communication | SAGE Publications Ltd | 02673231, 14603705 | 1.19 |
| 43 | Reading and Writing | Springer Netherlands | 09224777, 15730905 | 1.19 |
| 44 | Phonology | Cambridge University Press | 14698188, 09526757 | 1.188 |
| 45 | English for Specific Purposes | Elsevier BV | 8894906 | 1.185 |
| 46 | ELT Journal | Oxford University Press | 14774526, 09510893 | 1.174 |
| 47 | Mind and Language | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14680017, 02681064 | 1.174 |
| 48 | Poetics | Elsevier | 0304422X | 1.173 |
| 49 | ReCALL | Cambridge University Press | 9583440 | 1.173 |
| 50 | Journal of Specialised Translation | University of Roehampto | 1740357X | 1.168 |
| 51 | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition | American Psychological Association | 19391285, 02787393 | 1.166 |
| 52 | Foreign Language Annals | Wiley-Blackwell | 0015718X | 1.153 |
| 53 | Journal of Linguistics | Cambridge University Press | 14697742, 00222267 | 1.153 |
| 54 | Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory | De Gruyter Mouton | 16137027 | 1.141 |
| 55 | Target | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 9241884 | 1.138 |
| 56 | Neurobiology of Language | MIT Press Journals | 26414368 | 1.132 |
| 57 | Syntax | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 13680005, 14679612 | 1.131 |
| 58 | Linguistics and Philosophy | Springer Netherlands | 1650157 | 1.127 |
| 59 | Language Learning and Technology | University of Hawaii Press | 10943501 | 1.125 |
| 60 | Translation, Cognition and Behavior | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 25425285, 25425277 | 1.109 |
| 61 | Language Awareness | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 9658416 | 1.102 |
| 62 | Assessing Writing | Elsevier Ltd. | 10752935 | 1.094 |
| 63 | Language, Cognition and Neuroscience | Taylor and Francis Inc. | 23273801, 23273798 | 1.089 |
| 64 | Journal of Pragmatics | Elsevier | 3782166 | 1.085 |
| 65 | Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching | Adam Mickiewicz University Press | 20835205, 20841965 | 1.07 |
| 66 | Journal of Semantics | Oxford University Press | 01675133, 14774593 | 1.069 |
| 67 | Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice | Routledge | 0907676X, 17476623 | 1.066 |
| 68 | Journal of Writing Research | University of Antwerp | 22943307, 20301006 | 1.059 |
| 69 | Current Issues in Language Planning | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14664208 | 1.058 |
| 70 | Linguistic Typology | De Gruyter Mouton | 14300532, 1613415X | 1.058 |
| 71 | Discourse Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14614456, 14617080 | 1.04 |
| 72 | Language Assessment Quarterly | Routledge | 15434303, 15434311 | 1.026 |
| 73 | Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 22131272 | 1.007 |
| 74 | Critical Inquiry in Language Studies | Routledge | 15427595, 15427587 | 0.979 |
| 75 | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge University Press | 03050009, 14697602 | 0.972 |
| 76 | International Journal of Audiology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14992027, 17088186 | 0.971 |
| 77 | Glossa | Open Library of Humanities | 23971835 | 0.961 |
| 78 | Language Policy | Springer Netherlands | 15684555 | 0.952 |
| 79 | Interpreter and Translator Trainer | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 1750399X, 17570417 | 0.951 |
| 80 | Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17501237, 17501229 | 0.95 |
| 81 | Classroom Discourse | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 19463014, 19463022 | 0.944 |
| 82 | Communication Monographs | Routledge | 03637751, 14795787 | 0.939 |
| 83 | Journal of Language and Social Psychology | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526526, 0261927X | 0.937 |
| 84 | Journal of Phonetics | Academic Press Inc. | 00954470, 10958576 | 0.931 |
| 85 | Language in Society | Cambridge University Press | 14698013, 00474045 | 0.926 |
| 86 | Morphology | Springer Netherlands | 18715656, 18715621 | 0.911 |
| 87 | World Englishes | Wiley-Blackwell | 8832919 | 0.904 |
| 88 | Language Learning Journal | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 9571736 | 0.9 |
| 89 | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) | 10580360, 15589110 | 0.897 |
| 90 | RELC Journal | SAGE Publications Ltd | 1745526X, 00336882 | 0.886 |
| 91 | Multilingua | De Gruyter Mouton | 01678507, 16133684 | 0.884 |
| 92 | International Multilingual Research Journal | Routledge | 19313160, 19313152 | 0.878 |
| 93 | Language and Education | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 9500782 | 0.876 |
| 94 | International Journal of Listening | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10904018, 1932586X | 0.873 |
| 95 | Linguistics and Language Compass | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 1749818X | 0.873 |
| 96 | International Journal of Multilingualism | Routledge | 14790718 | 0.868 |
| 97 | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) | 10924388, 15589102 | 0.867 |
