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Critical Studies in Media Communication

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1479-5809

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ 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?

225

days submission → published

measured · last 10 articles · accept 198d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.349

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.144

Total Worksi

1,013

Total Citationsi

22,200

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Critical Studies in Media Communication is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering media and mass communication from a cultural studies and critical perspective. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s) of Politics & Narrative. Its scope includes Social Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyFive Issues A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,013

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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1479-5809

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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

620

2019

1.4k

2020

459

2021

278

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.

CommunicationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationGender, Feminism, and MediaRhetoric and Communication StudiesDigital Games and MediaCinema and Media StudiesSocial Media and PoliticsMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingMusic History and CultureAsian Culture and Media StudiesSexuality, Behavior, and Technology

Frequently asked questions about Critical Studies in Media Communication

Is Critical Studies in Media Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical Studies in Media Communication: 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 Critical Studies in Media Communication?

Critical Studies in Media Communication 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 0.39.

Is Critical Studies in Media Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical Studies in Media Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.