Sign Systems Studies

Aims & Scope

About the Journal Focus and Scope Sign Systems Studies is is an international journal of semiotics and sign processes in culture and living nature. It publishes original scientific papers, review articles and book reviews on semiotics of culture and nature. Since 2009, each volume includes four issues. The official language is English. Sign Systems Studies is indexed in Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics), in Scopus and other relevant databases. Peer Review Process All manuscripts will be reviewed. The journal uses double blind review process. Open Access Policy This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All papers are published under CC BY-NC-ND licence. Authors retain copyright without restrictions. This journal does not have article processing or submission charges. Authors may deposit a copy of their paper in an institutional or other repository of their choice (either submitted version, accepted version (Author Accepted Manuscript), or published version (Version of Record)), without embargo. Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement Sign Systems Studies (SSS) follows the ethical guidelines elaborated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), including the COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing . Duties of Editors Publication Decisions : The editor is responsible for deciding on accepting, rejecting or requesting modifications to the manuscript. In some instances, the editors may require multiple rounds of reviews and modifications. The editors communicate review result in a timely fashion. The editor reserves the right to edit, clarify or shorten the manuscript as deemed necessary. Fair Review : The editor must ensure that each manuscript submitted to SSS is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to the author’s race, gender, sexual orientation,

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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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.

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