Applied Pragmatics

Editors
ORCiD logo with linkZia Tajeddin | Tarbiat Modares University
ORCiD logo with linkNaoko Taguchi | Northern Arizona University
Associate Editors
ORCiD logo with linkMinoo Alemi | IAU West Tehran Branch
ORCiD logo with linkAnne Barron | Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Shuai Li | Georgia State University
Managing Editor
ORCiD logo with linkZohreh R. Eslami | Texas A&M University |

Journal metrics

CiteScore: 2.9
SNIP: 1.369 SJR: 0.567

This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Scopus ; The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF )

Applied Pragmatics aims to enhance research on acquisitional pragmatics and hence accepts studies which have strong implications for teaching, learning, and assessing L2 pragmatics, including L2 English and other languages. We encourage submissions from a wide range of topics falling within the scope of the journal. The topics can be approached from various interdisciplinary perspectives like globalization, world Englishes, teacher education, critical pedagogy, and conversation analysis.

Applied Pragmatics publishes its articles Online First.

ISSN: 2589-109X | E-ISSN: 2589‑1103
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ap
IssuesOnline-first articles

Volume 8 (2026)

Volume 7 (2025)

Volume 6 (2024)

Volume 5 (2023)

Volume 4 (2022)

Volume 3 (2021)

Volume 2 (2020)

Volume 1 (2019)

Editorial info
Editors
ORCiD logo with linkZia Tajeddin | Tarbiat Modares University
ORCiD logo with linkNaoko Taguchi | Northern Arizona University
Associate Editors
ORCiD logo with linkMinoo Alemi | IAU West Tehran Branch
ORCiD logo with linkAnne Barron | Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Shuai Li | Georgia State University
Managing Editor
ORCiD logo with linkZohreh R. Eslami | Texas A&M University |
Advisory Board
ORCiD logo with linkEva Alcón-Soler | Catedràtica d'Universitat
Andrew D. Cohen | University of Minnesota
Gabriele Kasper | University of Hawaii at Manoa
ORCiD logo with linkCarsten Roever | University of Melbourne
Editorial Board
Ahmad Al-Issa | American University of Sharjah
ORCiD logo with linkKaren Glaser | BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
ORCiD logo with linkMarta González-Lloret | University of Hawaii at Manoa
ORCiD logo with linkZhu Hua | University of Birmingham
Noriko Ishihara | Hosei University
Shuai Li | Georgia State University
ORCiD logo with linkWei Ren | Beihang University
ORCiD logo with linkAriadna Sánchez-Hernández | Universidad Complutense de Madrid
ORCiD logo with linkRachel L. Shively | Illinois State University
ORCiD logo with linkTetyana Sydorenko | Portland State University
ORCiD logo with linkVeronika Timpe-Laughlin | Educational Testing Service
ORCiD logo with linkSoo Jung Youn | Daegu National University of Education
Subscription Info
Current issue: 8:1, available as of May 2026
Next issue: 8:2, expected December 2026

General information about our electronic journals.

Subscription rates

All prices for print + online include postage/handling.

Online-onlyPrint + online
Volume 9 (2027): 2 issues; ca. 240 pp.EUR 181.00EUR 248.00
Volume 8 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 240 pp.EUR 176.00EUR 234.00

Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR 75.00 per volume.
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.

Available back-volumes

Online-onlyPrint + online
Complete backset
(Vols. 1‒7; 2019‒2025)
14 issues;
1,680 pp.
EUR 1,139.00EUR 1,317.00
Volume 7 (2025) 2 issues; 240 pp.EUR 171.00EUR 221.00
Volume 6 (2024) 2 issues; 240 pp.EUR 166.00EUR 201.00
Volume 5 (2023) 2 issues; 240 pp.EUR 161.00EUR 183.00
Volumes 2‒4 (2020‒2022) 2 issues; avg. 240 pp.EUR 161.00 per volumeEUR 179.00 per volume
Volume 1 (2019) 2 issues; 240 pp.EUR 158.00EUR 175.00
Author info

Applied Pragmatics offers  online submission .

Before submitting, please consult the  guidelines  and the  Short Guide to EM for Authors .

If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors via e-mail: appliedprag at benjamins.nl

Articles under consideration are double-blind peer-reviewed and decisions on all published content are made by the editors.

Ethics

John Benjamins journals are committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and to supporting ethical research practices.

Authors and reviewers are kindly requested to read this Ethics Statement.

Please also note our statement on the use of Artificial Intelligence.

Rights and Permissions

Authors must ensure that they have permission to use any third-party material in their contribution; the permission should include perpetual (not time-limited) world-wide distribution in print and electronic format. For more information, consult our Rights & Permissions page.

For information on authors' rights, please consult the Author Rights page.

Open Access

Articles accepted for this journal can be made Open Access through payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC) of EUR 1800 (+ VAT/tax if applicable). To arrange this, please contact as soon as your paper has been accepted for publication. More information can be found on the publisher's Open Access Policy page.

Corresponding authors from institutions with which John Benjamins has a Read & Publish arrangement can publish Open Access without paying a fee. Please consult this list of institutions for up-to-date information on the criteria for articles covered under the agreement.

For information about permission to post a version of your article online or in an institutional repository ('green' open access or self-archiving), please consult the rights information page.

If the article is not (to be made) Open Access, there is no fee for the author to publish in this journal.

Archiving

John Benjamins Publishing Company has an agreement in place with Portico for the archiving of all its online journals and e-books.

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