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Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

Harvard Kennedy School · United States · Est. 2020

ISSN2766-1652

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

1.362

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.584

Total Worksi

198

Total Citationsi

6,391

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The HKS Misinformation Review is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on misinformation. It covers topics such as artificial intelligence, big data, conspiracy theories, content moderation, COVID-19, debunking, disinformation, elections, emotion, Europe, Facebook, fact-checking, fake news, gaming, healthcare, impact, information bias, law & government, mainstream media, media literacy, partisan issues, philosophy, platform regulation, platforms, politics, prebunking, propaganda, psychology, public health, public opinion, public relations, research, Russia, search engines, social media, sources, technology, Twitter/X, vaccines, Whatsapp, youth, and Youtube.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyEvery Two Months

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications198

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

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?

Harvard Kennedy School

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2766-1652

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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

4.1k

2020

1.4k

2021

495

2022

465

2023

311

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and PoliticsHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionMedia Influence and PoliticsVaccine Coverage and HesitancyMedia Influence and HealthPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentMedia Studies and CommunicationSpam and Phishing DetectionOpinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Frequently asked questions about Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review

Is Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review: 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 Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review?

Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.362.

Is Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.