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Semiotica

De Gruyter Mouton · Germany · Est. 1969

ISSN0037-1998eISSN1613-3692
SJR Q1WOS SSCIWOS A&HCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
65
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total65
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.3
H-Index
77
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.692
Total Works
5,265
Total Citations
45,462
2yr Mean Citedness
0.87
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Aims & Scope

Open AccessThe current volume ofSemioticais open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons license at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’sSubscribe to Open program. ObjectiveSemioticais published in six annual issues, in two languages (English and French). From time to time, Special Issues, devoted to topics of particular interest, are assembled by Guest Editors. The publishers ofSemioticaoffer an annual prize, the Mouton d'Or, to the author of the best article each year. The article is selected by an independent international jury. TopicsWe welcome papers reporti ng results of research in a ll branches of semiotic studies. Title:The role of sentiment, aesthetic behavior, and narrative semiosis in the identification of selfhood from Peirce’s semiotic perspective. The committee has selected Yunhee Lee’s paper in recognition of its theoretical originality, methodological rigor, and interdisciplinary contribution to contemporary semiotic stud ies. The paper offers a sophisticated and innovative exploration of agency as a biosemiotic construct, productively extending Peirce’s semiotic framework into the domain of film and narrative studies. Lee introduces a non-traditional yet compelling approach by applying Peircean semiotics to narrative-based theories, thereby enriching existing accounts of enunciation and selfhood. The focus on the self as a semiotic agent in the highly technologized world provides a robust conceptual foundation for rethinking narrative communication in the 21st century through a Peircean lens. One of the paper’s key strengths lies in its treatment of selfhood as both the subject of experiential sign activity and as a storytelling agent in narrative communication. By bridging phenomenological and analytic philosophical perspectives, the author develops a nuanced account of the self as semiotic agency, grounded in Peirce’s categories and attentive to the dynamic interplay b

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
15
weeks to review
Average · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish, French
1st Year Published1969
FrequencyFive No. A Year, <2001->
StatusActive
Total Publications5,265
Publisher OrgDe Gruyter
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~15 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

11/12 · 92%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
De Gruyter Mouton
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0037-1998 / 1613-3692
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Portico
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English, French

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1
Linguistics and LanguageQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, MultidisciplinarySocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Language, Metaphor, and CognitionLinguistics and Discourse AnalysisSemiotics and Representation StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref