Home›Search›Journal of Media Psychology

Journal of Media Psychology

Hogrefe Publishing · Germany · Est. 2006

ISSN1864-1105eISSN2151-2388

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.725

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.078

Total Worksi

552

Total Citationsi

12,101

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Applied Psychology; Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications552

Publisher OrgHogrefe Verlag

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

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Hogrefe Publishing

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1864-1105 / 2151-2388

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

171

2019

251

2020

441

2021

467

2022

185

2023

179

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

Applied PsychologyQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologySocial PsychologyCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Influence and HealthImpact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Media and PoliticsSocial and Intergroup PsychologyMisinformation and Its ImpactsMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringChild Development and Digital Technology

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Media Psychology

Is Journal of Media Psychology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Media Psychology: 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 Journal of Media Psychology?

Journal of Media Psychology 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 1.67.

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

Journal of Media Psychology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Media Psychology?