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Public Relations Review

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0363-8111eISSN1873-4537

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.215

H-Indexi

154

SNIPi

1.701

Total Worksi

4,764

Total Citationsi

127,472

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly, With A Mid-Year Bibliography Issue, 1993-

StatusActive

Total Publications4,764

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0363-8111 / 1873-4537

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

100

4.5k

2019

3.8k

2020

102

3.1k

2021

1.8k

2022

1.3k

2023

973

2024

401

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.

CommunicationQ1

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ1

MarketingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BusinessCommunication

Scopus Categories

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementCommunicationMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationMedia Studies and CommunicationCommunication in Education and HealthcareCorporate Identity and ReputationSocial Media and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Public Relations Review

Is Public Relations Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public Relations Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Public Relations Review?

Public Relations Review 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 4.23.

Is Public Relations Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Relations Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Public Relations Review?