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International Communication Gazette

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1987

ISSN1748-0485eISSN1748-0493

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.675

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.215

Total Worksi

818

Total Citationsi

17,750

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The International Communication Gazette is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to enhance understanding of the structures and processes of international communication, the regulatory regimes in the field of international communication, the interaction between international and national flows of communication, and the complexities of intercultural communication across national borders. The journal seeks contributions that are international comparative in scope.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications818

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-0485 / 1748-0493

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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

1.1k

2019

511

2020

194

2021

241

2022

246

2023

112

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.

CommunicationQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationMedia Influence and PoliticsAsian Culture and Media StudiesRhetoric and Communication StudiesGender, Feminism, and MediaMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingMisinformation and Its Impacts

Frequently asked questions about International Communication Gazette

Is International Communication Gazette a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Communication Gazette: 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 International Communication Gazette?

International Communication Gazette 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 1.48.

Is International Communication Gazette indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Communication Gazette is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.