Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism

Volume 16 (2026)

Volume 15 (2025)

Volume 14 (2024)

Volume 13 (2023)

Volume 12 (2022)

Volume 11 (2021)

Volume 10 (2020)

Volume 9 (2019)

Volume 8 (2018)

Volume 7 (2017)

Volume 6 (2016)

Volume 5 (2015)

Volume 4 (2014)

Volume 3 (2013)

Volume 2 (2012)

Volume 1 (2011)

Types of articles

The default review policy for LAB is double blind review. All author names, affiliations and other references to the authors' identity must be removed from the manuscript.

General research articles: 8,000-10,000 word articles (including tables, figures, and references) that present original empirical research pertinent to the study of cognitive-linguistic bilingualism.

Birdseye article: 8,000-10,000 word articles that present authoritative overviews, narrative syntheses, or meta-analyses of a relevant topic.

Squibs and Research Reports: These small articles should not exceed 5,000 words (including tables, figures, and references) and should present research on ongoing theoretical projects or subsets of data sets making significant contributions that are time sensitive. Accelerated review will be conducted.

Epistemological articles: These articles on topics of general epistemological interest in the sub-disciplines that contribute research to the journal will be between 8,000 and 12,000 words and will be by invitation only.

Special issue: Annually, one special issue will be published on a topic of current interest within the remit of the journal. Proposals for guest editing this issue should be sent to the editors and not exceed 3 pages. On top of information on how the SI relates to the remit of LAB, the proposal should outline the scope and the content of the SI, give a list of potential contributors, and provide information on how a Call for Papers will be disseminated.

All manuscripts need to conform to the APA7 guidelines and to the LAB style sheet, or they will be returned to the authors. Please consult the style sheet and the guidelines section for more information.

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal’s online submission and manuscript tracking site.

All inquiries should be directed towards the editors by e-mailing the journal at editoriallabjournal.org

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 openaccessbenjamins.nl 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.