| 98 | Journal of Sociolinguistics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 13606441, 14679841 | 0.855 |
| 99 | Bilingual Research Journal | Routledge | 15235882, 15235890 | 0.85 |
| 100 | Translation Spaces(Netherland) | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 22113711, 2211372X | 0.848 |
| 101 | Journal of Language, Identity and Education | Routledge | 15327701, 15348458 | 0.844 |
| 102 | Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics | Springer New York | 1943393X, 19433921 | 0.837 |
| 103 | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | Routledge | 1434632 | 0.832 |
| 104 | Communication Education | Routledge | 03634523, 14795795 | 0.83 |
| 105 | Language Variation and Change | Cambridge University Press | 9543945 | 0.816 |
| 106 | Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools | American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) | 01611461, 15589129 | 0.806 |
| 107 | Applied Psycholinguistics | Cambridge University Press | 14691817, 01427164 | 0.801 |
| 108 | International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders | Wiley-Blackwell | 13682822, 14606984 | 0.801 |
| 109 | Slovenski Jezik | ZRC SAZU, Zalozba ZRC | 15811271, 14082616 | 0.798 |
| 110 | Across Languages and Cultures | Akademiai Kiado | 15882519, 15851923 | 0.796 |
| 111 | Discourse Processes | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 0163853X, 15326950 | 0.796 |
| 112 | Journal of Politeness Research | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 16125681 | 0.791 |
| 113 | Aphasiology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14645041, 02687038 | 0.775 |
| 114 | Language and Cognition | Cambridge University Press | 18669808, 18669859 | 0.773 |
| 115 | Language and Speech | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00238309, 17566053 | 0.772 |
| 116 | ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Belgium) | Peeters Publishers | 17831490, 00190829 | 0.768 |
| 117 | Brain and Language | Academic Press Inc. | 10902155, 0093934X | 0.766 |
| 118 | Translator | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 13556509 | 0.761 |
| 119 | Laboratory Phonology | Open Library of Humanities | 18686354, 18686346 | 0.757 |
| 120 | Mind, Culture, and Activity | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10749039, 15327884 | 0.746 |
| 121 | Discourse | Routledge | 01596306, 14693739 | 0.74 |
| 122 | Language Learning and Development | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 15475441, 15473341 | 0.738 |
| 123 | TESOL Journal | Wiley-Blackwell | 10567941 | 0.735 |
| 124 | Translation Studies | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14781700, 17512921 | 0.732 |
| 125 | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography | SAGE Publications Inc. | 08912416, 15525414 | 0.728 |
| 126 | Computers and Composition | Elsevier Ltd. | 87554615 | 0.711 |
| 127 | Linguistics and Education | Elsevier Ltd. | 8985898 | 0.71 |
| 128 | Journal of Applied Communication Research | Routledge | 14795752, 00909882 | 0.693 |
| 129 | First Language | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17402344, 01427237 | 0.688 |
| 130 | Communication Reports | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 8934215 | 0.687 |
| 131 | International Journal of Applied Linguistics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 08026106, 14734192 | 0.684 |
| 132 | RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics | Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education | 24111236, 23132299 | 0.683 |
| 133 | Linguistic Review | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 01676318, 16133676 | 0.681 |
| 134 | Discourse and Communication | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17504813, 17504821 | 0.678 |
| 135 | Discourse and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14603624, 09579265 | 0.676 |
| 136 | Journal of Communication Disorders | Elsevier Inc. | 00219924, 18737994 | 0.669 |
| 137 | Journal of Language Evolution | Oxford University Press | 2058458X | 0.668 |
| 138 | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology | Informa Healthcare | 17549507, 17549515 | 0.661 |
| 139 | Argument and Computation | IOS Press | 19462166, 19462174 | 0.658 |
| 140 | Intercultural Pragmatics | De Gruyter Mouton | 1613365X, 1612295X | 0.658 |
| 141 | Language and Intercultural Communication | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14708477 | 0.655 |
| 142 | Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series ??? Themes in Translation Studies | Department of Applied Linguistics, Translators and Interpreters, University of Antwerp | 03042294, 22955739 | 0.648 |
| 143 | Journal of Neurolinguistics | Elsevier BV | 18738052, 09116044 | 0.645 |
| 144 | Asian Englishes | Routledge | 13488678, 23312548 | 0.641 |
| 145 | Speech Communication | Elsevier | 1676393 | 0.64 |
| 146 | Russian Journal of Linguistics | RUDN University | 26868024, 26870088 | 0.629 |
