Aims and Scope.Metaphor and Symbol: A Quarterly Journal is an innovative, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of metaphor and other figurative devices in language (e.g., metonymy, irony) and other expressive forms (e.g., gesture and bodily actions, artworks, music, multimodal media). The journal is interested in original, empirical, and theoretical research that incorporates psychological experimental studies, linguistic and corpus linguistic studies, cross-cultural/linguistic comparisons, computational modeling, philosophical analyzes, and literary/artistic interpretations. A common theme connecting published work in the journal is the examination of the interface of figurative language and expression with cognitive, bodily, and cultural experience; hence, the journal's international editorial board is composed of scholars and experts in the fields of psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, literature, and media studies.
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Journal metrics
Usage
64K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.2 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.7 (2023) 5 year IF
2.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.642 (2023) SNIP
0.608 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
54 days avg. from submission to first
decision
156 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
95 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
5% acceptance rate
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Impact Factor*:
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Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
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Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
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journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
EDITOR IN CHIEF Herbert L. ColstonUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Gareth CarrolUniversity of Birmingham, U.K. Alan CienkiVrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands Franciska CitronLancaster University, U.K. Barbara DancygierUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Alice DeignanUniversity of Leeds, Leeds, U.K. Stephen FlusbergPurchase College, SUNY, NY, U.S.A. Dedre GentnerNorthwestern University, Evanston, IL, U.S.A. Marlene Johansson FalckUmeå University, Umeå, Sweden Albert N. KatzWestern University, Ontario, Canada Veronika KollerLancaster University, UK Zoltán KövecsesEötvös Lörand University, Budapest, Hungary Susan Lee NaceyInland University College, Elverum, Norway Jeannette LittlemoreUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K. Cornelia MuellerEuropa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Andreas MusolffUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. Paula Pérez-SobrinoUniversity of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain Elena SeminoLancaster University, Lancaster, U.K. Gerard SteenFree University of Amsterdam,Amsterdam, Netherlands Dennis TayNanyang Technological University, Singapore Paul ThibodeauOberlin College, Oberlin, OH, U.S.A. Ellen WinnerBoston College,Boston, MA, U.S.A.
BOOK REVIEW EDITORS Hamad Al-AzaryUniversity of Alberta,Edmonton, Canada Marianna BolognesiUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. Robert R. HoffmanInstitute for Human & Machine Cognition,Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.
EDITORIAL BOARD John BarndenBirmingham University Gregory A. BryantUniversity of California, Los Angeles Lynne CameronUniversity of Leeds Robyn CartstonUniversity College, London Hongjun ChenDalian University of Technology, Dalian, China Alice DeignanUniversity of Leeds Charles ForcevilleUniversity of Amsterdam Richard GerrigState University of New York, Stony Brook Rachel GioraTel Aviv University Sam GlucksbergPrinceton University Richard HoneckUniversity of Cincinnati Mark JohnsonUniversity of Oregon John M. KennedyUniversity of Toronto Boaz KeysarUniversity of Chicago Roger KreuzUniversity of Memphis George LakoffUniversity of California, Berkeley Graham LowYork University Teenie MatlockUniversity of California, Merced Skye McDonaldUniversity of New South Wales Linda McMullen Jeffery Scott MioCalifornia State Polytechnic University Andrew OrtonyNorthwestern University Howard R. PollioUniversity of Tennessee Catherine ReadRutgers University Yeshayahu ShenTel Aviv University Dan SperberÉcole Polytechnique, Paris, France Eve E. SweetserUniversity of California, Berkeley Mark TurnerCase Western Reserve University Xu WenSouthwest University, Chongqing, China Deirdre WilsonUniversity College, London
SPECIAL TOPIC EDITORS Martin DoeringUniversity of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Brigitte NerlichUniversity of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.
Abstracting and indexing
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CSA - Communication Abstracts Online - CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - PsycINFO - Sociological Abstracts (Online)
EBSCOhost - Academic Search Alumni Edition - Academic Search Complete - Academic Search Premier - Communication & Mass Media Complete - Communication Abstracts Online - Current Abstracts - Humanities International Complete - Humanities International Index - Literary Reference Center - Literary Reference Center Plus - Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection - TOC Premier
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