Semiotica is an academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 covering semiotics

Semiotics

Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...

. It is the official journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies

International Association for Semiotic Studies

International Association for Semiotic Studies is the major world organisation of semioticians, established in 1969....

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Publication

Since 2000, the journal publishes five issues per year. It is published in English and French.

Editors-in-chief

The first editor-in-chief of Semiotica was Thomas Sebeok

Thomas Sebeok

Thomas Albert Sebeok was a polymathic American semiotician and linguist.- Life and work :...

, who continued this job until his death in 2001. He was succeeded by Jean Umiker-Sebeok (2002–2004) and Marcel Danesi

Marcel Danesi

Marcel Danesi is a current Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He is known for his work in language, communications, and semiotics; being Director of the Program in semiotics and communication theory...

(2004–present)