Cognitive Linguistic Studies
Journal metrics
Impact Factor: 0.4Journal Citation Indicator: 0.35
CiteScore: 1.2
SNIP: 0.801 SJR: 0.372
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: CNKI Scholar ; Dimensions ; ERIH PLUS ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; MLA International Bibliography ; Scopus ; WoS Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI )
Cognitive Linguistic Studies is an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary journal of cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience. It explores implications from and for psycholinguistic, computational, neuroscientific, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research.
Cognitive Linguistic Studies provides a forum for high-quality linguistic research on topics which investigate the interaction between language and human cognition. It offers new insights not only into linguistic phenomena but also into a wide variety of social, psychological, and cultural phenomena. The journal welcomes authoritative, innovative cognitive scholarship from all viewpoints and practices. The contributions mainly focus on topics such as:
- phenomenology-based cognitive linguistic research (such as categorization, prototype theory/semantics, lexical network theory, critical counterclaims, embodied realism, cognitive models, metaphor, metonymy, image schemas, imagery, naturalness, iconicity, and cognitive pragmatics)
- gestalt-psychology based cognitive linguistic research (such as cognitive grammar, construction grammar, constructional syntax, force dynamics, the relation of grammar to cognition)
- cognitive discourse analysis (such as mental space theory, blending theory, cognitive stylistics, cognitive poetics, political discourse)
- cognitive sociolinguistics (such as usage-based conception of language, language variation, ideology, cultural models, cultural linguistics)
- cognitive psycholinguistics (such as language processing, language acquisition, figurative language understanding, usage-based theory of acquisition, neural theory of language)
- cognitive historical linguistics (such as historical/diachronic semantics, grammaticalization theory, constructionalization, lexicalization, subjectivity, intersubjectivity and subjectification)
- contrastive cognitive linguistics (such as cross-cultural linguistics, cognitive linguistic typology)
- applied cognitive linguistics (such as the application of cognitive linguistics in language pedagogy, learning science, translation studies, lexicography, semiotics, and literary studies).
Cognitive Linguistic Studies publishes its articles Online First.
Latest articles
17 April 2026
10 November 2025
2 June 2025
Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 13 (2026)
Volume 12 (2025)
Volume 11 (2024)
Volume 10 (2023)
Volume 9 (2022)
Volume 8 (2021)
Volume 7 (2020)
Volume 6 (2019)
Volume 5 (2018)
Volume 4 (2017)
Volume 3 (2016)
Volume 2 (2015)
Volume 1 (2014)
Editorial info
Subscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 14 (2027): 2 issues; ca. 400 pp. | EUR | EUR | |
| Volume 13 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Available back-volumes
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete backset (Vols. 1‒12; 2014‒2025) | 24 issues; 4,800 pp. | EUR 1,852.00 | EUR 2,117.00 |
| Volume 12 (2025) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 11 (2024) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 10 (2023) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 7‒9 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 6 (2019) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 5 (2018) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 4 (2017) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 3 (2016) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 2 (2015) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 1 (2014) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Author info
Cognitive Linguistic Studies offers online submission .
Before submitting, please consult the guidelines and the Short Guide to EM for Authors .
If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact the editors via e-mail: xuwenswu.edu.cn .
Articles under consideration are double-blind peer-reviewed and decisions on all published content are made by the two editors.
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 the guidance on (the declaration of) 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 information on authors' rights, please consult the rights information 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.