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New Media and Society

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1461-4448eISSN1461-7315

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

2.4

H-Index

208

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

3.317

Total Works

3,819

Total Citations

214,988

2yr Mean Citedness

3.63

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal examines the societal impacts of digital technologies and new media. It explores how platforms, algorithms, and digital communication shape public discourse, user behavior, and social inequalities. Research also investigates the production and spread of information and disinformation, and the development of digital literacy.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyEight Issues A Year, <2009->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,819

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1461-4448 / 1461-7315

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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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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

CommunicationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and CommunicationImpact of Technology on AdolescentsGender, Feminism, and MediaDigital Games and MediaHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionMisinformation and Its ImpactsDigital Marketing and Social MediaPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionDigital Economy and Work Transformation