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The aim of this paper is to discuss the chain conditions of semigroup rings. The author attempts to investigate under what conditions a semigroup ring \(R[S]\) is Artinian. It is a problem discussed by many mathematicians. Some necessary and sufficient conditions are given to answer the problem in the cases that (i) \(S\) is a finite semigroup and \(R^*[S]\) is a ring with identity; (ii) \(R\neq I\) (the minimal commutative ideal of \(R\)) and \(S^2\neq S\); (iii) \(R\neq I\) and \(R^*[S]\) is a ring with identity; (iv) \(R\) is a ring with identity and \(S\) is a commutative semigroup with Property (I). It also is shown that for a ring \(R\) with \(R\neq(\{ab-ba:a,b\in R\})\), if \(R[S]\) is a right Artinian ring, then \(S\) is finite and \(R\) is a right Artinian ring. It is a generalization of \textit{J. Okniński}'s result [Lect. Notes Math. 1328, 209-218 (1988; Zbl 0651.20071)].