About the journal
Names is an open-access journal published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh in United States, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared review time at DOAJ: 52 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
- ISSN
- 0027-7738 · 1756-2279
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Articles in DOAJ
- 2400
- Declared review time
- 52 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/index
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2022-05-09
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 52 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
2400
Most recent article
2 months ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
52weeks
Works in OpenAlex
2424
Last recorded publication year
2025
h-index
32
i10-index
179
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2022-08-11
- Added to DOAJ
- 2022-05-09
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Not declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- Yes
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoLibrary of Congress
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPKP PNPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 0%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 9%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Alternate titles
- Journal of onomasticsJournal of the American Name Society
- Source type
- journal
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
Show all subjects (50)
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- American Environmental and Regional History
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies
- Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Medical and Biological Sciences
- Medical and Biological Sciences
- Philippine History and Culture
- Philippine History and Culture
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
- Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Authorship Attribution and Profiling
- Authorship Attribution and Profiling
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- Themes in Literature Analysis
- African history and culture analysis
- African history and culture analysis
- Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
- Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Keywords (DOAJ)
- onomastics
- linguistics
- literature
- proper names
- cultural studies
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