This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Linguistics%20and%20Language 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 |