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Telecommunications Policy

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0308-5961eISSN1879-3258

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.519

H-Indexi

127

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.201

Total Worksi

4,096

Total Citationsi

92,884

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Information Science & Library Science; Telecommunications; Economics and Econometrics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Human Factors and Ergonomics; Information Systems; Library and Information Sciences; Management Information Systems; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTen No. A Year, <1995->

StatusActive

Total Publications4,096

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0308-5961 / 1879-3258

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

Citations received

3.9k

2019

4.5k

2020

133

4.5k

2021

2.8k

2022

118

2.7k

2023

101

1.1k

2024

155

434

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringQ1

Human Factors and ErgonomicsQ1

Information SystemsQ1

Library and Information SciencesQ1

Management Information SystemsQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationInformation Science & Library ScienceTelecommunications

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesInformation SystemsEconomics and EconometricsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawElectrical and Electronic EngineeringManagement Information SystemsHuman Factors and Ergonomics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

ICT Impact and PoliciesDigital Platforms and EconomicsHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Telecommunications Policy

Is Telecommunications Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Telecommunications Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Telecommunications Policy?

Telecommunications Policy is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.40.

Is Telecommunications Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Telecommunications Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.