| 147 | Folia Linguistica Historica | De Gruyter Mouton | 0168647X | 0.627 |
| 148 | Probus | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 16134079, 09214771 | 0.624 |
| 149 | Spanish Journal of Psychology | Cambridge University Press | 19882904, 11387416 | 0.62 |
| 150 | European Journal of Applied Linguistics | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 21929521, 2192953X | 0.617 |
| 151 | Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science | Springer Nature Switzerland AG | 25201018 | 0.611 |
| 152 | Reading and Writing Quarterly | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 15210693, 10573569 | 0.608 |
| 153 | Language Testing in Asia | SpringerOpen | 22290443 | 0.6 |
| 154 | Applied Linguistics Review | De Gruyter Mouton | 18686303, 18686311 | 0.598 |
| 155 | Cognitive Linguistics | De Gruyter Mouton | 9365907 | 0.596 |
| 156 | Journal of Quantitative Linguistics | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 9296174 | 0.596 |
| 157 | Journal of Psycholinguistic Research | Springer New York | 15736555, 00906905 | 0.595 |
| 158 | Journal of China Tourism Research | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 19388160, 19388179 | 0.593 |
| 159 | Acta Linguistica Academica | Akademiai Kiado | 25598201 | 0.592 |
| 160 | Pragmatics | International Pragmatics Association | 10182101 | 0.591 |
| 161 | Language Acquisition | Psychology Press Ltd | 15327817, 10489223 | 0.589 |
| 162 | International Journal of Bilingualism | SAGE Publications Ltd | 13670069 | 0.587 |
| 163 | English Language and Linguistics | Cambridge University Press | 13606743, 14694379 | 0.583 |
| 164 | Public Relations Inquiry | SAGE Publications Inc. | 20461488, 2046147X | 0.582 |
| 165 | English Teaching and Learning | National Taiwan Normal University | 10237267 | 0.579 |
| 166 | Natural Language Engineering | Cambridge University Press | 14698110, 13513249 | 0.578 |
| 167 | Literacy | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17414350 | 0.576 |
| 168 | Russian Language Studies | RUDN University | 26188171, 26188163 | 0.57 |
| 169 | College Composition and Communication | National Council of Teachers of English | 0010096X | 0.568 |
| 170 | Social Semiotics | Routledge | 10350330, 14701219 | 0.557 |
| 171 | Journal of Multicultural Discourses | Routledge | 17447143, 17476615 | 0.555 |
| 172 | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526364, 07399863 | 0.553 |
| 173 | Instructed Second Language Acquisition | Equinox Publishing Ltd | 23984163, 23984155 | 0.549 |
| 174 | Research in the Teaching of English | National Council of Teachers of English | 0034527X | 0.546 |
| 175 | American Speech | Duke University Press | 15272133, 00031283 | 0.544 |
| 176 | Canadian Modern Language Review | University of Toronto Press | 84506 | 0.54 |
| 177 | Argumentation | Springer Netherlands | 15728374, 0920427X | 0.535 |
| 178 | English Today | Cambridge University Press | 2660784 | 0.534 |
| 179 | Journal of Language and Sexuality | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 22113770, 22113789 | 0.533 |
| 180 | Journal of Logic, Language and Information | Springer Netherlands | 9258531 | 0.532 |
| 181 | CALL-EJ | 21879036 | 0.528 | |
| 182 | Canadian Journal of Linguistics | Cambridge University Press | 17101115, 00084131 | 0.528 |
| 183 | IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG | 0019042X | 0.527 |
| 184 | Journal of the International Phonetic Association | Cambridge University Press | 251003 | 0.524 |
| 185 | Emakeele Seltsi Aastaraamat | Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia | 2063735 | 0.522 |
| 186 | American Journal of Philology | Johns Hopkins University Press | 10863168, 00029475 | 0.519 |
| 187 | Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research | Urmia University | 23221291 | 0.512 |
| 188 | Linguistics Vanguard | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 2199174X | 0.507 |
| 189 | Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 18799272, 18799264 | 0.504 |
| 190 | Sign Language Studies | Gallaudet University Press | 15336263, 03021475 | 0.504 |
| 191 | Cahiers de Lexicologie | Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique | 79871 | 0.499 |
| 192 | Language Resources and Evaluation | Springer Netherlands | 1574020X | 0.494 |
| 193 | Linguistics | De Gruyter Mouton | 00243949, 1613396X | 0.491 |
| 194 | CALICO Journal | Equinox Publishing Ltd | 20569017 | 0.487 |
| 195 | Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics | Springer Netherlands | 15728552, 13834924 | 0.485 |
| 196 | Anales Cervantinos | CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas | 05699878, 19888325 | 0.484 |
| 197 | Metaphor and Symbol | Psychology Press Ltd | 15327868, 10926488 | 0.484 |
| 198 | Reading Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02702711, 15210685 | 0.483 |
| 199 | Ampersand | Elsevier Ltd. | 22150390 | 0.482 |
| 200 | Reading Teacher | Wiley-Blackwell | 340561 | 0.482 |