%0 Journal Article %T Universally catenarian integral domains, strong S-domains and semistar operations %A Parviz Sahandi %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %X Let $D$ be an integral domain and $\star$ a semistar operation stable and of finite type on it. In this paper, we are concerned with the study of the semistar (Krull) dimension theory of polynomial rings over $D$. We introduce and investigate the notions of $\star$-universally catenarian and $\star$-stably strong S-domains and prove that, every $\star$-locally finite dimensional Pr\"{u}fer $\star$-multiplication domain is $\star$-universally catenarian, and this implies $\star$-stably strong S-domain. We also give new characterizations of $\star$-quasi-Pr\"{u}fer domains introduced recently by Chang and Fontana, in terms of these notions. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.0444v1