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Human-Machine Communication

Communication and Social Robotics Labs · United States · Est. 2020

ISSN2638-6038

SJR Q1✓ 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 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.259

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.405

Total Worksi

124

Total Citationsi

1,888

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Health (social science); Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications124

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

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✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Communication and Social Robotics Labs

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2638-6038

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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?

Yes

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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

1.1k

2020

541

2021

193

2022

189

2023

181

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

Health (social science)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)CommunicationHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics and Social Impacts of AIAI in Service InteractionsSocial Robot Interaction and HRIInnovative Human-Technology InteractionArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMisinformation and Its ImpactsInformation Systems Theories and ImplementationHuman-Automation Interaction and SafetyGender, Feminism, and MediaPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection

Frequently asked questions about Human-Machine Communication

Is Human-Machine Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Human-Machine Communication: 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 Human-Machine Communication?

Human-Machine Communication is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.259.

Is Human-Machine Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Human-Machine Communication is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Human-Machine Communication?