Psychology of Language and Communication

eISSN: 2083-8506, pISSN: 1234-2238

Psychology of Language and Communication is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal committed to publishing high-quality research in the areas of language and communication. We are operated by and affiliated with the Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw (Poland). We have adhered to the Diamond Open Access standard since our inception in 1997, allowing both the submission of manuscripts and access to full-text articles free of charge.

Psychology of Language and Communication publishes in the Volume Open mode. A new, single Volume Open is initiated at the beginning of each calendar year. Articles accepted for publication are continuously published in the yearly Volume Open, at a rate of about 1-2 articles per month.

We operate under Fair Open Access Principles and CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. We assure the quality of our manuscripts by a thorough assessment by the editorial team and a double-blind peer review process. We follow the COPE publication ethics principles.

Psychology of Language and Communication is part of the Free Journal Network since 2024. For more information, please visit the FJN website.

Scope

We publish articles on various aspects of psychological studies on language and communication processes in both children and adults. This includes all aspects of psycholinguistics: language production, perception and comprehension, language learning, the brain's cognitive and social bases of speech, the nature and strategies of various types of discourse, l­anguage development, disorders of linguistic and communicative competences,  psychological text analysis, social perception of spoken and written language.

Psychology of Language and Communication integrates previously disparate perspectives and approaches in the psychology of communication into one place, promoting an interdisciplinary perspective on language and communication and providing a forum for researchers from all over the world. We welcome manuscripts representing perspectives in psychology, linguistics, sociology, philosophy, and computer science, provided they align with the journal's central focus. We believe that through these multiple perspectives, we can contribute to a more comprehensive understanding how language is learned, represented and processed in the mind and brain, as well as the role that language and communication processes play in our world. We welcome original experimental and corpus studies as full-length articles or short reports. Replication studies and reports of null findings will be considered where they make a substantial contribution to the field. We are also keen to report on methodological advancements in the fields of language and communication research, theoretical papers and review papers. While we welcome manuscripts reporting empirical work in first or second language acquisition, we do not accept manuscripts with a purely applied focus, for example, language pedagogy or English-as-a-Foreign/Second-language (EFL, ESL) studies that do not contribute to questions in language acquisition theory.  Papers will be selected based on their methodological rigour, their scientific quality and their theoretical or methodological contribution to the field.

We encourage the proposal of special issues in two ways. First, researchers can suggest calls for papers, act as guest editors, and collaborate with us. Secondly, we invite conference and symposium organizers to contact us in advance regarding the publication of special issues. We are eager to provide an outlet for high-quality, thematically consistent collections of papers following a conference. Possible themes include both novel areas and approaches in the psychology of language and communication as well as overviews and critical reflections on established topics.

We are indexed in the following databases, among others:

• Scopus
• DOAJ
• PsychINFO
• EBSCO

Rejection Rate

• 80%

Ida Kurcz Junior Scholar Award

The Ida Kurcz Junior Scholar Award is awarded annually to junior scholars who have published their papers in Psychology of Language and Communication. The purpose of this award is to recognize and promote outstanding papers published by early career researchers.

The candidate for the award should be:

• Within three years of completing their PhD
• Either the first author or the only author of the article

Only articles published in the previous year are taken into consideration (e.g. articles published in 2026 will be evaluated for eligibility at the beginning of 2027).
The winner is selected by the PLC Editorial Board on the basis of a critical assessment of all eligible articles.
Authors can indicate their eligibility when submitting their manuscript.

For previous issues (1997–2007) go to plc.psychologia.pl/

Obituary Tribute: Ida Kurcz

Obituary Tribute: Jan E. Okuniewski

Obituary Tribute: Grace Wales Shugar

Obituary Tribute: Grace Wales Shugar