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Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2373-6992eISSN2373-700X

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.

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📊 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

0.476

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.733

Total Worksi

355

Total Citationsi

2,253

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality publishes original essays and empirical studies on the philosophical bases of decisions, mass media content, and the behavior of practitioners in journalism, broadcasting, public relations, advertising, and other mass communication disciplines. It also explores moral development, moral reasoning, and the moral psychology of media actors, as well as the role of media in conflict and violence and peace journalism.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications355

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2373-6992 / 2373-700X

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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

290

2019

467

2020

147

2021

122

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.

PhilosophyQ1

CommunicationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationEthics

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyCommunication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsRhetoric and Communication StudiesMisinformation and Its ImpactsHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionEthics and Social Impacts of AIEthics in Business and EducationGender, Feminism, and MediaLaw in Society and Culture

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality

Is Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality: 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 Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality?

Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality 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 0.90.

Is Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.