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Signs and Society

Cambridge University Press · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2326-4497

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.819

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.813

Total Worksi

290

Total Citationsi

3,185

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; Communication; Humanities, Multidisciplinary; Linguistics; Cultural Studies; Linguistics and Language; Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications290

Publisher OrgUniversity of Chicago Press

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2326-4497

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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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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

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.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

162

2019

166

2020

119

2021

132

2022

2023

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

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyCommunicationHumanities, MultidisciplinaryLinguistics

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesVisual Arts and Performing ArtsCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Multilingual Education and PolicyLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesAnthropological Studies and InsightsLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSAS software applications and methodsDiverse Specialized Academic ResearchDigital Communication and LanguageLinguistic Variation and Morphology

Frequently asked questions about Signs and Society

Is Signs and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Signs and Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Signs and Society?

Signs and Society 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 1.15.

Is Signs and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Signs and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Signs and Society?