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Mobile Media and Communication

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2013

ISSN2050-1579eISSN2050-1587

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.467

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.431

Total Worksi

511

Total Citationsi

11,224

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Computer Networks and Communications; Cultural Studies; Media Technology; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyThree No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications511

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2050-1579 / 2050-1587

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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?

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

965

2019

1.4k

2020

1.1k

2021

444

2022

278

2023

120

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

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Media TechnologyQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Computer Networks and CommunicationsCommunicationMedia Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Media and PoliticsDigital Games and MediaChild Development and Digital TechnologyDigital Marketing and Social MediaICT in Developing CommunitiesMedia Studies and CommunicationInnovative Human-Technology InteractionTechnology Use by Older AdultsDigital Communication and Language

Frequently asked questions about Mobile Media and Communication

Is Mobile Media and Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mobile Media and Communication: 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 Mobile Media and Communication?

Mobile Media and Communication 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 1.16.

Is Mobile Media and Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mobile Media and Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Mobile Media and Communication?