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Media History

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1368-8804eISSN1469-9729

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Norwegian Register Level 278

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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 75% in field

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.124

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.997

Total Worksi

912

Total Citationsi

5,323

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Media History is an interdisciplinary journal that welcomes contributions addressing media and society from the fifteenth century to the present. It focuses on the roles played by media and mass communication in culture and aims to provide a contextualist treatment of the history of Communication Studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications912

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1368-8804 / 1469-9729

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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

167

2019

2020

112

2021

108

2022

2023

2024

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.

Cultural StudiesQ3

HistoryQ3

CommunicationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

HistoryCultural StudiesCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationAustralian History and SocietyCinema and Media StudiesItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyEuropean history and politicsMedia, Journalism, and Communication HistoryIrish and British StudiesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesScottish History and National IdentityPhilippine History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Media History

Is Media History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Media History: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Media History?

Media History 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 1.32.

Is Media History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Media History is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.