Languages and Literature 2026
2,112 journals in P6.02 Languages and Literature (Humanities and the Arts), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
Showing the top 1,000 of 2,112 journals. The ranked journals CSV lists every ranked journal; the complete CSV has every journal of the edition, and the edition index lists one file per category.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2112 | Computer Assisted Language Learning Routledge, ISSN 0958-8221 | 22.48 | 100.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/2112 | ReCALL Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0958-3440 | 22.32 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/2112 | Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2772-7661 | 20.49 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/2112 | Annual Review of Applied Linguistics Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0267-1905 | 19.82 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/2112 | System Elsevier BV, ISSN 0346-251X | 18.50 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/2112 | RELC Journal SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0033-6882 | 17.68 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/2112 | Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching Department of English Studies Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts Adam Mickiewicz University, ISSN 2083-5205 | 14.03 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/2112 | Journal of Second Language Writing Elsevier BV, ISSN 1060-3743 | 13.90 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/2112 | Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics ISSN 2998-4475 | 13.82 | 99.6 | Provisional C-Q1 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 10/2112 | Annual Review of Linguistics Annual Reviews, ISSN 2333-9683 | 13.42 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/2112 | TESOL Quarterly Wiley, ISSN 0039-8322 | 12.99 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/2112 | Language Teaching Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0261-4448 | 12.63 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/2112 | Studies in Second Language Acquisition Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0272-2631 | 11.51 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/2112 | Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1750-1229 | 11.38 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/2112 | Language learning & technology University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, ISSN 1094-3501 | 10.58 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/2112 | Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2363-5169 | 10.46 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/2112 | English for Specific Purposes Elsevier BV, ISSN 0889-4906 | 10.39 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 18/2112 | Journal of English Studies in Arabia Felix ISSN 2957-515X | 10.36 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 19/2112 | Digital studies in language and literature De Gruyter, ISSN 2943-0607 | 10.30 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 20/2112 | Modern Language Journal Wiley, ISSN 0026-7902 | 9.56 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 21/2112 | Applied Linguistics Review De Gruyter, ISSN 1868-6303 | 9.55 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 22/2112 | Applied Linguistics Oxford University Press, ISSN 0142-6001 | 9.44 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 23/2112 | Language Teaching Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1362-1688 | 9.20 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 24/2112 | International Journal of Applied Linguistics Wiley, ISSN 0802-6106 | 9.13 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 25/2112 | Journal of English for Academic Purposes Elsevier BV, ISSN 1475-1585 | 9.12 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 26/2112 | Applied Corpus Linguistics Elsevier BV, ISSN 2666-7991 | 8.86 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 27/2112 | Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning De Gruyter, ISSN 2748-3479 | 8.40 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 28/2112 | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0143-4632 | 8.40 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 29/2112 | Language Culture and Curriculum Routledge, ISSN 0790-8318 | 8.35 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 30/2112 | International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching IGI Global, ISSN 2155-7098 | 8.26 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 31/2112 | The Interpreter and Translator Trainer Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1750-399X | 8.16 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 32/2112 | Language Learning Wiley, ISSN 0023-8333 | 8.09 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 33/2112 | Language Testing SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0265-5322 | 7.93 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 34/2112 | Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISSN 1018-2101 | 7.74 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 35/2112 | ELT Journal Oxford University Press, ISSN 0951-0893 | 7.69 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 36/2112 | Linguistics and Education Elsevier BV, ISSN 0898-5898 | 7.45 | 98.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 37/2112 | Critical Inquiry in Language Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1542-7587 | 7.44 | 98.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 38/2112 | Research on Language and Social Interaction Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0835-1813 | 7.38 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 39/2112 | Discourse, Context & Media Elsevier BV, ISSN 2211-6958 | 7.06 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 40/2112 | Language Awareness Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0965-8416 | 7.06 | 98.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 41/2112 | International Multilingual Research Journal Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1931-3152 | 6.96 | 98.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 42/2112 | Language and Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0950-0782 | 6.93 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 43/2112 | Journal of English-Medium Instruction John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISSN 2666-8882 | 6.66 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 44/2112 | International Journal of Corpus Linguistics John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISSN 1384-6655 | 6.53 | 97.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 45/2112 | Written Communication SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0741-0883 | 6.51 | 97.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 46/2112 | Ampersand Elsevier BV, ISSN 2215-0390 | 6.44 | 97.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 47/2112 | Language Learning Journal Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0957-1736 | 6.41 | 97.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 48/2112 | IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching De Gruyter, ISSN 0019-042X | 6.38 | 97.