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Journal of Media Law

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1757-7640

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.452

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

328

Total Citationsi

1,693

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Media Law provides analysis of media law, including media regulation, media ownership, defamation, privacy, contempt of court, obscenity, copyright, data protection, the regulation of social media, and emerging technologies. It focuses on global developments in media law and the balance between media freedom and individual expression.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications328

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1757-7640

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

166

2019

2020

2021

108

2022

2023

143

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

LawQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Freedom of Expression and DefamationLaw in Society and CulturePrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionLaw, Rights, and FreedomsEuropean Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionLegal principles and applicationsConflict of Laws and JurisdictionCriminal Law and EvidenceCopyright and Intellectual Property

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Media Law

Is Journal of Media Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Media Law: it is indexed in 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 Media Law?

Journal of Media Law is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.452.

Is Journal of Media Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Media Law is indexed in Scopus.