Transactions of the Philological Society
Last updated ISSN 0079-1636
Transactions of the Philological Society is published by Wiley in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,900.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Transactions of the Philological Society concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Historical and Linguistic Studies
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
- Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0079-1636, 1467-968X |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,900 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,165 |
| Publishing since | 1854 |
| Journal website | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9 |
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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