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Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion
ISSN 1576-4737 · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Spain
Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 59 weeks (community reports); 84 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion is published by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies, Cultural and political discourse analysis and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Círculo de Lingüística aplicada a la Comunicación (ISSN-e 1576-4737) proposes to disseminate in Spanish and English knowledge on communication provided by linguistic theory applied to actual use. Its four annual issues (February, May, September, November) include articles and reviews. CLAC is an exclusively electronic publication that publishes its content openly online. The scope of the journal covers different areas of theoretical and applied linguistics about Spanish, English and Chinese. Below is a list of the specialties of interest: - Acquisition. - Applied linguistics. - Cognitive linguistics. - Computational linguistics. - Conversation analysis. - Dialectology. - Discourse. We are only interested in the linguistic analysis of discourse, not in other types of discourse analysis. Therefore, any work of this kind that is to be submitted must focus on linguistic considerations. Moreover, the conclusions of such work must be linguistic in nature, not social, sociological, political, or of any other kind. - Forensic linguistics. - Historical linguistics. - History of the language. - Language alterations. - Language variations. - Lexicography. - Lexicology. - Linguistic historiography. - Morphology. - Neurolinguistics. - Non-verbal communication. - Philosophy of language. - Phonetics. - Phonology. - Pragmatics. - Psycholinguistics. - Semantics. - Sign language. - Spanish/English/Chinese as a foreign language and/or as a second language. - Sociolinguistics. - Syntax. - Terminology. - Theoretical linguistics. - Typology. - Rhetoric. The work presented must fall within one of these lines. Additionally, it must be the name of the line (as listed here) be at the top of your proposal's keyword list. If you have done work on other topics, such as teaching or translation, we recommend that you turn to another publication. The languages in which CLAC accepts articles and reviews are Spanish and English.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spanish Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities21.6%
- Cultural and political discourse analysisSocial Sciences8.5%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology5%
- linguistics and terminology studiesArts and Humanities4.8%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities4.7%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities3.8%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Language & Linguistics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 62Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 80LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,084 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 62 | 1 |
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | 24 |
| 2024 | 83 | 83 | 92 |
| 2023 | 83 | 83 | 153 |
| 2022 | 72 | 72 | 200 |
| 2021 | 81 | 81 | 225 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 59 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 59 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Rejected papers may not be resubmitted.
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewthis link. Extension. The length of the reviews will be from 2000 to 8000 words and that of the articles, from 6000 to 10,000 including bibmain text ≤ 8,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in par…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish, French, Italian, German
- ISSN
- 1576-4737
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion
What CAS zone is Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Language & Linguistics / Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.4; CiteScore 1, h-index 20.
How long does peer review take at Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion?
Authors report an average review time of about 59 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion is indexed in SSCI, AHCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion open access, and what is the APC?
Circulo de Linguistica Aplicada a la Comunicacion is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .