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Communicatio

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1975

ISSN1753-5379

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.192

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.671

Total Worksi

908

Total Citationsi

5,554

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Communicatio publishes articles on South African and African communication, exploring perspectives on politics, visual communication, media, theory and philosophy. It also covers political communication, new media (policy and social implications), and international communication.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications908

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

1753-5379

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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?

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

315

2020

117

2021

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.

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesSouth African History and CultureAfrican history and culture studiesICT Impact and PoliciesPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationAfrican studies and sociopolitical issuesMultilingual Education and PolicyGender, Feminism, and Media

Frequently asked questions about Communicatio

Is Communicatio a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Communicatio: 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 Communicatio?

Communicatio 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 0.45.

Is Communicatio indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Communicatio is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.