Aims and scope
Applied Psycholinguistics publishes original research papers on the psychological processes involved in language. It examines language development , language use and language disorders in adults and children with a particular emphasis on cross-language studies. The journal gathers together the best work from a variety of disciplines including linguistics, psychology, reading, education, language learning, speech and hearing, and neurology. In addition to research reports, theoretical reviews will be considered for publication as will keynote articles and commentaries.
This journal uses double-blind peer review.
Submission Types
Original research articles*
These manuscripts report empirical studies and should not normally exceed 10,000 words excluding the abstract and references. Open materials, data, and analysis code are required.
Replication research articles*
These manuscripts report empirical studies motivated by a previously published study and should not normally exceed 5,000 words excluding the abstract and references, with shorter background/literature review sections than original research articles. The study should be a “direct replication” as defined by LeBel et al. (2018; see Fig. 1). Open materials, data, and analysis code are required.
Review articles*
Please check with the editor before submitting a review article. Review articles must be timely and fall clearly within the scope of Applied Psycholinguistics. Only proposals for review articles that summarize and organize wide literature, provide a lens through which to analyze conflicting results, and/or explain a wide set of findings within an overarching theoretical perspective will be invited for submission.
* All or part of the publication costs for these article types may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access. For authors not covered by an agreement, and without APC funding, please see this journal's open access options for instructions on how to request an APC waiver.