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Communication, Culture and Critique

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1753-9129eISSN1753-9137

SJR Q1✓ 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

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.696

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.198

Total Worksi

807

Total Citationsi

10,898

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Cultural Studies; Computer Science Applications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 49 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications807

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-9129 / 1753-9137

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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

921

2019

403

2020

510

2021

382

2022

163

2023

109

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

Cultural StudiesQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsCultural StudiesCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gender, Feminism, and MediaMedia Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsRhetoric and Communication StudiesMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingCinema and Media StudiesAsian Culture and Media StudiesDigital Games and MediaJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesMusic History and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Communication, Culture and Critique

Is Communication, Culture and Critique a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Communication, Culture and Critique: 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 Communication, Culture and Critique?

Communication, Culture and Critique 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 1.02.

Is Communication, Culture and Critique indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Communication, Culture and Critique is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Communication, Culture and Critique?