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Frontiers in Language Sciences is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing research across all domains of linguistics and language science.

To foster comprehensive understanding of human language as a cognitive and social phenomenon by providing a global, openaccess venue for linguists, cognitive scientists, and computational researchers.

About the journal

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Editors

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Manuel Carreiras

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

Spain

Field Chief Editor

Frontiers in Language Sciences

Greig I de Zubicaray

Queensland University of Technology

Australia

Specialty Chief Editor

Neurobiology of Language

Manuel Perea

University of Valencia

Spain

Specialty Chief Editor

Reading

Qing Cai

East China Normal University

China

Specialty Chief Editor

Language Processing

Alec Marantz

New York University

United States

Associate Editor

Reading

Amit Almor

University of South Carolina

United States

Associate Editor

Language Processing

58 editors · 0 reviewers

Articles

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Research topics

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About the journal

Scope

The scope encompasses phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, language acquisition across the lifespan, bi-/multilingualism, language disorders and aphasiology, neuroimaging of language, corpus and computational linguistics, and language evolution.

Aims

To foster comprehensive understanding of human language as a cognitive and social phenomenon by providing a global, open-access venue for linguists, cognitive scientists, and computational researchers.

Editor-in-Chief
Manuel Carreiras
Established
2022
Subject area
Linguistics & Language Sciences

Sections

  • Bilingualism

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/language-sciences/sections/bilingualism

  • Language Processing

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/language-sciences/sections/language-processing

  • Neurobiology of Language

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/language-sciences/sections/neurobiology-of-language

  • Psycholinguistics

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/language-sciences/sections/psycholinguistics

  • Reading

    Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/language-sciences/sections/reading

Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Brief Research Report
  • Perspective
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Data Report
  • Technology and Code
  • Opinion
  • Editorial

Fees and currencies

  • Article Processing Charges (APCs) apply to support open-access publishing. Frontiers provides waivers and institutional support for eligible authors.

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

Fees and waivers policy

Editorial policies

Journal Policies

  • Open Access: Published under the Creative Commons CC-BY license, enabling free access and unrestricted distribution with proper attribution.
  • Peer Review: Collaborative, transparent, and rigorous peer review conducted by specialists across linguistic subfields, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience.
  • Publication Ethics: Adheres strictly to international ethical standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Instructions for authors

Author Guidelines

  • Manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English.
  • References and citations must conform to Frontiers standard format (author-date or numerical depending on the section).
  • Empirical linguistic studies, behavioral experimental paradigms, neuroimaging experiments, and corpus datasets must detail data collection frameworks, participant demographics, and statistical modeling tools.
  • Mandatory disclosure of data availability and conflict of interest statements.

Journal metrics

Citation score
1.2
Impact indicator
0.45
Articles
50
Total views
0
Downloads
0
Citations
401

Internal metrics, calculated on this platform and maintained by the editorial office.

Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
1.4
CiteScore
1.2
Citations
401
Acceptance rate
33
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-21.