Publication

Following the conference, we are delighted to announce our plans to edit a special issue of the Benjamins journal Translation, Cognition and Behavior (TCB). Below you will find more information on the timeline, as well as guidelines for the different stages of the selection and reviewing process.

Scope

The scope of this special issue, planned for publication in the autumn of 2027, is translation and interpreting process research. We welcome both empirical and theoretical contributions, provided that they are clearly grounded in process-oriented research in T&I, and particularly those engaging with the conference themes of multimodality, cognition, and application. Submissions that fall outside this scope, including purely product-oriented analyses, will not be considered.

Timeline and guidelines

1. Expression of interest: 1 July 2026

If you are interested in contributing towards the special issue, please send us an updated abstract via e-mail (tripsconference2026@umons.ac.be) by 1 July 2026. At this stage, we will check if your research falls within the scope of the TCB journal and constitutes process-oriented translation and interpreting research and notify you regarding the next stage.

Please note that by submitting an updated abstract, you are committing to submitting a full manuscript by 15 December 2026.

2. Submission of full manuscript: 15 December 2026

You will be asked to e-mail your full manuscript to tripsconference2026@umons.ac.be. All manuscripts should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words, references included, and should be preceded by an abstract (100 to 150 words) and 4 to 6 keywords. Please submit an anonymized Word version of your manuscript and carefully follow the TCB journal guidelines in terms of formatting and referencing. Please note that the TCB journal follows the Chicago Manual of Style. We advise you to use this formatting style from the start when drafting your manuscript. We would also like to ask you to please ensure that your research is in line with the John Benjamins Publishing Ethics Statement (including AI policy) and inform you that TCB follows the John Benjamins Open Access Policy.

3. Review process

Round 1: 15 December 2026 – 15 March 2027
(Round 2: 1 April 2027 – 30 June 2027)

All papers will be subject to double-blind peer review by two reviewers. Contributors may also be asked to review another submission.

4. Articles ready for publication: 1 September 2027

TCB estimate to be able to accommodate 6 to 8 papers.

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