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The '''Computational Linguistics Distinguished Reviewer Award''' (short form: '''CL Distinguished Reviewer Award''') aims to highlight and promote high standards in peer review, and to acknowledge reviewers whose contributions have had a meaningful impact on the quality of the ''[https://cljournal.org/ Computational Linguistics]'' journal. The award was introduced in 2026.

==About the Award==

* '''Recognition:''' Awardees are featured on the [https://cljournal.org/ ''Computational Linguistics'' website], as well as on social media platforms (LinkedIn and Bluesky), and receive a certificate.
* '''Presentation:''' The awards are announced and presented at the ACL conference each year.

===Selection Process===

# Action editors of ''Computational Linguistics'' nominate potential candidates.
# The Editor-in-Chief, together with colleagues from the editorial office, identifies qualifying candidates from the nominations.

===Selection Criteria===

* '''Quality of the review''': for example, whether it offers insightful and well-articulated comments, or identifies major issues that help maintain the high standards of ''Computational Linguistics''.
* '''Responsiveness''' of the reviewer.

==Award Recipients==

===Class of 2026===

The inaugural awards were announced at the ACL 2026 conference. Congratulations to the following reviewers (listed in alphabetical order), recognized for reviews that have had a meaningful impact on the quality of the journal:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Nate Chambers
| Jason Eisner
| Francis Ferraro
| Ivan Habernal
| Xianpei Han
|-
| Sophie Hao
| Eduard Hovy
| Fintan Mallory
| Yevgen Matusevych
| Tristan Miller
|-
| Agata Savary
| Dominik Schlechtweg
| Edward Stabler
| Zhongyu Wei
|
|}

Thank you for upholding the high standards of peer review at ''Computational Linguistics''.

==See Also==

* [[CL High Impact Paper Award]]
* [[ACL Computational Linguistics Doctoral Dissertation Award]]

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