Journal: Dialogue and Discourse [ https://www.dialogue-and-discourse.org ] Issue: Volume 17, Issue 2 Call Deadline: October 1st, 2026
We are pleased to announce the call for submissions for the next regular issue of the journal Dialogue and Discourse. Submissions are invited on all topics in the formal, computational, or psycholinguistic study of dialogue and discourse.
Submissions received by October 1st, 2026 will be considered for the next regular issue. Later submissions will be slated for the next available issue.
About the journal Dialogue and Discourse (D&D) is the first peer-reviewed free open access journal dedicated exclusively to work that deals with language "beyond the sentence". The journal adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, accepting work from Linguistics, Computer Science, Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, and related fields with an interest in formally, technically, empirically, or experimentally rigorous approaches. We are committed to ensuring the highest editorial standards and rigorous peer-review of all submissions, while granting open access to all interested readers.
As of July 2026, D&D has published 125 papers, and the journal's h-index is 31. D&D is endorsed by ACL SIGdial, SemDial, and AMLaP. D&D is indexed by major databases including ACL Anthology, DBLP, DOAJ, ERIH PLUS, LLBA, MLA International Bibliography, and Scopus.
Submissions Submissions should be made via the online submission system at http://www.dialogue-and-discourse.org/submission.shtml
Authors should provide a concise cover letter with their submission. The cover letter should: (i) present an argument for why the submission is appropriate for D&D, with explicit reference to the journal's aims and scope [ see https://dialogue-and-discourse.org/about.shtml ] and (ii) outline the innovative aspects of the submission.
Extended versions of previously published conference papers are welcome provided they contain substantial new material. Simultaneous submission to another venue is prohibited.
Selected papers will furthermore be offered the opportunity to present a poster at the next SIGDIAL Conference [ https://www.sigdial.org ].
Issue Editors: Pierre Lison (Volume 17, Issue 2) Rebecca Clift (Volume 17, Issue 1) Manfred Stede (Volume 16, Issue 2) Casey Kennington (Volume 16, Issue 1)
Editor-in-Chief: David R. Traum, University of Southern California, United States
Associate Editors: Rebecca Clift, University of Essex, UK Barbara Di Eugenio, University of Illinois Chicago, US Kallirroi Georgila, University of Southern California, US Jonathan Ginzburg, Université Paris-Cité, France Pat Healey, Queen Mary University London, UK Ryuichiro Higashinaka, Nagoya University, Japan Casey Kennington, Boise State University, US Pierre Lison, Norwegian Computing Center, Norway Massimo Poesio, Queen Mary University London & Utrecht University Manfred Stede, University of Potsdam, Germany Amir Zeldes, Georgetown University, US