Metaphor and the Social World
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company (Journal Finder)
ISSN : 2210-4070 eISSN : 2210-4097
Abbreviation : Metaphor. Soc. World
Aims & Scope
The journal Metaphor and the Social World aims to provide a forum for researchers to share with each other, and with potential research users, work that explores aspects of metaphor and the social world.
The term “social world” signals the importance given to context (of metaphor use), to connections (e.g. across social, cognitive and discourse dimensions of metaphor use), and to communication (between individuals or across social groups).
The journal is not restricted to a single disciplinary or theoretical framework but welcomes papers based in a range of theoretical approaches to metaphor, including discourse and cognitive linguistic approaches, provided that the theory adequately supports the empirical work.
Metaphor may be dealt with as either a matter of language or of thought, or of both; what matters is that consideration is given to the social and discourse contexts in which metaphor is found.
Furthermore, “metaphor” is broadly interpreted and articles are welcomed on metonymy and other types of figurative language.
A further aim is to encourage the development of high-quality research methodology using metaphor as an investigative tool, and for investigating the nature of metaphor use, for example multi-modal discourse analytic or corpus linguistic approaches to metaphor data.
The journal publishes various types of articles, including reports of empirical studies, key articles accompanied by short responses, reviews and meta-analyses with commentaries.
The Forum section publishes short responses to papers or current issues.
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SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 0.798 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | Q1 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 19 |
Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 0.90 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 6802 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 76 |
Impact Factor Trend
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Subjects & Keywords
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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.
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How viruses and beasts affect our opinions (or not)
Citation: 32
Authors: W.Gudrun, Christian, Tina, Gerard J.
