KOME

University of Public Service, Ludovika University Press · Hungary · Est. 2012

ISSN2063-7330eISSN2063-7330

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.213

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.381

Total Worksi

180

Total Citationsi

691

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

KOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry is a theory and pure research-oriented journal of communication studies and related fields. Its central interests include theoretical researches and discussions that help to understand or reconceptualize communication or the media.

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General Information

Country / RegionHungary

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 13 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications180

Publisher OrgHungarian Communication Studies Association

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicensePublisher's own license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Public Service, Ludovika University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2063-7330 / 2063-7330

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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?

✅

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

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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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

CommunicationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

CommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and CommunicationMisinformation and Its ImpactsPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationDigital Games and MediaHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studiesscientometrics and bibliometrics researchHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionAcademic Publishing and Open AccessGender, Feminism, and Media

Frequently asked questions about KOME

Is KOME a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for KOME: 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 KOME?

KOME 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 0.46.

Is KOME indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

KOME is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.