414 Language and Linguistics journals (Arts and Humanities) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Arts and Humanities by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forum for Linguistic Studies | 2705-0602 | 1,046 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Singapore |
| Cogent Education | 2331-186X | 816 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,11,441 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Theory and Practice in Language Studies | 1799-2591 | 425 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| Jurnal Onoma Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra | 2443-3667 | 405 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| System | 0346-251X | 326 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| World Journal of English Language | 1925-0703 | 286 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| International Journal of Applied Linguistics | 0802-6106 | 278 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Norway |
| Journal of Language Teaching and Research | 1798-4769 | 216 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Language and Literary Studies | 2704-5528 | 188 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Italy |
| Language Teaching Research | 1362-1688 | 179 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Pragmatics | 0378-2166 | 173 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Arab World English Journal | 2229-9327 | 163 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching | 1750-1229 | 160 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Linguistics Literature & Translation | 2617-0299 | 157 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Jordan |
| Porta Universorum | 3030-2234 | 148 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Springer handbooks in languages and linguistics. | 2731-068X | 130 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Slovenia |
| Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras | 1697-7467 | 127 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Literatur - Medien - Didaktik | 2749-5620 | 125 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Acta Globalis Humanitatis et Linguarum | 3030-1718 | 121 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Lithuania |
| English Language Teaching | 1916-4742 | 117 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Journal of Language and Literature Studies | 2808-1099 | 116 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Research Methods in Applied Linguistics | 2772-7661 | 116 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Computer Assisted Language Learning | 0958-8221 | 110 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Lingua | 0024-3841 | 106 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher | 0119-5646 | 106 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Philippines |
| Lengua y Sociedad | 1729-9721 | 103 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| 3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies | 0128-5157 | 100 | 1 | ≈ ₹23,584 to publish | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics | 2707-756X | 100 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Jordan |
| Studies in English Language and Education | 2355-2794 | 98 | 1 | ≈ ₹48,164 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| TESOL Quarterly | 0039-8322 | 98 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Applied Linguistics | 0142-6001 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Perspectives | 0907-676X | 90 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Modern Language Journal | 0026-7902 | 86 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Glossa a journal of general linguistics | 2397-1835 | 85 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Isogloss Open Journal of Romance Linguistics | 2385-4138 | 85 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| rEFLections | 1513-5934 | 85 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Thailand |
| Círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación | 1576-4737 | 84 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Korean Journal of English Language and Linguistics | 1598-1398 | 84 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Language Teaching Research Quarterly | 2651-3110 | 84 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Studies in Second Language Acquisition | 0272-2631 | 84 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Cadernos de Tradução | 1414-526X | 83 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Language Testing in Asia | 2229-0443 | 83 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,62,160 to publish | Yes | Yes | Thailand |
| KEMBARA Journal of Scientific Language Literature and Teaching | 2442-9287 | 81 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,368 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| International Education Studies | 1913-9020 | 79 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Folia Linguistica | 0165-4004 | 78 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| International Journal of Linguistics | 1948-5425 | 78 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Discourse Studies | 1461-4456 | 77 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| LEARN Journal : Language Education and Acquisition Research Network | 2630-0672 | 77 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Thailand |
| Foreign Language Annals | 0015-718X | 75 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Arkiv för nordisk filologi | 0066-7668 | 74 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Sweden |
| Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory | 2163-5943 | 74 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES | 2734-9357 | 73 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Vietnam |
| EIKI Journal of Effective Teaching Methods | 2755-399X | 72 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| ELT Journal | 0951-0893 | 72 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Discourse & Society | 0957-9265 | 70 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Language | 0097-8507 | 70 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Language & Communication | 0271-5309 | 70 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Language Learning Journal | 0957-1736 | 70 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| RELC Journal | 0033-6882 | 68 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Slovene Linguistic Studies | 1408-2616 | 67 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics | 2301-9468 | 66 | 1 | ≈ ₹33,715 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences | 2706-9176 | 65 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Linguistics and Education | 0898-5898 | 65 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes | 2334-9182 | 64 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Serbia |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language--TESL-EJ | 1072-4303 | 64 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Language learning & technology | 1094-3501 | 63 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education | 2363-5169 | 62 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,62,160 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Natural Language & Linguistic Theory | 0167-806X | 62 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Arabic-English Studies | 1680-0982 | 61 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Lebanon |
| International Journal of Teaching Learning and Education | 2583-4371 | 61 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| KIRYOKU | 2581-0960 | 61 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,368 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Intercultural Pragmatics | 1612-295X | 60 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| International Journal of English Linguistics | 1923-869X | 60 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| EuroGlobal Journal of Linguistics and Language Education. | 3030-1394 | 59 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Liechtenstein |
| International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies | 2306-0646 | 59 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Language Awareness | 0965-8416 | 59 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Language Learning | 0023-8333 | 58 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The Journal of AsiaTEFL | 1738-3102 | 58 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | South Korea |
| Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos | 0102-5767 | 57 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Knowledge Learning and Science Technology ISSN 2959-6386 (online) | 2959-6386 | 56 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Language Teaching | 0261-4448 | 56 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Open Journal of Modern Linguistics | 2164-2818 | 56 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Pragmatics and Society | 1878-9714 | 56 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Mextesol journal. | 2395-9908 | 55 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| International Journal of Humanities and Social Science | 2220-8488 | 54 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching | 0019-042X | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Language and Social Psychology | 0261-927X | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics | 2209-0959 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹66,283 to publish | Yes | Yes | Australia |
| Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia | 1220-0484 | 53 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Neofilolog | 1429-2173 | 52 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German | 0042-062X | 51 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Linguistics | 0022-2267 | 51 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Training Language and Culture | 2520-2073 | 50 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Arab World English Journal For Translation and Literary Studies | 2550-1542 | 49 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Malaysia |
| Journal of language and Education | 2411-7390 | 49 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Lexikos | 1684-4904 | 48 | 1 | ≈ ₹6,986 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| English Teaching | 1017-7108 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| European Journal of English Language Teaching | 2501-7136 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Romania |
| Voices of English Language Education Society | 2579-7484 | 46 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Babel Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation / Revista Internacional de Traducción | 0521-9744 | 45 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
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