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Journal of Communication Inquiry

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN0196-8599eISSN1552-4612

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total45

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.466

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.92

Total Works

1,237

Total Citations

18,864

2yr Mean Citedness

0.62

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on critical analyses of communication, media, and culture, with a focus on social issues, power dynamics, and representation. Recent articles examine how social media is used to challenge mental health narratives among Latinx communities, how executive orders shape public discourse, and the role of narrative in perpetuating capitalist ideologies. Other studies explore the methodology of critical political economy of communication, the challenges faced by journalists, the concept of shared press distress, the application of Baudrillard's theories to virtual economies, and the representation of gender in mainstream media and online platforms.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,237

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0196-8599 / 1552-4612

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Cultural StudiesQ1

CommunicationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationGender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Media and PoliticsRhetoric and Communication StudiesQualitative Research Methods and Ethics