Language & Cognition is seeking self-nominations for General Editors.

About the role

The role entails overseeing the review process for manuscripts assigned to you, conferring with the Editors-in-Chief and the other General Editors about new initiatives for the journal, and where possible, promoting the journal within your networks and/or on social media. 

Cambridge University Press provides a small honorarium for this service. The term of a General Editor is usually set to 3 years (with the opportunity to renew for a further term). 

We are seeking to appoint new General Editors to begin their term on 1 January 2027.

About the journal 

Language & Cognition is an open access journal publishing high-quality empirical research focusing on the interface between language and cognition. It is open to research from the full range of subject disciplines, theoretical backgrounds, and analytical frameworks that populate linguistics and the cognitive sciences. We aim to cover a wide range of interdisciplinary research focused on theoretical issues surrounding the language system. We specialise in empirical work that is quantitative in nature, especially work that uses experimental or corpus methods. In addition to the traditional areas of cognitive linguistics (e.g., construction grammar, metaphor theory, linguistic relativity, sensorimotor simulation), we especially welcome research which considers theoretical linguistic questions within a broader cognitive context.

We are proud of our journal having been at the forefront of a number of open science developments in our field, including Registered Reports and an open data policy. Also, we are happy that all papers accepted for publication in Language & Cognition since June 2023 are open access. 

How to self-nominate

We accept self-nominations from candidates with expertise in all areas of research that investigate the intersection between language and cognition in some form or another.

Please see the journal's Aims and Scope for more information on the type of research we specialise in. 

We require a PhD and familiarity with the journal publication process from the author's perspective, but we are explicitly open to first-time Editors with no previous experience of serving as Editor.  

We are keen on increasing the diversity of identities represented by our team of General Editors, as well as the diversity of research topics and language specialisations. 

If you conduct research in an area related to the journal and would be interested in serving as a General Editor as part of our team, please complete this brief form before 30 November 2026.

Contacts

If you have any questions, please contact the journal's Publisher, Jess Miorini (jessica.miorini@cambridge.org).