Best open-access journals for Language and Linguistics

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   Language learning & technology

   3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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2. 2
   Linguistics

   1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · De Gruyter

   Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
3. 3
   Literator

   1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · AOSIS

   Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
4. 4
   Languages

   1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

   Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
5. 5
   Cognitive Linguistics

   0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · De Gruyter Mouton

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6. 6
   Theory and Practice in Language Studies

   0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy Publication

   Open AccessScopus
7. 7
   Journal of Language Teaching and Research

   0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy Publication

   Open AccessScopus
8. 8
   Glossa a journal of general linguistics

   0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Ubiquity Press

   Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
9. 9
   Cadernos de Tradução

   0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

   Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
10. 10
    Círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación

    0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Complutense University of Madrid

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
11. 11
    Studia Romanica Posnaniensia

    0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Adam Mickiewicz University Press

    Open AccessDOAJScopus
12. 12
    Lexis

    0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
13. 13
    Keel ja Kirjandus

    0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · SA Kultuurileht

    Open AccessDOAJScopus
14. 14
    Cogent Arts and Humanities

    1.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
15. 15
    Lexikos

    0.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
16. 16
    Meta Journal des traducteurs

    0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Presses de l'Université de Montréal

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17. 17
    DELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada

    0.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

    Open AccessDOAJScopus
18. 18
    Revista de Filología Española

    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Spanish National Research Council

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
19. 19
    Baltistica

    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Vilnius University

    Open AccessDOAJScopus
20. 20
    Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe

    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Academy of Science of South Africa

    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
21. 21
    Kalbotyra

    0.4 cites/paper · Q3 · Vilnius University

    Open AccessDOAJScopus
22. 22
    Histoire Épistémologie Langage

    0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · EDP Sciences

    Open AccessDOAJScopus
23. 23
    Fontes Linguae Vasconum

    0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Institución Príncipe de Viana

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
24. 24
    Philologia hispalensis

    0.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Editorial Universidad de Sevilla

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
25. 25
    Linguistica

    0.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts

    Open AccessDOAJScopus
26. 26
    Revista de Estudos da Linguagem

    0.2 cites/paper · Q4 · Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
27. 27
    Revista de Filología de la Universidad de La Laguna

    0.1 cites/paper · Q4 · University of La Laguna

    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
28. 28
    Revue des études slaves

    0.0 cites/paper · Q4 · Institut d'études slaves

    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
29. 29
    Sino-US English Teaching

    1.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

    Open Access
30. 30
    US-China Foreign Language

    1.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

    Open Access
31. 31
    Forum for Linguistic Studies

    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

    Open AccessScopus
32. 32
    RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi :

    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

    Open AccessTR-Dizin
33. 33
    International Journal of Linguistics Literature & Translation

    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

    Open Access
34. 34
    International Journal of English Linguistics

    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Canadian Center of Science and Education

    Open AccessPubMed
35. 35
    English Language Teaching

    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Canadian Center of Science and Education

    Open Access
36. 36
    Linguistik Online

    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of Bern

    Open AccessDOAJ
37. 37
    TTR traduction terminologie rédaction

    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

    Open Access
38. 38
    Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca Julio de Urquijo

    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

    Open AccessDOAJ
39. 39
    Domínios de Lingu gem

    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Federal University of Uberlândia

    Open AccessDOAJ
40. 40
    Тrаnscarpathian Philological Studies

    0.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile

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