2025Q3 Reports: CL Journal Editor
Submission Growth
| Quarter | Submissions |
|---|---|
| 2024 Q1 | 62 |
| 2025 Q1 | 89 (+44%) |
| Quarter | Submissions |
|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 84 |
| 2025 Q2 | 120 (+43%) |
The number of submissions has increased by over 40% compared to last year.
Review Capacity
| 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
| Year | With desk rejection | Without desk rejection |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25.9 | 51.3 |
| 2025 | 16.5 (-36%) | 55.0 (+7%) |
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
| Year | Google Scholar Rankings |
|---|---|
| 2024 (July) | #12 |
| 2025 (July) | #10 (↑2) |
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
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.
And we added a new Position Papers category. Two have already been accepted, and one will be presented at ACL 2025.
Enhanced Review Process
New review forms and updated author and reviewer guidelines will go into effect in August.
Enhanced Outreach
We’ve also enhanced our outreach. The community can now follow us @CompLingJournal on X and Bluesky for announcements and updates.
Inaugural 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.
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.