Computational Linguistics

Computational Linguistics is the official flagship journal of the Association for Computational Linguistics, founded in 1974 and published quarterly by MIT Press on behalf of the association, covering the computational study of language with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 13.4《计算语言学》（Computational Linguistics）是（Association for Computational Linguistics）的官方旗舰期刊，1974 年创刊，由（MIT Press）代表该学会按季出版，聚焦语言的计算研究，2025 年影响因子为 13.4。

Scope

• It publishes peer-reviewed research that advances understanding of language through computation, including theoretical models, empirical methods, system design and scalable approaches to representation, generation and interpretation刊载经同行评审的研究，涵盖理论模型、实证方法、系统设计与可扩展的语言表示、生成与理解方法。^[1]
• As a central venue for the ACL community, it welcomes contributions from academic and industrial researchers working on computational approaches to language作为（ACL）共同体的核心平台，欢迎学术界与工业界从事语言计算研究的投稿。
• Since Volume 51 in March 2025 it strongly encourages research on emerging paradigms, with particular emphasis on large language models自 2025 年 3 月第 51 卷起，大力鼓励面向新兴范式的研究，尤其侧重大型语言模型。
• It remains committed to contributions grounded in theoretical, mathematical, algorithmic, linguistic and interdisciplinary perspectives同时坚守理论、数学、算法、语言学与跨学科视角的研究贡献。^[2]
• Article types include long papers, short papers, survey articles, position papers, squibs and discussions, last words, book reviews and award articles文章类型包括长论文、短论文、综述文章、立场论文、短论与讨论、最后的话、书评与获奖论文。
• Original papers may also be presented at ACL-sponsored conferences such as ACL and EMNLP, with selected works highlighted at those events原创论文还可在（ACL）主办的（ACL）与（EMNLP）等会议上报告，优秀论文会在会上重点展示。

History

• It was founded in 1974 by David Hays as the American Journal of Computational Linguistics该刊于 1974 年由（David Hays）创办，初名（American Journal of Computational Linguistics）。
• It was renamed Computational Linguistics in 19841984 年更名为（Computational Linguistics）。
• Since 1988 the journal has been published for the ACL by MIT Press自 1988 年起由（MIT Press）代表（ACL）出版。
• In 2009 it moved to free online access, making all content freely available to readers worldwide2009 年转为免费在线获取，全部内容向全球读者开放。
• A new editorial vision launched in March 2025 with Volume 51, the journal's 50th anniversary year2025 年 3 月推出第 51 卷并开启新的编辑愿景，恰逢创刊 50 周年。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 2.271 in 2021 to 7.778 in 2022, 5.3 in 2024 and 13.4 in 2025影响因子由 2021 年的 2.271 变为 2022 年的 7.778、2024 年的 5.3 与 2025 年的 13.4。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index and Scopus被（Science Citation Index）、（Social Sciences Citation Index）、（Arts and Humanities Citation Index）与（Scopus）等收录。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Wei Lu of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, who has led the journal since 2024主编为（Wei Lu），任职于新加坡的（Nanyang Technological University），自 2024 年起领导该刊。
• The current editorial team was formed in 2024 and includes 29 action editors drawn from the international community现任编辑团队于 2024 年组建，含 29 位来自国际学术界的执行编辑。
• Aline Villavicencio, of the University of Exeter and the University of Sheffield, serves as Book Reviews Editor（Aline Villavicencio）任书评编辑，任职于（University of Exeter）与（University of Sheffield）。
• Michael White of Ohio State University is the Squibs and Discussions Editor（Ohio State University）的（Michael White）任短论与讨论编辑。
• Sarvnaz Karimi of Monash University is the Publicity Editor, and Julia Hirschberg previously served as Editor-in-Chief（Monash University）的（Sarvnaz Karimi）任宣传编辑，（Julia Hirschberg）曾担任主编。
• The Editor-in-Chief assigns each submission to an action editor, who selects reviewers and makes recommendations, with target review times from three to six weeks depending on paper length主编将每篇投稿分配给执行编辑，由其遴选审稿人并给出建议，目标审稿周期依篇幅为三至六周。