About the Journal

JDCS publishes research on how discourse — spoken, written, multimodal and digital — shapes and is shaped by cultural practices, social structures, identities and relations of power. International and interdisciplinary, with double-anonymized peer review and diamond open access under CC BY 4.0.

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The Journal of Discourse, Culture & Society (JDCS) is an international, peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal publishing research at the intersection of language, discourse, and social life. The journal examines how discourse — spoken, written, multimodal, and digital — shapes and is shaped by cultural practices, social structures, identities, and relations of power.

JDCS is interdisciplinary by design, welcoming contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. Its scope spans discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, conversation analysis, semiotics, intercultural communication, multilingualism, media discourse, language policy, and related fields. A full statement of the journal's focus is available on the Aims & Scope page.

All articles undergo double-anonymized peer review and are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license, with authors retaining copyright. As a diamond open-access journal, JDCS charges no fees to authors or readers: there are no submission, processing, or publication charges. The journal follows the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and is committed to the long-term digital preservation of its content. JDCS is published by Artsürem, Türkiye.