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Journal of Applied Communication Research

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN1479-5752

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.475

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.003

Total Worksi

1,379

Total Citationsi

38,920

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Applied Communication Research publishes original scholarship that contributes to knowledge about how people practice communication across diverse contexts.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

Annual Volume~ 39 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,379

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1479-5752

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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

791

2019

912

2020

560

2021

428

2022

156

2023

102

2024

123

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

CommunicationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Linguistics and LanguageCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationCommunication in Education and HealthcareHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesRhetoric and Communication StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesManagement and Organizational StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringSocial Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and Communication

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Communication Research

Is Journal of Applied Communication Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Applied Communication Research: 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 Journal of Applied Communication Research?

Journal of Applied Communication Research 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 1.47.

Is Journal of Applied Communication Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Applied Communication Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.