Journal profile
Estudos Semioticos
ISSN 1980-4016 · Universidade de São Paulo, Letras e Ciências Humanas · Brazil
Estudos Semioticos: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 weeks (community reports); 38 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Estudos Semioticos is published by Universidade de São Paulo, Letras e Ciências Humanas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Semiotics and Representation Studies, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis and Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics, together about 50.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Estudos Semióticos is an online and peer-reviewed journal devoted to the broad field of Semiotics. It aims to provide quality analyses and theoretical reflections on language in order to promote scientific and institutional development of the different methodological trends studying text, discourse, signs, especially those under current semiotic theories. All branches of semiotic research, as well as related fields, are welcome.Established in 2005, Estudos Semióticos publishes three issues per year. The journal receives original articles, book reviews, and interviews written in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian or English in continuous flow, provided that they follow the guidelines set out by the journal’s Author Guidelines. Based on the process of assessment of papers, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to publish approved works in the issue being prepared for publication.The journal has been ranked category A2 (2024) in the Qualis system (Brazilian official journal ranking system) from CAPES (the Brazilian Federal Agency for the Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education) and is indexed by DOAJ, Dialnet, EBSCO Essentials, ERIH Plus and OpenAIRE among several others.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ivã Carlos LopesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, France 1, Brazil 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Semiotics and Representation StudiesArts and Humanities33%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities9.5%
- Literary Theory and Cultural HermeneuticsArts and Humanities8.4%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities5.5%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.8%
- Literature, Culture, and CriticismArts and Humanities4.1%
- Cultural and political discourse analysisSocial Sciences3.9%
- Historical Linguistics and Language StudiesArts and Humanities3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 689 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 34 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 45 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 109 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 101 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 69 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 84 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted3
- articleSelect either Article or Book Review.Length not stated
- book reviewSelect either Article or Book Review.Length not stated
- interviewsThe journal receives original articles, book reviews, and interviews written in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian or English.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Languages accepted: Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian or English. Model summary
The journal receives original articles, book reviews, and interviews written in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian or English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Model summary
Authors retain the primary copyright and full publishing rights of their manuscripts without restrictions. The articles published in the journal Estudos Semióticos are available under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 international license, which allows the sharing of published content, provided it is distributed without modification or adaptation and for non-commercial purposes.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate-upon-publication open access to its full content, following the Diamond Open Access standards. Users are allowed to read, download, save, reproduce and transmit journal content for non-commercial, educational and scholarly purposes, provided they credit the authors and the original Estudos Semióticos source. We do not restrict access to our publications, do not have…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer review: two anonymous referees. Model summary
Research Articles and Book Reviews are subject to double-blind peer review. Manuscripts first undergo an assessment by the editors for compliance and suitability. If a manuscript is deemed suitable for peer review, potential Reviewers are invited by the Editors or Associate Editors. Two potential Reviewers (members of the Editorial Team/Board or ad hoc) are first sent an invitation to review which…
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
- Universidade de São Paulo, Letras e Ciências Humanas
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Spanish, Italian, English, French, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1980-4016
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Estudos Semioticos
How long does peer review take at Estudos Semioticos?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Estudos Semioticos?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Author–date. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Estudos Semioticos based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), France (1) and Brazil (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Estudos Semioticos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Estudos Semioticos is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Estudos Semioticos open access, and what is the APC?
Estudos Semioticos 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .