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Studies in Communication and Media

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co · Germany · Est. 2011

ISSN2192-4007eISSN2192-4007

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.384

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.418

Total Worksi

396

Total Citationsi

2,595

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Linguistics and Language; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish, German

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications396

Publisher OrgNomos

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

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?

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2192-4007 / 2192-4007

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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, German

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

327

2019

299

2020

198

2021

124

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.

Linguistics and LanguageQ1

CommunicationQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceCommunicationLinguistics and Language

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsPublic Administration and Political AnalysisMisinformation and Its ImpactsHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationSociology and Education StudiesMedia Influence and HealthLinguistic research and analysisPopulism, Right-Wing Movements

Frequently asked questions about Studies in Communication and Media

Is Studies in Communication and Media a predatory journal?

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

Studies in Communication and Media 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 0.51.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Studies in Communication and Media?