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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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total40

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

1.858

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.584

Total Works

198

Total Citations

6,391

2yr Mean Citedness

3.95

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyEvery Two Months

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications198

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~10 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

9/12 · 75%

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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