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Journal of Applied Communications

New Prairie Press · United States

ISSN2476-1362

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.242

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.375

Total Worksi

1,440

Total Citationsi

6,405

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Applied Communications is a peer-reviewed journal published by Kansas State University Libraries. It publishes research on communication theory, research, and practice.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,440

Publisher OrgNew Prairie Press

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

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?

New Prairie Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2476-1362

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

211

2019

256

2020

140

2021

2022

114

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

CommunicationQ3

MarketingQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)CommunicationMarketing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Educational Innovations StudiesAcademic Publishing and Open AccessAcademic Writing and PublishingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesClimate Change Communication and PerceptionPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationDigital Marketing and Social MediaMedia Studies and CommunicationAcademic integrity and plagiarismSocial Media and Politics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Communications

Is Journal of Applied Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Applied Communications: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Applied Communications?

Journal of Applied Communications is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.242.

Is Journal of Applied Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Applied Communications is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Applied Communications?