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Submissions to CL may be made in any of the following categories: Papers, Survey Articles, Squibs and Discussions, and Last Words. We also publish Book Reviews.

Papers

Papers report significant new research results in computational linguistics. Submissions under this category are typically between 30 and 40 journal pages in length; short papers of around 15-20 journal pages in length are also welcomed, and may be reviewed more quickly. Longer papers might, for example, describe the results of a large research project or dissertation; shorter papers might contain a description of a single experiment, algorithm, or other technical result. Each paper is reviewed by at least two experts in the field; all submissions, regardless of length, will be held to the same standards of technical and presentation quality.

The submission of an article to CL for refereeing means that it has not been copyrighted, has not been published in or submitted for publication to another refereed archival publication, and has not appeared in any conference or workshop proceedings. Substantially extended versions of conference papers are acceptable as submissions. The submitted manuscript must be available for peer review without restriction. If any version of the paper has appeared, or will appear, in any other publication, the details of such publication must be made known to the Editor at the time of submission. The final version of a paper tentatively accepted for publication must be accompanied by a Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by all of the authors or, in the case of a "work for hire," by the employer. This written transfer is necessary under the 1978 U.S. Copyright law.

Manuscripts for Computational Linguistics should be submitted electronically in the form of a PDF file, formatted single-spaced in accordance with our Style Guidelines, and beginning with an informative abstract of approximately 150-250 words. The title, authors' names and abstract should also be provided separately in a text file, with the contact author's email adddress clearly indicated. Manuscripts must be written in English.

Submissions should be emailed to the Editor at the email address shown below. If electronic submissions is not possible, please contact the Editor at the physical mail address below.

Survey Articles

Survey Articles either provide a survey of the state of the art in a subfield of computational linguistics, allowing researchers to keep abreast of areas outside their main focus, and providing good starting points for those such as new doctoral students; or survey literature at the interfaces of the CL community, but not well represented in the CL journal, thus introducing relevant peripheral research to the journal's readership. Prospective authors of survey articles should first submit a summary proposal: see our Guidelines for Submission of Survey Articles for more details.

Squibs and Discussions

This category includes short articles reporting technical results, discussions of results, algorithms, or new computational linguistic data or tools of interest to the journal readership. Submissions should generally not exceed eight double-spaced pages and should be submitted to:

Pierre Isabelle
NRC Institute for Information Technology
Language Technologies Research Centre
101, rue Saint-Jean-Bosco
Gatineau (Québec)
Canada J8Y 2G5
Tel: +1 819 934-2603
E-mail: Pierre.Isabelle@cnrc.ca

Last Words

In each issue of the journal we reserve a small number of pages for a personal opinion or provocative perspective on some aspect of the field of computational linguistics. You can see all previous Last Words pieces here. Contact the Editor directly if you are interested in submitting such a piece.

Book Reviews

Anyone interested in reviewing a book, or in suggesting a book for review, should contact the Book Review Editor:

Graeme Hirst
University of Toronto
Computer Science Department
Toronto, Canada M5S 3G4
Tel: (+1 416) 978-8747
Email: gh@cs.toronto.edu

Contacting the Editor

Robert Dale, CL Editor
Centre for Language Technology
Deaprtment of Computing
Faculty of Science
Building E6A Room 328
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
compling@ics.mq.edu.au
phone: +61 2 9850 6331
fax: +61 2 9850 9551 [Mark FAO Robert Dale]


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Last Modified: 8th July 2009