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Social Semiotics

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN1035-0330eISSN1470-1219

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

100

days submission → published

measured · last 6 articles · accept 95d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.722

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.551

Total Worksi

1,366

Total Citationsi

20,151

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Social Semiotics is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes papers on the study of semiotic resources and practices, including words, images, behaviours, settings, sounds, and design. It examines how these are connected to the organization of societies and everyday lives, and discusses Semiotics, Aesthetics, Politics, Linguistics, and Media studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFive Issues Yearly, 2010-

StatusActive

Total Publications1,366

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1035-0330 / 1470-1219

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

800

2019

1.6k

2020

659

2021

439

2022

209

2023

131

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

CommunicationQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationHumanities, MultidisciplinaryLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesGender, Feminism, and MediaMultilingual Education and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Social Semiotics

Is Social Semiotics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Semiotics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Social Semiotics?

Social Semiotics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.02.

Is Social Semiotics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Semiotics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.