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! Submissions
! Submissions
|-
|-
| 2024 Q1
| 2024
| 62
| 332
|-
|-
| 2025 Q1
| 2025
| 89 (+44%)
| 493
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Quarter
! Submissions
|-
|-
| 2024 Q2
| 2026 (as of 2026-06-01)
| 84
| 289
|-
| 2025 Q2
| 120 (+43%)
|}
|}


The number of submissions has increased by over 40% compared to last year.


==Review Capacity==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Standing Reviewers
|-
| 2024 (as of 1 July 24)
| 113
|-
| 2025 (as of 1 July 25)
| 186 (+65%)
|}
To support the growth in submissions, we expanded our standing reviewer pool by 65%. We would like to thank the ARR Editors-in-Chief for their support with this expansion.


==Review Timeline Improvement==
==Review Timeline Improvement==
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|-
| 2025
| 2025
| 16.5 (-36%)
| 14.5
| 55.0 (+7%)
| 57.7
|-
| 2026
| 12.5
| 59.8
|}
|}


While the time to first decision for fully reviewed papers increased slightly by 7%, partly because we have additional quality controls for the reviewing process, we’ve made desk rejections much faster. The average time dropped by 36%.


==Rising Impact==
==Rising Impact==
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Year
! Google Scholar Rankings
! Impact Factor
|-
| 2023 (release in June 2024)
| 3.7
|-
|-
| 2024 (July)
| 2024 (release in June 2025)
| #12
| 5.3
|-
|-
| 2025 (July)
| 2025 (release in June 2026)
| #10 (↑2)
| 13.4
|}
|}


Our impact continues to grow. According to Google Scholar, Computational Linguistics rose two positions in the rankings (under the category 'Computational Linguistics') this year. Source: https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en&vq=eng_computationallinguistics
We are also pleased to share that the latest Impact Factor for Computational Linguistics is 13.4, marking the first time in the journal’s history that it has exceeded 10.
 
==New Paper Categories==
 
We made some updates to the paper categories:
 
- Short papers are now capped at 20 pages.


- Long papers typically go up to 40 pages.
This ranks Computational Linguistics:


And we added a new Position Papers category. Two have already been accepted, and one will be presented at ACL 2025.
13 out of 210 journals in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence


==Enhanced Review Process==
7 out of 185 in Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications


New review forms and updated author and reviewer guidelines will go into effect in August.
1 out of 312 in Linguistics


==Enhanced Outreach==
==CL Awards==


We’ve also enhanced our outreach. The community can now follow us @CompLingJournal on X and Bluesky for announcements and updates.
This year, CL launched two new awards: the CL High Impact Paper Award and the CL Distinguished Reviewer Award. Further details will be made available through dedicated wiki pages. The inaugural recipients of these awards will be announced during ACL 2026.


==Inaugural Dissertation Award==
==Dissertation Award==


We also launched the Dissertation Award, in collaboration with the ACL Executive Committee. We’d like to thank everyone who participated and supported this new initiative. The winning dissertation will be adapted for publication in the journal.
CL also continued the Dissertation Award, now in its second year and organized in collaboration with the ACL Executive Committee. We are grateful to all nominators, participants, and colleagues who helped support this initiative. As part of the award, the winning dissertation will be adapted for publication in Computational Linguistics.


The CL editorial office would like to thank the community for their dedication and support of the CL journal. We invite the community to continue submitting their best work to Computational Linguistics.
The CL editorial office sincerely thanks the community for its continued dedication and support. We warmly encourage authors to continue sending their strongest work to Computational Linguistics.

Revision as of 12:28, 26 June 2026

Submission Growth

Quarter Submissions
2024 332
2025 493
2026 (as of 2026-06-01) 289


Review Timeline Improvement

Year With desk rejection Without desk rejection
2024 25.9 51.3
2025 14.5 57.7
2026 12.5 59.8


Rising Impact

Year Impact Factor
2023 (release in June 2024) 3.7
2024 (release in June 2025) 5.3
2025 (release in June 2026) 13.4

We are also pleased to share that the latest Impact Factor for Computational Linguistics is 13.4, marking the first time in the journal’s history that it has exceeded 10.

This ranks Computational Linguistics:

13 out of 210 journals in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence

7 out of 185 in Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

1 out of 312 in Linguistics

CL Awards

This year, CL launched two new awards: the CL High Impact Paper Award and the CL Distinguished Reviewer Award. Further details will be made available through dedicated wiki pages. The inaugural recipients of these awards will be announced during ACL 2026.

Dissertation Award

CL also continued the Dissertation Award, now in its second year and organized in collaboration with the ACL Executive Committee. We are grateful to all nominators, participants, and colleagues who helped support this initiative. As part of the award, the winning dissertation will be adapted for publication in Computational Linguistics.

The CL editorial office sincerely thanks the community for its continued dedication and support. We warmly encourage authors to continue sending their strongest work to Computational Linguistics.

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