211 Literature and Literary Theory 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | 2789-6919 | 319 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Azerbaijan |
| Health Communication | 1041-0236 | 234 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Korkut Ata Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi | 2687-5675 | 173 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| SÖYLEM Filoloji Dergisi | 2548-0502 | 160 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Global spectrum of research and humanities. | 3007-9136 | 134 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | AJ |
| Textual Practice | 0950-236X | 129 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication | 2146-5193 | 120 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,757 to publish | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Journal of English for Academic Purposes | 1475-1585 | 115 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| TESOL Journal | 1056-7941 | 110 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The English Journal | 0013-8274 | 109 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Hipogrifo Revista de literatura y cultural del Siglo de Oro | 2328-1308 | 108 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| African perspectives of research in teaching and learning. | 2521-0262 | 104 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Desde el Sur Revista de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales de la Universidad Científica del Sur | 2076-2674 | 102 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| Journal of Postcolonial Writing | 1744-9855 | 100 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| EKEV Akademi Dergisi | 1301-6229 | 98 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Türkiye |
| Türk Kültürü ve HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ Araştırma Dergisi | 1306-8253 | 96 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Bakhtiniana Revista de Estudos do Discurso | 2176-4573 | 94 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Akademik Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi | 2618-6349 | 93 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Critique Studies in Contemporary Fiction | 0011-1619 | 93 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of American Folklore | 0021-8715 | 89 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Social Semiotics | 1035-0330 | 83 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Discourse Context & Media | 2211-6958 | 82 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi | 2146-9059 | 82 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Second Language Writing | 1060-3743 | 80 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Open Humanities Data | 2059-481X | 79 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,36,402 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Interventions | 1369-801X | 75 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Creative Saplings | 0974-536X | 74 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Journal of Language and Politics | 1569-2159 | 72 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO | 3043-4475 | 70 | 1 | NGN 20,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Nauru |
| Life Writing | 1448-4528 | 70 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| a/b Auto/Biography Studies | 0898-9575 | 67 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of TESOL Studies | 2632-6779 | 66 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Language Arts | 0013-5968 | 66 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi | 1302-3284 | 64 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Green Letters | 1468-8417 | 63 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Learning Media and Technology | 1743-9884 | 63 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Estudos Avançados | 0103-4014 | 62 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Critical Inquiry | 0093-1896 | 60 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Media Psychology | 1521-3269 | 60 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi | 2667-4750 | 60 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Art-e Sanat Dergisi | 1308-2698 | 58 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Communication Research | 0093-6502 | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy | 1081-3004 | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Children s Literature in Education | 0045-6713 | 53 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Revista USP | 0103-9989 | 51 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| E-rea | 1638-1718 | 50 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi | 2147-088X | 50 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada | 1676-0786 | 50 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Adaptation | 1755-0637 | 49 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,71,347 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Comparative Literature Studies | 0010-4132 | 49 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications | 1864-1105 | 49 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| English for Specific Purposes | 0889-4906 | 48 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore | 1406-0949 | 48 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Estonia |
| Ibérica | 1139-7241 | 48 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| South Central Review | 0743-6831 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Technical Communication Quarterly | 1057-2252 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Visual Communication | 1470-3572 | 47 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| KMC Journal | 2961-1709 | 46 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nepal |
| English in Education | 0425-0494 | 45 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| IAFOR Journal of Education | 2187-0594 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Language and Literacy | 1496-0974 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Changing English | 1358-684X | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Herança | 2184-3090 | 44 | 1 | ≈ ₹51,921 to publish | Yes | No | Portugal |
| Mavi Atlas | 2148-5232 | 44 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Re(senhas) | 3085-6434 | 43 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Brazil |
| English Teaching Practice & Critique | 1175-8708 | 41 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 | 0039-3657 | 41 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Modern Language Quarterly | 0026-7929 | 40 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Multimodal Communication | 2230-6579 | 40 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | New Zealand |
| Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering | 0324-6051 | 40 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| European Journal of English Studies | 1382-5577 | 39 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| İnönü University International Journal of Social Sciences (INIJOSS) | 2147-0936 | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹9,823 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of the African Literature Association | 2167-4736 | 39 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Style | 0039-4238 | 39 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Türkiyat Mecmuası / Journal of Turkology | 0085-7432 | 39 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Discourse & Communication | 1750-4813 | 38 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Review of Communication Research | 2255-4165 | 38 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Trabalhos em Linguística Aplicada | 0103-1813 | 38 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies | 1016-8427 | 37 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Africa |
| Actes Sémiotiques | 2270-4957 | 36 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| College Composition and Communication | 0010-096X | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Critical Discourse Studies | 1740-5904 | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Cahiers de narratologie | 1765-307X | 35 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Far Western Review | 3021-9019 | 35 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nepal |
| Contemporaneity of English Language and Literature in the Robotized Millennium | 2583-7370 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Awareness | 2149-6544 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Contemporary Research An Interdisciplinary Academic Journal | 2717-4611 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nepal |
| International Journal of Education Culture and Society | 2575-3363 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Written Communication | 0741-0883 | 33 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Communication Monographs | 0363-7751 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Pedagogies An International Journal | 1554-480X | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Pedagogy Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature Language Composition and Culture | 1531-4200 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Comparative Literature | 0010-4124 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Edeb Erkan | 2980-1095 | 31 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Journal of Academic Writing | 2225-8973 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| Literacy | 1741-4350 | 31 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Poetics Today | 0333-5372 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Israel |
| Research in the Teaching of English | 0034-527X | 30 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Genre | 0016-6928 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Early Childhood Literacy | 1468-7984 | 29 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
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