ISSN 1392-0219 | eISSN 2424-547X
Focus and scope. Semiotika is an annual diamond open-access journal that explores semiotic issues of culture. It addresses questions related to semiotics, structuralism, poststructuralism, and different semiotic approaches to analysing cultural discourses. The journal aims to advance the study of Algirdas Julius Greimas's semiotics, provide a platform for dialogue among different semiotic schools, and encourage scholarly discussions on semiotic topics. All submitted papers undergo a double-blind peer-review process.
Languages. The journal accepts articles in Lithuanian, English and French.
Publication frequency. One volume per year.
Charges. The journal does not charge article processing charges or submission charges.
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History.
Semiotika was founded in 1994 by Kęstutis Nastopka and Saulius Žukas, two semioticians from A. J. Greimas Centre for Semiotic Research at Vilnius University, established in 1992. Primarily (until 1999,) Semiotika was a periodical of the Greimas Centre. In 2020, it was acknowledged as the scholarly periodical of the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University.