Journal profile · LINGUISTICS
deSignis
ISSN 1578-4223 · eISSN 2462-7259 · Federación Latinoamericana de Semiótica (FELS) · France
deSignis: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
deSignis is published by Federación Latinoamericana de Semiótica (FELS) and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literary and Cultural Studies, Advertising and Communication Studies and Cultural and political discourse analysis, together about 33.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
deSignis es una revista académica e internacional de semiótica, cuya misión es dar a conocer artículos escritos en español y portugués dedicados al estudio de la producción de sentido desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria y multicultural, con especial foco en las sociedades latinoamericanas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): LINGUISTICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literary and Cultural StudiesSocial Sciences16.5%
- Advertising and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences9.7%
- Cultural and political discourse analysisSocial Sciences7.1%
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences6%
- Photographic and Visual ArtsArts and Humanities5.4%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science5.4%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities4.6%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ScopusPublisher website
Other: Latindex, World of Sciences Emerging Sources, Redalyc, ISSN 1578-4223, ISSN DIGITAL 2462 – 7259
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 465 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 41 | 1 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 8 |
| 2023 | 44 | 44 | 7 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | 48 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 34 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- artículosdar a conocer artículos escritos en español y portuguésLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright
Publishes in Spanish and Portuguese, with abstract in English Model summary
deSignis publica trabajos únicamente en español y portugués, con abstract en inglés y resumen en español y/o portugués, si esta última fuese la lengua del artículo.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Los trabajos serán sometidos a un doble proceso de revisión por pares de carácter confidencial (double-blind peer review) antes de ser aceptados para su publicación.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Federación Latinoamericana de Semiótica (FELS)
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1578-4223
- Electronic ISSN
- 2462-7259
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about deSignis
What CAS zone is deSignis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, deSignis is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at deSignis?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index deSignis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, deSignis is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Scopus; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is deSignis open access, and what is the APC?
deSignis is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .