Signs
Last updated ISSN 0097-9740
Signs is published by University of Chicago Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Signs concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Latin American and Latino Studies
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Race, History, and American Society
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0097-9740, 1545-6943 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,984 |
| Publishing since | 1975 |
| Journal website | signsjournal.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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