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Discourse, Context and Media

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2012

ISSN2211-6958eISSN2211-6966

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.053

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.847

Total Worksi

726

Total Citationsi

12,565

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Discourse, Context and Media explores the challenges and opportunities provided to discourse scholars by all forms of media as context-shaped and context-renewing. It addresses questions raised by new and traditional media technologies as mediated, and publishes original research in Communication and Language and Linguistics.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications726

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2211-6958 / 2211-6966

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

963

2019

987

2020

2021

792

2022

228

2023

202

2024

209

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)

Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDigital Communication and LanguageSocial Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and CommunicationMultilingual Education and PolicyGender, Feminism, and MediaLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Discourse, Context and Media

Is Discourse, Context and Media a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discourse, Context and Media: 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 Discourse, Context and Media?

Discourse, Context 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 1.82.

Is Discourse, Context and Media indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discourse, Context and Media is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.