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Journal of Intercultural Communication

Immigrant Institutet · Sweden · Est. 1999

ISSN1404-1634

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.299

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.083

Total Worksi

609

Total Citationsi

3,755

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Communication; Gender Studies; Linguistics and Language; Education; Public Administration; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionSweden

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 59 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications609

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Immigrant Institutet

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1404-1634

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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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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?

N/A

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

2019

2020

188

2021

544

2022

348

2023

206

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 StudiesQ1

CommunicationQ2

Gender StudiesQ2

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

EducationQ3

Public AdministrationQ3

Strategy and ManagementQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesCultural StudiesStrategy and ManagementLinguistics and LanguageCommunicationPublic AdministrationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

International Student and Expatriate ChallengesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesSecond Language Learning and TeachingMultilingual Education and PolicyCultural Differences and ValuesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionGlobal Education and MulticulturalismSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Intercultural Communication

Is Journal of Intercultural Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Intercultural Communication: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Intercultural Communication?

Journal of Intercultural Communication is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.299.

Is Journal of Intercultural Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Intercultural Communication is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Intercultural Communication?