66 Linguistics and Language journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Social Sciences 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Languages | 2226-471X | 316 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,61,455 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | 0143-4632 | 279 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Multilingualism | 1479-0718 | 185 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Language in Society | 0047-4045 | 113 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Bilingualism | 1367-0069 | 106 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Linguistics Vanguard | 2199-174X | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism | 1367-0050 | 93 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Applied Linguistics Review | 1868-6303 | 86 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| English Language and Linguistics | 1360-6743 | 86 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| South African Journal of African Languages | 0257-2117 | 86 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Africa |
| Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies | 1607-3614 | 85 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | South Africa |
| Journal of Language Identity & Education | 1532-7701 | 82 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| English Today | 0266-0784 | 68 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Language and Intercultural Communication | 1470-8477 | 68 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Language and Education | 0950-0782 | 67 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Current Issues in Language Planning | 1466-4208 | 60 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of the Sociology of Language | 0165-2516 | 57 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Sociolinguistics | 1360-6441 | 57 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | 1055-1360 | 47 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Asian Englishes | 1348-8678 | 43 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Language Policy | 1568-4555 | 42 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| World Englishes | 0883-2919 | 40 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Bilingual Research Journal | 1523-5882 | 39 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Signs and Society | 2326-4489 | 37 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | Yes | No | United States |
| Sociolinguistic Studies | 1750-8649 | 36 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Multicultural Discourses | 1744-7143 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Language Culture and Curriculum | 0790-8318 | 34 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Diachronica | 0176-4225 | 32 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Multilingua | 0167-8507 | 32 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Australian Journal of Linguistics | 0726-8602 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Asian Pacific Communication | 0957-6851 | 31 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Linguistic Landscape An international journal | 2214-9953 | 30 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics | 2199-2894 | 28 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Recherches en didactique des langues et des cultures | 1958-5772 | 28 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Alsic | 1286-4986 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Language Culture and Society | 2543-3156 | 27 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Language Problems & Language Planning | 0272-2690 | 27 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities | 2947-5880 | 26 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages | 0920-9034 | 25 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Language Matters | 1022-8195 | 23 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique | 0008-4131 | 23 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| American Speech | 0003-1283 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Language Contact | 1877-4091 | 21 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | France |
| Journal of English Linguistics | 0075-4242 | 20 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Heritage Language Journal | 1550-7076 | 19 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Multilingual Research Journal | 1931-3152 | 19 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce) | 0867-8286 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Anglica An International Journal of English Studies | 0860-5734 | 18 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Journal of Germanic Linguistics | 1470-5427 | 18 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Critical Inquiry in Language Studies | 1542-7587 | 17 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Educational Linguistics | 2748-9310 | 16 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| English World-Wide A Journal of Varieties of English | 0172-8865 | 16 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Language Policy in Africa | 3042-4046 | 16 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik | 0171-5410 | 14 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Language Variation and Change | 0954-3945 | 14 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Nordand | 0809-9227 | 14 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Norway |
| Język na Pograniczach. | 1230-1302 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices | 2632-4490 | 13 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| European Journal of Linguistics | 2957-4641 | 12 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Kenya |
| Journal of Language and Discrimination | 2397-2637 | 12 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Linguistics Studies | 2754-2599 | 11 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Linguistic Geography | 2049-7547 | 11 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Multilingual Education Research | 2153-4799 | 11 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Taal en tongval | 0039-8691 | 11 | 1 | ≈ ₹21,766 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Asia-Pacific Language Variation | 2215-1354 | 10 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| European Journal of Language and Culture Studies | 2796-0064 | 10 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No |