Journal of Semantics
Last updated ISSN 0167-5133
Journal of Semantics is published by Oxford University Press in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $5,137.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Semantics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
- Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Advanced Algebra and Logic
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0167-5133, 1477-4593 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $5,137 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 731 |
| Publishing since | 1982 |
| Journal website | jos.oxfordjournals.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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