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Global Media and China

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2059-4372

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.183

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.584

Total Worksi

385

Total Citationsi

3,516

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Cultural Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications385

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2059-4372

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

527

2019

518

2020

589

2021

427

2022

450

2023

195

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

Cultural StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Cultural StudiesCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationAsian Culture and Media StudiesHong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsChina's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Media and PoliticsGender, Feminism, and MediaCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentDigital Economy and Work TransformationDigital Games and MediaChinese history and philosophy

Frequently asked questions about Global Media and China

Is Global Media and China a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Media and China: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Global Media and China?

Global Media and China 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 1.70.

Is Global Media and China indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Media and China is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Global Media and China?