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Rhetoric and Public Affairs

Michigan State University · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1094-8392eISSN1534-5238

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.153

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.51

Total Worksi

1,838

Total Citationsi

10,109

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Linguistics and Language; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,838

Publisher OrgMichigan State University

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Michigan State University

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1094-8392 / 1534-5238

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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

201

2018

150

2019

151

2020

2021

135

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ3

CommunicationQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rhetoric and Communication StudiesAmerican Constitutional Law and PoliticsRace, History, and American SocietyMedia Studies and CommunicationDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesLiterature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisAmerican Political and Social DynamicsSocial Media and PoliticsAcademic Freedom and PoliticsPublic Relations and Crisis Communication

Frequently asked questions about Rhetoric and Public Affairs

Is Rhetoric and Public Affairs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rhetoric and Public Affairs: 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 Rhetoric and Public Affairs?

Rhetoric and Public Affairs 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 0.26.

Is Rhetoric and Public Affairs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rhetoric and Public Affairs is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Rhetoric and Public Affairs?