Language, Context and Text

Aims & Scope

Language, Context and Text: The Social Semiotics Forum (LangCT) is an international, refereed journal with a focus on the use, critique and development of social semiotics as originally proposed by the British linguist M.A.K.

Halliday.

It is dedicated to new theoretical and empirical work in systemic functional linguistics (SFL) concerning any language.

Additionally, there is a deep interest in studies of other modalities that use a social semiotic approach and are directly related to SFL.

Social semiotic studies of inter-modal relations between language and other meaning systems are of particular interest, as are transdisciplinary studies in which language use plays a key role.

The journal encourages the presentation and critique of new theoretical proposals through careful scholarly analysis, testing of the implications of proposals and presentation of alternative viewpoints broadly within the SFL framework.

The journal publishes research across a broad range of fields and interests: such as, for example, all strata of language and contexts, academic and professional writing, business communication, computational modeling, healthcare communication, child language development, language and literacy learning, literary studies, second and other language learning, social class effects on language use in institutional settings, studies of ideologies, translation and interpretation, and workplace relations.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17947

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	16

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.265

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	3

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.10

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Tenor

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Ruqaiya

• Alignment, persuasiveness and the putative reader in opinion writing

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Peter R. R.

• Once more with feeling

  Citation: 5

  Authors: James R.

• Systemic functional linguistics as a resource for teacher education and writing development

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Christian M. I. M., Moslem

• Engineering registers in the 21st century

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Sheena, Xiaoyu

• Trinocular views of register

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Christian M. I. M.

• Progress and tensions in modelling register as a semantic configuration

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Alison Rotha

• Is there a role for prosody within register studies

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Gerard

• The linguistic construction of business decisions

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Eszter

• Selves, interactive representations and context

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Paul J.

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