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Facts & Frictions

J-Schools Canada / Écoles-J Canada · Canada

eISSN2816-2366

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Facts & Frictions highlights new perspectives and critiques catering to a broad public audience interested in innovations in journalism research, theory, practice, and teaching. Our editorial interests include current issues, changing norms, evolving practices and points of friction in the journalistic field, in the spirit of bridging multiple voices and perspectives in a shared space.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish, French

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgCarleton University

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

J-Schools Canada / Écoles-J Canada

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2816-2366

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English, French

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Studies and CommunicationPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationRadio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaDisaster Management and ResilienceMisinformation and Its ImpactsCommunication in Education and HealthcareInnovative Teaching Methodologies in Social SciencesClimate Change Communication and PerceptionPublic Health Policies and EducationFocus Groups and Qualitative Methods

Frequently asked questions about Facts & Frictions

Is Facts & Frictions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Facts & Frictions: it is indexed in 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 Facts & Frictions?

Facts & Frictions is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Facts & Frictions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Facts & Frictions is indexed in DOAJ.