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Signs and Society
ISSN 2326-4489 · eISSN 2326-4497 · University of Chicago Press
Signs and Society: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.93; fully open access; APC about USD 3,550; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Signs and Society is published by University of Chicago Press and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Multilingual Education and Policy, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, together about 28.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Signs and Society is an open access, multidisciplinary journal in the humanities and social sciences focusing on research that examines the role of sign processes (or semiosis) in social interaction, cognition, and cultural formations. Focusing directly on semiosis in its multiple dimensions, the journal aims to promote collaborative translation across analytical categories and technical vocabularies already established in anthropology, linguistics, semiotics, and related disciplines, and to uncover unanticipated parallels in the ways semiosis is manifest in diverse empirical domains.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences10.8%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities10.8%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities7%
- Language, Metaphor, and CognitionPsychology6.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences6.3%
- SAS software applications and methodsEngineering5.9%
- Diverse Specialized Academic ResearchEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anthropology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Linguistics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIAHCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.93LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 20Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 343 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 4 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 40 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 74 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 91 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 137 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 123 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- ISSN
- 2326-4489
- Electronic ISSN
- 2326-4497
- Society / sponsor
- Semiosis Research Center at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Signs and Society
What CAS zone is Signs and Society in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Signs and Society is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary / Anthropology / Communication / Linguistics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Signs and Society?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.93; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 30.
Which databases index Signs and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Signs and Society is indexed in SSCI, AHCI and Scopus.
Is Signs and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Signs and Society is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,550.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .