CAS major category
Literature A&HCI Journals
The Literature major category of the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition) holds 1,248 journals. This page ranks them by impact factor and gives each one's CAS zone, review time, APC and open-access status (as of October 2026). Largest minor categories: Language & Linguistics (377), Linguistics (261), Communication (198), Literature (191), Humanities, Multidisciplinary (121), Literature, Romance (114), Literary Theory & Criticism (50), Literary Reviews (41).
Literature A&HCI Journals by impact factor
Adeptus
ISSN 2300-0783 · Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences · PolandHUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
IF 70CAS Zone 4 · LiteratureReview: about 24 weeksNo APCDiamond OA11 articles/yrDOAJ
View journal profile →Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Slowianskiej
ISSN 0081-7090 · Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences · PolandLANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
IF 70CAS Zone 4 · LiteratureReview: about 48 weeksNo APCDiamond OA31 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Cognitive Studies-Etudes Cognitives
ISSN 2080-7147 · Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences · PolandLANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
IF 40CAS Zone 3 · LiteratureReview: about 48 weeksNo APCDiamond OA11 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Index Comunicacion
ISSN 2444-3239 · Universidad Rey Juan Carlos · SpainCOMMUNICATION
IF 37.2CAS Zone 4 · LiteratureReview: about 8 weeksNo APCDiamond OA29 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Contrastive Pragmatics
ISSN 2666-0385 · BRILL · NetherlandsArts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
IF 25CAS Zone 2 · LiteratureReview: about 27 weeksNo APCDiamond OA25 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Nordicom Review
ISSN 1403-1108 · Nordicom · SwedenCOMMUNICATION
IF 25CAS Zone 2 · LiteratureReview: about 52 weeksNo APCGold OA23 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
ISSN 0267-1905 · Cambridge University PressMultiple
IF 10.75CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopAPC about USD 3,550Gold OA18 articles/yrSSCI · AHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Computer Assisted Language Learning
ISSN 0958-8221 · Taylor & FrancisMultiple
IF 7.93CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: median 271 days to acceptanceAPC charged, amount not publishedSubscription110 articles/yrSSCI · AHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →System
ISSN 0346-251X · ElsevierMultiple
IF 7.87CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopAPC about USD 3,980Hybrid OA326 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Assessing Writing
ISSN 1075-2935 · ElsevierMultiple
IF 7.65CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 239 days (submission to acceptance, publisher)APC about USD 3,330Hybrid OA73 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Second Language Writing
ISSN 1060-3743 · ElsevierLINGUISTICS
IF 7.63CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopAPC about USD 3,830Hybrid OA80 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →ReCALL
ISSN 0958-3440 · Cambridge University PressMultiple
IF 7.44CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopAPC about USD 3,550Hybrid OA30 articles/yrSSCI · AHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Communication Theory
ISSN 1050-3293 · Wiley-BlackwellCOMMUNICATION
IF 7.36CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopAPC about USD 4,235Hybrid OA38 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
ISSN 1083-6101 · Wiley-Blackwell · United KingdomMultiple
IF 7.21CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 15 weeksNo APCDiamond OA30 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus · DOAJJournal site: new publisher
View journal profile →Journal of Greek Linguistics
ISSN 1566-5844 · BRILL · NetherlandsLANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
IF 7CAS Zone 2 · LiteratureReview: about 42 weeksAPC charged, amount not publishedGold OA16 articles/yrESCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →RELC Journal
ISSN 0033-6882 · SAGELINGUISTICS
IF 6.93CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 107 days (submission to acceptance, publisher)APC about USD 3,650Hybrid OA68 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Language Teaching
ISSN 0261-4448 · Cambridge University PressMultiple
IF 6.9CAS Zone 2 · Literature · TopAPC about USD 3,550Hybrid OA56 articles/yrSSCI · AHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Review of Communication Research
ISSN 2255-4165 · Review of Communication Research · SpainCOMMUNICATION
IF 6.7CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 16 weeksNo APCGold OA38 articles/yrESCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Political Communication
ISSN 1058-4609 · Taylor & FrancisMultiple
IF 5.84CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 129 days (first decision after review, publisher)APC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA53 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Communication Methods and Measures
ISSN 1931-2458 · Taylor & FrancisCOMMUNICATION
IF 5.76CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 78 days (first decision after review, publisher)APC charged, amount not publishedHybrid OA12 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Social Media + Society
ISSN 2056-3051 · SAGE Publishing · United KingdomCOMMUNICATION
IF 5.65CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 183 days (submission to acceptance, publisher)APC about USD 1,000Gold OA193 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Annual Review of Linguistics
ISSN 2333-9691 · Annual Reviews Inc.Multiple
IF 5.09CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopSubscription19 articles/yrSSCI · AHCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Studies in Second Language Acquisition
ISSN 0272-2631 · Cambridge University PressLINGUISTICS
IF 5.07CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopAPC about USD 3,550Hybrid OA84 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus
View journal profile →Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
ISSN 2083-5205 · Department of English Studies Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts Adam Mickiewicz University · PolandLINGUISTICS
IF 5.03CAS Zone 1 · Literature · TopReview: about 12 weeksNo APCDiamond OA39 articles/yrSSCI · Scopus · DOAJ
View journal profile →Literature journals: frequently asked questions
How many A&HCI journals are there in Literature?
As of October 2026, JournalCompass lists 1248 journals in the Literature major category of the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition): 67 in Zone 1, 183 in Zone 2, 307 in Zone 3 and 654 in Zone 4, 87 of them Top journals. By database: SCIE 2, SSCI 226, A&HCI 500 and ESCI 605 (a journal can be indexed in more than one).
Which Literature journals are in CAS Zone 1?
By impact factor, the Zone 1 journals in Literature include Annual Review of Applied Linguistics (impact factor 10.75), Computer Assisted Language Learning (impact factor 7.93), System (impact factor 7.87), Assessing Writing (impact factor 7.65), Journal of Second Language Writing (impact factor 7.63), 67 in all; see the full list of Zone 1 Literature journals.
Which Literature journals have fast peer review?
Across the 524 Literature journals with review-time data, the median review time is about 20 weeks. Among Zone 1–2 journals, fast ones include Modern Language Journal (about 0.4 weeks, publisher figure), WORD-JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION (about 0.4 weeks, publisher figure), Problemy Istoricheskoi Poetiki (about 3 weeks, community reports), Journal of English Linguistics (about 3.9 weeks, publisher figure), Journal of Language Evolution (about 4.9 weeks, publisher figure). Review times come first from article statistics (the median from submission to acceptance over the last 24 months), then from publisher figures and community reports; a single manuscript can take much longer or shorter.
Which Literature journals charge no APC?
330 journals in Literature charge authors no article processing charge (APC); those with the highest impact factors include Adeptus (impact factor 70), Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Slowianskiej (impact factor 70), Cognitive Studies-Etudes Cognitives (impact factor 40), Index Comunicacion (impact factor 37.2), Contrastive Pragmatics (impact factor 25); see the list of Literature journals with no APC. Subscription journals usually charge no APC but may charge for colour figures or extra pages; check the journal's website before submitting.
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