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Language and Semiotic Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.6), DOAJ. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 2096-031XVerify ISSN ↗2751-7160Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies | 258 / 1434 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Linguistics and Language | 333 / 1221 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Communication | 264 / 541 | 51st | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.6.
Language and Semiotic Studies is Q1 in Cultural Studies (rank 258 of 1434), Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 333 of 1221) and Q2 in Communication (rank 264 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
Language and Semiotic Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q1, 82nd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.371, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 7.
No article processing charge is recorded for it (source: OpenAlex). Confirm on the journal's own website, since some journals charge for extras such as colour figures.
Language and Semiotic Studies is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2096-031X and its online ISSN is 2751-7160.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Language and Semiotic Studies has an h-index of 12 and a 2-year mean of 0.85 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #244 of 1,309 Scopus journals in Cultural Studies.
Language and Semiotic Studies published 49 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (32.3%), Egypt (16.9%) and Nigeria (8.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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