41 Linguistics and Language journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prace Językoznawcze | 1509-5304 | 79 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Przekładaniec | 1425-6851 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Res Rhetorica | 2392-3113 | 41 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Język Polski | 0021-6941 | 39 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Acta Philologica | 0065-1524 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Stylistyka | 1230-2287 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| LingVaria | 1896-2122 | 35 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Repères | 2800-6194 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej | 0081-7090 | 31 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Studia Slavica | 1803-5663 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Journal of Linguistics Literary and Communication Studies | 2957-8477 | 28 | 2 | ≈ ₹24,082 to publish | Yes | Yes | Kenya |
| Avant | 2082-6710 | 27 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Etnolingwistyka Problemy Języka i Kultury | 0860-8032 | 27 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Contextes et didactiques | 2551-6116 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Guadeloupe |
| Onomastica | 0078-4648 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Linguistic Exploration | 2759-7199 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Japan |
| Global Chinese | 2199-4374 | 23 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium | 2543-7844 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Nepalese Linguistics | 0259-1006 | 21 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nepal |
| Recherche et pratiques pédagogiques en langues de spécialité | 2119-5242 | 21 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Kształcenie Polonistyczne Cudzoziemców | 0860-6587 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Global Academic Journal of Linguistics and Literature | 2706-9028 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Arab Emirates |
| Indian Journal of Language and Linguistics | 2582-9726 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| International Journal of Linguistics and Culture | 2707-6873 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Journal of Modern Languages | 1675-526X | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Malaysia |
| Journal of Arabic Sociolinguistics | 2755-1911 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| LIER Language Inquiry & Exploration Review | 3062-7702 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Acta Universitatis Lodziensis Folia Linguistica | 0208-6077 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego | 0032-3802 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| NABE Journal of Research and Practice | 2639-0035 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Studies in Polish Linguistics | 1732-8160 | 14 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Logopaedica | 2083-7283 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Études créoles | 0708-2398 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of African Languages and Linguistics | 0167-6164 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Roczniki Polskiego Towarzystwa Matematycznego. Seria 3, Matematyka Stosowana/Matematyka Stosowana/Mathematica Applicanda | 0137-2890 | 12 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Adeptus | 2300-0783 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives | 2080-7147 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Legon Journal of the Humanities | 0855-1502 | 11 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ghana |
| Cahiers de linguistique - Asie orientale | 0153-3320 | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Himalayan Linguistics | 1544-7502 | 10 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Language and globalization. | 2947-7506 | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Eswatini |