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Medijske Studije

Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb Β· Croatia Β· Est. 2010

ISSN1847-9758eISSN1848-5030
SJR Q4βœ“ WOS ESCIβœ“ Scopus / SJRβœ“ DOAJβœ“ Open Access
74
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
β—† WoS ESCI56
βœ“ Corroboration (3 more)+18
Total74
Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. Β· Third-party records Β· how this is calculated Β· Report an error β†’
⚑ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
30
weeks to publish Β· journal-reported
Slow Β· vs ~15 wk median
Q4
SJR Rank
Bottom 25%
Impact Factor & Quartile Β· Web of Science (JCR)

βœ“ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) β€” Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page β†—

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate β€” we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei
0.107
H-Indexi
11
CiteScore
ViewΒ β†—
Scopus metric Β· on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.201
Total Worksi
190
Total Citationsi
609
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.53
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Medijske studije (Media Studies) is an interdisciplinary journal published by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb. The journal provides an international forum for the presentation of research and advancement of discourse concerning media, communications, journalism, and public relations, within each field’s cultural, historical, political and/or economic contexts. It welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Journal is published every year in June and December. The articles should not be published before (neither partially nor completely), nor currently be considered for publication by any other journal or book, nor should the submissions be a translation of previously published articles. All manuscripts shall undergo a rigorous international, double-blind peer review. Call for paper is permanently open, only special thematic issues will have special calls. Medijske studije (Media Studies) does not levy any charges to an author to process or publish a paper. This includes article processing charges (APCs), submission charges, page charges, color charges or any instance where money is required to complete the publication process. There are no submission charges to an author and no publication charges to an author. Articles published in Media Studies are indexed in: Emerging Sources Citation Index of the Web of Science Core Collection Scopus (beginning with volume 5, issue 9, June 2014) ProQuest - Social Science Database and Social Science Premium Collection ERIH PLUS and are available in the open access data bases Hrčak – The Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia and DOAJ – the Directory of Open Access Journals. Since 2013 journal Medijske studije has been published in cooperation with the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. NEW SUBMISSIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH THE OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEM. https://hrcak.srce.hr/ojs/index.php/medijs

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia
Primary LanguageEnglish, Croatian
1st Year Published2010
Frequency2
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications190
Publisher OrgFaculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
OA Since2009
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Submission Info

APC CostπŸ’Ž Diamond OA β€” Free
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~30 weeks
Acceptance Rateβ€”
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rateβ€”

Ethics & Quality

COPE Memberβœ— No
OASPA Memberβœ— No
Not on Predatory Listsβœ“ Yes
Plagiarism Detectionβœ— No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/12 Β· 75%
βœ…
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb
βœ…
Does the journal have a website?
βœ“ Linked
βœ…
Is the ISSN verified?
1847-9758 / 1848-5030
βœ…
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
βœ…
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
βœ…
APC fees clearly disclosed?
No APC (Free)
βœ…
Not on predatory/blacklists?
βœ“ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
❌
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
βœ…
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
βœ…
Primary language documented?
English, Croatian

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
18
186
2019
14
63
2020
12
47
2021
13
30
2022
12
27
2023
14
12
2024
16
13
2025
8
0
2026

Source: OpenAlex Β· Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date β€” 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 β€” its quartile can differ by discipline.

CommunicationQ4
Computer Science ApplicationsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Computer Science ApplicationsCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and CommunicationMisinformation and Its ImpactsChild Development and Digital TechnologyDigital literacy in educationImpact of Technology on AdolescentsHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionBalkan and Eastern European StudiesEducational Challenges and InnovationsDigital Marketing and Social Media

Frequently asked questions about Medijske Studije

Is Medijske Studije a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medijske Studije: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 74/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee β€” always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Medijske Studije?

Medijske Studije 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 β€” including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles β€” 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 0.53.

Is Medijske Studije indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medijske Studije is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Medijske Studije?

Medijske studije (Media Studies) is an interdisciplinary journal published by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb. The journal provides an international forum for the presentation of research and advancement of discourse concerning media, communications, journalism, and public relations, within each field’s cultural, historical, political and/or economic contexts. It welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Journal is published every year in June and December. The articles should not be published b

How much does it cost to publish in Medijske Studije?

Medijske Studije is a Diamond open-access journal β€” there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 Β· Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref