Call for Guest Editors:
Special Issue – May 2025
ReCALL is seeking proposals from Guest Editors for a special issue of the journal to be published in May 2025 (vol. 37, n° 2).
Proposals should be submitted no later than 31 July 2023 to recall.editorial@cambridge.org, and will be evaluated by the journal’s Editorial Board for their relevance to the ReCALL readership, their timeliness and their academic quality.
About ReCALL: aims and topics
The primary focus of ReCALL is the use of current technologies for language learning and teaching, including all relevant aspects of research and development. Proposals from Guest Editors should be firmly connected to this area and relate to the journal’s stated aims:
ReCALL is the journal of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). It seeks to fulfil the stated aims of EUROCALL as a whole, i.e. to encourage the use of technology for the learning and teaching of languages and cultures, and especially the promotion and dissemination of innovative research and practice in areas relating to CALL including, but not limited to: Applied Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Literacies, Computer-Mediated Communication, Learning Analytics, Second Language Acquisition, and Educational Science. The journal publishes research articles that report on empirical studies (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods), as well as occasional rigorous meta-analyses or other syntheses or surveys, and papers that make substantial contributions to theoretical, epistemological or methodological debates. Typical subjects for submissions include foreign or second language learning and development in technology-enhanced learning environments and practical applications at developmental stage, with firm theoretical anchoring in CALL; evaluative studies of the potential of technological advances in the delivery of language learning materials and enactment of language learning activities; and discussions of theory, policy or strategy at institutional and disciplinary levels with clear connections to technology-mediated language learning.
ReCALL is an international journal published by Cambridge University Press with a 2021 impact factor of 4.235 (JCR), ranking 13 out of 194 journals in Linguistics, and indexed in 19 major databases worldwide.
- For further information, see the ReCALL CUP website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/recall
- For preliminary enquiries and submissions, contact Alex Boulton and
Proposal format
Special issues are usually topic-based but may have a different focus such as to explore situations, participants, interactions, research methodologies, underlying approaches, etc. – always with a strong empirical and theoretical foundation. Collaborative proposals (2 or 3 guest editors) are particularly welcome. The most recent special issues of the journal are:
- 35.2 (May 2023) Replication in CALL
- 33.2 (2021) Researching MOOCs for language teaching and learning
- 30.2 (2018) Interactions for language learning in and around virtual worlds
- 28.3 (2016) Multimodal environments in CALL
- 26.2 (2014) Researching uses of corpora for language teaching and learning
Proposals should include information in the following sections:
- the proposed title of the special issue;
- an outline of the chosen theme, timeliness of special issue, and target readership (1 page);
- a draft Call for Papers (1 page);
- Guest Editor profiles: names, affiliations, contact details, short biographical information and selected publications (1 page per guest editor);
- a selection of recent references relevant to the proposed issue (1 page);
- a list of potential reviewers including and in addition to the ReCALL Editorial board (1 page).
The role of Guest Editors
Guest editors will work in close collaboration with the Editor and Journal Administrator of ReCALL, whose role is to help with the editorial procedures (dissemination of the Call for Papers, refereeing process, communication with authors, preparation of manuscript for publication, etc.). Duties of Guest Editors include:
- writing a Call for Papers;
- assessing initial submissions, selecting and allocating reviewers for submitted and invited papers;
- selecting papers for the volume on the basis of the peer reviews; Guest Editors are in charge of acceptance/rejection/revision and resubmission decisions and liaise closely with the Editor on the process as a whole;
- helping authors respond to reviewers’ and Guest Editors’ comments to improve the quality of their paper;
- preparing the manuscript of the issue in accordance with the published guidelines, so as to facilitate the publisher’s work;
- checking the publisher’s proofs, along with the authors.
Timeline
- 31 July 2023: Deadline for submission of proposals from Guest Editors
- 31 August 2023: Decision by Editor advised by the Editorial Board
- 30 September 2023: Call for papers
- 30 March 2024: Deadline for submission of papers
- 30 January 2025: Deadline for finalizing complete manuscript
- 1 May 2025: Publication (articles will appear earlier on line in FirstView) – 37.2.