Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics
Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics is an annual open access journal established in 2013, sponsored by the Association for Computational Linguistics and published by MIT Press, covering all areas of computational linguistics and natural language processing（Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics）是 2013 年创办的年卷开放获取期刊，由计算语言学协会主办、（MIT Press）出版，覆盖计算语言学与自然语言处理全领域。
Scope
- It publishes papers in all areas of computational linguistics and natural language processing该刊发表计算语言学与自然语言处理全领域的论文。
- It publishes conference-length papers under a journal-style reviewing process其以会议篇幅发表论文，但采用期刊式评审流程。
- Its action editors can recommend the revise-and-resubmit category for a paper其责任编辑可对论文给出「修改后重投」的处理建议。
- Papers accepted by the journal are eligible for presentation at certain ACL-sponsored conferences被该刊录用的论文有资格在部分（ACL）系会议上报告。
- It combines the benefits of a journal with the benefits of conference presentation其兼得期刊发表与会议报告的双重优势。
- It publishes continuously within annual volumes with online-first availability该刊以年卷为单位连续发表，文章在线优先可获取。
History
- It was established in 2013 as a journal sponsored by the Association for Computational Linguistics该刊于 2013 年作为计算语言学协会主办的期刊创办。
- It is published by MIT Press on behalf of the association该刊由（MIT Press）代表协会出版。
- It reached volume 13 in December 2025该刊于 2025 年 12 月出至第 13 卷。
- It is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and AHCI with its journal citation indicator ranked first among 407 linguistics journals该刊被（SCIE）、（SSCI）与（AHCI）收录，期刊引文指标在 407 种语言学期刊中排名第一。
- All articles are freely available under a CC BY 4.0 license without article processing charges该刊全部文章以（CC BY 4.0）许可免费获取，且不收取文章处理费。
Editors
- It is led by a joint editorial team that has included Aslı Çelikyılmaz, Roi Reichart and Dilek Hakkani-Tür其由联合编辑团队领导，成员包括（Aslı Çelikyılmaz）、（Roi Reichart）与（Dilek Hakkani-Tür）。
- It relies on action editors organised by research area for manuscript handling其按研究方向设责任编辑处理稿件。
- Its editorial assistance was long provided by Cindy Robinson and later joined by Yesari Tolga Eden其编辑助理长期由（Cindy Robinson）担任，后（Yesari Tolga Eden）加入。
- It operates under the governance of the Association for Computational Linguistics其受计算语言学协会的治理框架约束。
- Submissions are handled through the TACL submission site投稿经（TACL）投稿站点处理。