Review of Cognitive Linguistics | Published under the auspices of the Spanish Cognitive Linguistics Association

Editor-in-Chief
Assistant Editors
Mahum Hayat Khan | University of Cantabria
ORCiD logo with linkCarla Ovejas-Ramírez | University of La Rioja, Logroño
Review Editor
ORCiD logo with linkWei-lun Lu | Masaryk University

Journal metrics

Impact Factor: 0.6 (5-year: 0.9)
Journal Citation Indicator: 0.47
CiteScore: 1.3
SNIP: 0.874 SJR: 0.351

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The Review of Cognitive Linguistics (published under the auspices of the Spanish Cognitive Linguistics Association) offers an international forum for the publication of original high-quality research from a cognitive perspective in all areas of linguistic conceptualization and communication.

Fruitful debate is encouraged with neighboring academic disciplines as well as with other approaches to language study, particularly functionally-oriented ones.

Volumes 1–7 (2003–2009) were published under the title Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics.

RCL publishes its articles Online First.

ISSN: 1877-9751 | E-ISSN: 1877‑976X
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https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl
IssuesOnline-first articles

Volume 24 (2026)

Volume 23 (2025)

Volume 22 (2024)

Volume 21 (2023)

Volume 20 (2022)

Volume 19 (2021)

Volume 18 (2020)

Volume 17 (2019)

Volume 16 (2018)

Volume 15 (2017)

Volume 14 (2016)

Volume 13 (2015)

Volume 12 (2014)

Volume 11 (2013)

Volume 10 (2012)

Volume 9 (2011)

Volume 8 (2010)

Editorial info
Editor-in-Chief
Assistant Editors
Mahum Hayat Khan | University of Cantabria
ORCiD logo with linkCarla Ovejas-Ramírez | University of La Rioja, Logroño
Editorial Board
Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera | University of Valladolid
ORCiD logo with linkAneider Iza Erviti | Public University of Navarre
ORCiD logo with linkMaría Sandra Peña-Cervel | University of La Rioja, Logroño
ORCiD logo with linkLorena Pérez-Hernández | University of La Rioja, Logroño
ORCiD logo with linkPaula Pérez-Sobrino | University of La Rioja, Logroño
ORCiD logo with linkManuela Romano | Autonomous University of Madrid
Advisory Board
ORCiD logo with linkAntonio Barcelona | University of Córdoba
Enrique Bernárdez | Complutense University of Madrid
Hans C. Boas | University of Texas at Austin
ORCiD logo with linkMario Brdar | University of Osijek
Teresa Cadierno | University of Southern Denmark
ORCiD logo with linkAlan Cienki | VU University Amsterdam & Moscow State Linguistic University
Seana Coulson | University of California, San Diego
Alice Deignan | University of Leeds
Nicole Delbecque | University of Leuven
ORCiD logo with linkCharles Forceville | University of Amsterdam
ORCiD logo with linkDirk Geeraerts | University of Leuven
Elżbieta Górska | University of Warsaw
ORCiD logo with linkSabine De Knop | Facultés Universitaires, Saint-Louis, Brussels
ORCiD logo with linkZoltán Kövecses | Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
ORCiD logo with linkFuyin Li | Beihang University, Beijing
Heng Li | Sichuan International Studies University
ORCiD logo with linkJeannette Littlemore | University of Birmingham
Teenie Matlock | University of California, Merced
ORCiD logo with linkAndreas Musolff | University of East Anglia
ORCiD logo with linkJan Nuyts | University of Antwerp
Günter Radden | University of Hamburg
Gerard J. Steen | University of Amsterdam
ORCiD logo with linkAnatol Stefanowitsch | Freie Universität Berlin
ORCiD logo with linkXu Wen | Southwest University, Chongqing
Sherman Wilcox | University of New Mexico
Review Editor
ORCiD logo with linkWei-lun Lu | Masaryk University
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Volume 17 (2019) 2 issues; 550 pp.EUR 240.00EUR 278.00
Volume 16 (2018) 2 issues; 550 pp.EUR 233.00EUR 270.00
Volume 15 (2017) 2 issues; 500 pp.EUR 215.00EUR 249.00
Volume 14 (2016) 2 issues; 500 pp.EUR 215.00EUR 242.00
Volume 13 (2015) 2 issues; 500 pp.EUR 215.00EUR 235.00
Volume 12 (2014) 2 issues; 500 pp.EUR 215.00EUR 228.00
Volume 11 (2013) 2 issues; 400 pp.EUR 191.00EUR 197.00
Volumes 8‒10 (2010‒2012) 2 issues; avg. 400 pp.EUR 185.00 per volumeEUR 191.00 per volume
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Article Length: Submissions must not exceed 8,000 words, including abstract, keywords, and references.

The Review of Cognitive Linguistics commissions all book reviews; unsolicited book review submissions are not accepted.

If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors by e-mail: rcognitivelinguistics at gmail.com

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