Journal profile
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding
ISSN 2470-9670 · University of Oklahoma Libraries · United States
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 9 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding is published by University of Oklahoma Libraries. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Safety Warnings and Signage, Spatial Cognition and Navigation and Consumer Retail Behavior Studies, together about 45.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Signage and wayfinding are critical components of the urban landscape. In spite of their importance, there has been no journal or comprehensive scholarly platform dedicated to this topic. As such, scholars from a variety of academic disciplines (law, planning, engineering, business, art, economics, architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design, and graphic design) publish work in journals within their home disciplines and rarely have a chance to communicate their cross-disciplinary findings. Sponsored by the Academic Advisory Council for Signage Research and Education (AACSRE), and published by the University of Oklahoma Libraries, the Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding seeks to bring them together by making such scholarship accessible to academics and practitioners alike.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Safety Warnings and SignagePsychology23.6%
- Spatial Cognition and NavigationEngineering14.6%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Semiotics and Representation StudiesArts and Humanities7.3%
- Graphic Design and TypographyArts and Humanities6.9%
- Public Spaces through ArtSocial Sciences4.7%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering3.4%
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
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
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
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 102 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 50 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 42 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 49 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 180 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Double blind peer review for all submissions; semi-anonymous review opt-in available where full anonymization is difficult, but author name never shared with reviewers. Model summary
The IJSW uses a double blind peer review process for all submissions, meaning the authors' and reviewers' identities are not revealed to each other during review.
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
- University of Oklahoma Libraries
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2470-9670
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- 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 Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding
How long does peer review take at Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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 Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 180 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding open access, and what is the APC?
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding 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: .