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The Indexer
The International Journal of Indexing
ISSN 0019-4131 (Print)
ISSN 1756-0632 (Online)

The Indexer appears four times a year in March, June, September and December and is available both in print and online. From its foundation in 1958 until 2007 (vols 1-25), it was published twice a year and volumes were biennial, consisting of 4 issues. Since going quarterly in 2008, volumes (still consisting of 4 issues) are annual.  From 1958 until 2018 it was published by the Society of Indexers.  From 2019 the journal will be published by Liverpool University Press, and edited by the Society of Indexers.  All volumes can be accessed on the Liverpool University Press website – see access information.

Full-length articles are normally subject to peer review. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Society of Indexers or of any of the other signatories to the International Agreement, nor do we guarantee the claims of advertisers.

Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Society of Indexers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency.

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The Society of Indexers is a non-profit organization founded in 1957 as an autonomous professional body for indexers to promote indexing, the quality of indexes and the profession of indexing. Further details of the Society of Indexers and the other signatories to the International Agreement can be found on the inside back cover of the printed version.

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