Journal profile
SHS Web of Conferences
ISSN 2261-2424 · EDP Sciences · France
SHS Web of Conferences: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 1,079 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SHS Web of Conferences is published by EDP Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, together about 22.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
SHS Web of Conferences is an Open Access publication series dedicated to archiving conference proceedings dealing with all areas of social sciences and humanities: sociology, economy, psychology, history, geography, linguistics, etc. SHS Web of Conferences offers a wide range of services from the organization of the submission of conference proceedings to the worldwide dissemination of the conference papers. It provides an efficient archiving solution, ensuring maximum exposure and wide indexing of scientific conference proceedings. SHS Web of Conferences publishes articles in French and English; papers in French must include English title and abstracts. Proceedings are published under the scientific responsibility of the conference editors. Main benefits Open Access All the documents are free to read and download. Copyright is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Policy on re-use Conference papers may be subsequently updated, or enhanced, for further publication as a regular journal article. Flexibility and speed The journal welcomes any scientific documents: traditional articles, posters, abstracts, slideshows, etc. They will be available online within 6-8 weeks of us receiving the contributions. Identification Each document receives a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), and is indexed to Crossref©. Indexation All documents will be indexed in main bibliographic databases. See Indexed in. Metrics and other services Intelligent search engine, email alerts, list of related articles, citation tracking, page view count, links to social bookmarks, etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 14%); most named Mainland China 2, United Kingdom 2, France 2, Switzerland 2, Portugal 2 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities7.9%
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationArts and Humanities7.6%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities7.2%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities6%
- Higher Education and Teaching MethodsComputer Science4.5%
- Digital Marketing and Social MediaSocial Sciences4.3%
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences4.2%
- Marketing and Advertising StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
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
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 637OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.54OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 15,137 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 821 | 821 | 2,888 |
| 2025 | 1,079 | 1,079 | 4,733 |
| 2024 | 1,812 | 1,812 | 5,777 |
| 2023 | 2,139 | 2,139 | 4,971 |
| 2022 | 1,109 | 1,109 | 3,735 |
| 2021 | 2,788 | 2,788 | 3,338 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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 | |
| 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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted1
- conference paperOpen Access proceedingsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright retained by authors under CC BY license; authors grant EDP Sciences a license to publish. Model summary
The copyright is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Authors grant EDP Sciences a license to publish their article and identify EDP Sciences as the original publisher. They also grant any third party the right to use, distribute and repro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
All the documents are free to read and download. Copyright is retained by the author(s) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Conference papers may be updated/enhanced for further publication as a regular journal article; must contain substantial new material and cite the proceedings paper. Model summary
Conference papers may be updated, or enhanced, for further publication as a regular journal article, including submission to journals not published by EDP Sciences.
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
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- French, English
- ISSN
- 2261-2424
- 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 SHS Web of Conferences
How long does peer review take at SHS Web of Conferences?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Where are the editorial board members of SHS Web of Conferences based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (2), United Kingdom (2) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index SHS Web of Conferences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SHS Web of Conferences is indexed in DOAJ.
Is SHS Web of Conferences open access, and what is the APC?
SHS Web of Conferences 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: .