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 49/2112 | Current Issues in Language Planning Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1466-4208 | 6.12 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 50/2112 | Journal of Language and Social Psychology SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0261-927X | 5.94 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 51/2112 | International Journal of Multilingualism Routledge, ISSN 1479-0718 | 5.39 | 97.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 52/2112 | Language Assessment Quarterly Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1543-4303 | 5.35 | 97.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 53/2112 | Classroom Discourse Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1946-3014 | 5.28 | 97.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 54/2112 | Saudi Journal of Language Studies Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 2634-243X | 5.12 | 97.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 55/2112 | Translation Spaces John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISSN 2211-3711 | 5.09 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 56/2112 | Reading & Writing AOSIS, ISSN 2079-8245 | 5.04 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 57/2112 | CALICO Journal Equinox Publishing, ISSN 0742-7778 | 5.04 | 97.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 58/2112 | Linguistic Inquiry The MIT Press, ISSN 0024-3892 | 4.99 | 97.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 59/2112 | TESOL Journal Wiley, ISSN 1056-7941 | 4.98 | 97.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 60/2112 | The JALT CALL Journal ISSN 1832-4215 | 4.96 | 97.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 61/2112 | International Journal of Language Instruction ISSN 2833-230X | 4.90 | 97.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 62/2112 | Language & Communication Elsevier BV, ISSN 0271-5309 | 4.86 | 97.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 63/2112 | Language Sciences Elsevier BV, ISSN 0388-0001 | 4.75 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 64/2112 | Asian Englishes Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1348-8678 | 4.74 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 65/2112 | Educational Linguistics De Gruyter, ISSN 2748-9310 | 4.73 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 66/2112 | Critical Discourse Studies Routledge, ISSN 1740-5904 | 4.68 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 67/2112 | Journal of Pragmatics Elsevier BV, ISSN 0378-2166 | 4.61 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 68/2112 | International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Routledge, ISSN 1367-0050 | 4.58 | 96.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 69/2112 | Journal of language and Education National Research University – Higher School of Economics, ISSN 2411-7390 | 4.55 | 96.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 70/2112 | Journal of Multicultural Discourses Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1744-7143 | 4.51 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 71/2112 | Journal of Politeness Research De Gruyter Mouton, ISSN 1612-5681 | 4.51 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 72/2112 | Journal of Language Identity & Education Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1532-7701 | 4.48 | 96.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 73/2112 | International Journal of TESOL & Education ISSN 2768-4563 | 4.45 | 96.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 74/2112 | Language Policy Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1568-4555 | 4.45 | 96.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 75/2112 | Language and Intercultural Communication Routledge, ISSN 1470-8477 | 4.44 | 96.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 76/2112 | Discourse & Society SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0957-9265 | 4.26 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 77/2112 | Language Teaching Research Quarterly ISSN 2651-3110 | 4.18 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 78/2112 | Cogent Arts and Humanities Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2331-1983 | 4.18 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 79/2112 | Journal of World Languages Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2169-8252 | 4.16 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 80/2112 | Foreign Language Annals Wiley, ISSN 0015-718X | 4.14 | 96.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 81/2112 | Journal of Intercultural Communication ISSN 1404-1634 | 4.11 | 96.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 82/2112 | ESP Today University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics, ISSN 2334-9050 | 4.03 | 96.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 83/2112 | LEARN Journal : Language Education and Acquisition Research Network ISSN 2630-0672 | 3.99 | 96.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 84/2112 | Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning ISSN 2642-7001 | 3.98 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 85/2112 | Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory De Gruyter, ISSN 1613-7027 | 3.97 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 86/2112 | Discourse & Communication SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1750-4813 | 3.88 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 87/2112 | Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics ISSN 2209-0959 | 3.85 | 95.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 88/2112 | World Englishes Wiley, ISSN 0883-2919 | 3.77 | 95.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 89/2112 | Language and Linguistics Compass Wiley, ISSN 1749-818X | 3.67 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 90/2112 | MAP Education and Humanities ISSN 2744-2373 | 3.67 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 91/2112 | AILA Review John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISSN 1461-0213 | 3.64 | 95.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 92/2112 | Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ ISSN 1072-4303 | 3.64 | 95.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 93/2112 | Signs and Society University of Chicago Press, ISSN 2326-4489 | 3.63 | 95.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 94/2112 | Social Interaction Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality Aalborg University, ISSN 2446-3620 | 3.60 | 95.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 95/2112 | Translation Cognition & Behavior John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISSN 2542-5277 | 3.55 | 95.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 96/2112 | English Teaching & Learning Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1023-7267 | 3.54 | 95.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 97/2112 | Second Language Teacher Education Equinox Publishing, ISSN 2752-4655 | 3.50 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 98/2112 | Journal of Sociolinguistics Wiley, ISSN 1360-6441 | 3.48 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 99/2112 | Language Dynamics and Change Brill, ISSN 2210-5824 | 3.41 | 95.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 100/2112 | Applied Pragmatics John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISSN 2589-109X | 3.38 | 95.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 2,251 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.