Platform

School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne · Australia · Est. 2007

ISSN1836-5132

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2021-08-19). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

0.184

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

186

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Communication.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 4 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications28

Publisher OrgUniversity of Melbourne

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1836-5132

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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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digital Games and MediaMedia Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsMisinformation and Its ImpactsGender, Feminism, and MediaPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSex work and related issuesGeographies of human-animal interactionsAsian Culture and Media StudiesDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Frequently asked questions about Platform

Is Platform a predatory journal?

Platform was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2021-08-19). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Platform?

Platform is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.184.

Is Platform indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Platform is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Platform?