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Journalism and Communication Monographs

SAGE Publications Ltd · United States · Est. 1999

ISSN2161-4342

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

📊 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

0.613

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.416

Total Worksi

282

Total Citationsi

2,865

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journalism and Communication Monographs publishes original, scholarly works that are too long for articles and too short or specialized for book form. The journal publishes work from the entire field of journalism and communication, utilizing historical, legal, behavioral, or critical methodologies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications282

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

2161-4342

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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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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

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

167

2019

2020

2021

2022

135

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.

CommunicationQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsRhetoric and Communication StudiesPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationRace, History, and American SocietyLiterature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisAmerican History and CultureMedia Influence and PoliticsLaw, Rights, and FreedomsGender, Feminism, and Media

Frequently asked questions about Journalism and Communication Monographs

Is Journalism and Communication Monographs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journalism and Communication Monographs: it is indexed in 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 Journalism and Communication Monographs?

Journalism and Communication Monographs is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.613.

Is Journalism and Communication Monographs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journalism and Communication Monographs is indexed in Scopus.