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Comedy Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2010

ISSN2040-6118

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total72

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ 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 50% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.147

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.711

Total Worksi

464

Total Citationsi

964

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Comedy Studies examines the role of comedy as a cultural, social, performative, economic and political form. The journal welcomes original research on comedy, humour, laughter, entertainment, amusement, fun, and related topics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications464

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

5/12 · 42%

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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?

2040-6118

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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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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?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

124

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ2

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2

Cultural StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesLiterature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Humor Studies and ApplicationsTheatre and Performance StudiesGender, Feminism, and MediaShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary CriticismCinema and Media StudiesMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingTheater, Performance, and Music HistoryMedia Studies and CommunicationComics and Graphic NarrativesLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition

Frequently asked questions about Comedy Studies

Is Comedy Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Comedy Studies: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 72/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Comedy Studies?

Comedy Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.147.

Is Comedy Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Comedy Studies is indexed in Scopus.