Pragmatics & Cognition
Journal metrics
Impact Factor: 0.6 (5-year: 0.9)Journal Citation Indicator: 0.48
CiteScore: 1.0
SNIP: 0.453 SJR: 0.255
This journal is peer reviewed and indexed in: ANVUR Riviste Fascia A (ANVUR/A ) ; CNKI Scholar ; Cultures, Langues, Textes (CLT ) ; Dimensions ; ERIH PLUS ; Glottolog ; IBR/IBZ ; Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences ; Linguistic Bibliography/Bibliographie Linguistique ; Linguistics Abstracts Online ; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA ) ; MLA International Bibliography ; Philosopher’s Index ; PsycINFO ; Scopus ; WoS Arts & Humanities Citation Index ; WoS Social Sciences Citation Index
Pragmatics & Cognition publishes articles which forge links between communication and related human abilities and behaviours, from the perspective of cognitive science. The journal's leading principle is that the proper understanding of communication, mental activity and interpersonal relations requires an intensive and thoughtful exchange of views across a range of disciplines and perspectives. This interdisciplinary approach generates an understanding of the mental processes involved in the production and understanding of communicative acts of various forms and across contexts. Linguistics, in particular pragmatics and semantics, neuroscience, cognitive anthropology, philosophy of language, computational linguistics, experimental psychology, are the main areas of language study brought together by the journal.
Pragmatics & Cognition focuses on meaning, acquisition and development of communicative abilities, cross-linguistic and cross-cultural variation, epistemic vigilance, evolution of language and communication.
Alongside full-scale articles and book reviews, the journal publishes high quality thematic special issues in innovative areas of international scholarship which establish a niche in contemporary research. Both experimental and theoretical contributions are welcome.
Reviews
Pragmatics & Cognition offers a venue for reviews of recent contributions in the field of pragmatics and related disciplines in cognitive science. Reviews should offer a critical discussion of a book and target an interdisciplinary audience of linguists, philosophers and psychologists.
We publish reviews in the following two formats.
1. Book symposia
Book symposia comprise two or three critical notices on a book together with the author's replies. Selected books for symposia typically address foundational questions in pragmatics and cognitive science, with the potential to foster interdisciplinary discussions. Contributions to book symposia are by invitation only and should not exceed 3000 words.
2. Book reviews
Book reviews offer a short and critical presentation of the content of a book and assess its contribution to the field. Book reviews should not exceed 2000 words. They are usually commissioned. Unsolicited reviews will not be considered. However, it is possible to submit proposals for book reviews to the Review Editor, Prof. Diana Mazzarella (diana.mazzarella@unine.ch), who will evaluate them on a case-by-case basis.
Latest articles
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Issues
Online-first articlesVolume 33 (2026)
Volume 32 (2025)
Volume 31 (2024)
Volume 30 (2023)
Volume 29 (2022)
Volume 28 (2021)
Volume 27 (2020)
Volume 26 (2019)
Volume 25 (2018)
Volume 24 (2017)
Volume 23 (2016)
Volume 22 (2014)
Volume 21 (2013)
Volume 20 (2012)
Volume 19 (2011)
Volume 18 (2010)
Volume 17 (2009)
Volume 16 (2008)
Volume 15 (2007)
Volume 14 (2006)
Volume 13 (2005)
Volume 12 (2004)
Volume 11 (2003)
Volume 10 (2002) sp.issue
Volume 9 (2001)
Volume 8 (2000)
Volume 7 (1999)
Volume 6 (1998)
Volume 5 (1997)
Volume 4 (1996)
Volume 3 (1995)
Volume 2 (1994)
Volume 1 (1993)
Editorial info
Subscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 33 (2026): 2 issues; ca. 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Individuals may apply for a special online-only subscription rate of EUR
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
Available back-volumes
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete backset (Vols. 1‒32; 1993‒2025) | 78 issues; 15,600 pp. | EUR 11,718.00 | EUR 12,541.00 |
| Volume 32 (2025) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 31 (2024) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 30 (2023) | 2 issues; 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 27‒29 (2020‒2022) | 2 issues; avg. 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 26 (2019) | 3 issues; 600 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 25 (2018) | 3 issues; 600 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 24 (2017) | 3 issues; 600 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 23 (2016) | 3 issues; 600 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 22 (2014) | 3 issues; 600 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volume 21 (2013) | 3 issues; 600 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 13‒20 (2005‒2012) | 3 issues; avg. 600 pp. | EUR | EUR |
| Volumes 1‒12 (1993‒2004) | 2 issues; avg. 400 pp. | EUR | EUR |
Author info
Pragmatics & Cognition offers online submission. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the journal’s online submission and manuscript tracking site.
All
articles published in P&C are peer reviewed. Please make sure that the files you submit do not reveal your identity (as part of the text, the references or in the document properties).
Please consult the guidelines and the Short Guide to EM for Authors before you submit your paper.
If you are not able to submit online, or for any other editorial correspondence, please contact
the managing editor: piata.annagmail.com
Ethics
John Benjamins journals are committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and to supporting ethical research practices.
Authors and reviewers are kindly requested to read this Ethics Statement.
Please also note the guidance on (the declaration of) the use of Artificial Intelligence.
Rights and Permissions
Authors must ensure that they have permission to use any third-party material in their contribution; the permission should include perpetual (not time-limited) world-wide distribution in print and electronic format.
For information on authors' rights, please consult the rights information page.
Open Access
Articles accepted for this journal can be made Open Access through payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC) of EUR 1800 (excl. tax). To arrange this, please contact openaccessbenjamins.nl as soon as your paper has been accepted for publication. More information can be found on the publisher's Open Access Policy page.
Corresponding authors from institutions with which John Benjamins has a Read & Publish arrangement can publish Open Access without paying a fee. Please consult this list of institutions for up-to-date information on which articles qualify.
For information about permission to post a version of your article online or in an institutional repository ('green' open access or self-archiving), please consult the rights information page.
If the article is not (to be made) Open Access, there is no fee for the author to publish in this journal.
Archiving
John Benjamins Publishing Company has an agreement in place with Portico for the archiving of all its online journals and e-books.