About the Journal

Publishing data

Published by: Editorial UCA (publisher)

Edited by: ‘Estudios de Pragmalingüística’ research group (HUM 218) and ‘Semaínein’ research group (HUM 147)

Funded by: Editorial UCA, Instituto de Lingüística Aplicada, Departamento de Filología de la Universidad de Cádiz

Aims and Scope

Pragmalingüística, edited by the Publishing Service of the University of Cádiz, is aimed at researchers and professionals interested in the progress of linguistics –both theoretical and applied–, pragmatics, cognition and discourse. The journal aims to act as a means of disseminating the latest theoretical and methodological approaches developed in these fields.

The journal accepts for publication, subject to a favourable report from two anonymous reviewers, original and unpublished papers in Spanish, English or French that fall within one of the thematic areas of the journal. These proposals must also comply with one of the categories:

  • Articles, reports on original empirical research studies and/or theoretical or methodological contributions;
  • Reviews or critiques of recently published books.

Sections policy

General section

The general section is open to free participation. It is a peer-reviewed (double blind) section. The manuscript submission period follows the journal's general schedule, from September 15 to October 15, unless other deadlines are indicated.

Monographic sections

Pragmalingüística does not publish monographic issues, only monographic sections of a maximum of 5 articles. This section is subject to peer review (double blind). They must be proposed one and a half years in advance by the section coordinator.

Reviews

Reviews must provide a critical analysis of linguistic publications published within the last two years. While they are not subject to peer review, they will be evaluated by the editorial team.

Editorial Workflow

Pragmalingüística follows this article evaluation process:

  • Manuscript Submission
  • Initial Review by the Editorial Team (1-3 months)
  • Assignment of Reviewers and Peer Review (Double-Blind) (2-5 months)
    • Two expert reviewers in the field are selected.
    • Anonymous review (double-blind). Deadline for the submission: 1 month
    • Each reviewer submits a report with one of the following recommendations:
      a) Accept without changes
      b) Revisions required
      c) Resubmit for review
      d) Reject
  • Editor's Decision
    • If both evaluations agree → Decision is based on them.
    • If there is a contradiction between evaluations → A third reviewer is assigned.
  • Third Review (if necessary) (1 month)
    • The third reviewer analyzes the manuscript and submits their report.
    • The editorial team makes the final decision based on the three reports.
  • Communication with the Author and Submission of Corrected Version (1 month)
    • Comments and the decision (acceptance, revision, or rejection) are sent.
    • If revision is required, the author has a deadline to submit the revised version.
  • Revision of Changes and Final Approval (1 month)
    • The editorial team verifies whether the requested changes have been incorporated correctly.
    • In some cases, a new peer review may be requested.
  • Production and Publication (3-6 months)
    • Copyediting and typesetting are performed.
    • The author reviews the final proof.
    • Publication in the journal (in December).

Average time between manuscript submission and publication: 15 months.

Reviewers

List of reviewers 2021

List or reviewers 2022

List of reviewers 2023

List of reviewers 2024

Statistics

Statistics of the editorial process, 2019-2024

Publication Frequency

The journal Pragmalingüística is published once a year, in December.

Fees

Pragmalingüística does not charge for the submission, processing, publication or consultation of articles. All procedures are free of charge for authors and readers.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to its content under a CC-BY-NC-SA license.

  • Authors will retain their copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication of the final version of their article.
  • The work will be subject to the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC-SA), which allows:
    • Sharing, copying, and redistributing the work in any medium or format.
    • Adapting, transforming, and creating derivative works.
    • These rights cannot be revoked as long as the license terms are followed.
  • License conditions:
    • Attribution: Proper credit must be given, including a link to the license and an indication of any modifications made.
    • NonCommercial: The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
    • ShareAlike: If the material is modified or reused, the new work must be distributed under the same license.
  • Authors may enter into additional non-exclusive licensing agreements to distribute the published version of their work (e.g., depositing it in an institutional repository), provided that the initial publication in this journal is acknowledged.
  • Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their work online (e.g., in institutional or subject-specific, open-access repositories, on their personal website, or social media) once the article has been published.

 Licencia de Creative Commons

Digital Preservation Policy

Pragmalingüística has an archiving system through OJS (Open Journal System) that guarantees its digital preservation. This journal has activated the PKP PN (https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-pn/en/). Archived issues can be consulted in the LOCKSS editorial manifest (https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/cir/gateway/lockss) and in CLOCKSS (https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/cir/gateway/clockss).

It is also stored in RODIN (Repositorio de Objetos de Docencia e Investigación de la Universidad de Cádiz: https://rodin.uca.es/xmlui/), Dialnet and other databases since the date of its inclusion.