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Status
Active
Coverage
2019–2025
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
0.5
SJR · SCImago
0.143
Q4 SJR quartile
H-index
8
Best quartile
Q4 · 17th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication | 446 / 541 | 17th | Q4 |
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Journal of Alternative and Community Media
Journal of Alternative and Community Media is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5). Published by Intellect Ltd..
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ISSN 2206-5857Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Intellect Ltd.
Scopus · Q4
0.5
CiteScore 2025
Q4
Best quartile
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Journal of Alternative and Community Media indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–2025, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
What quartile is Journal of Alternative and Community Media in Scopus?
Journal of Alternative and Community Media is Q4 in Communication (rank 446 of 541), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Alternative and Community Media?
Journal of Alternative and Community Media is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4, 17th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.143, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 8.
Who publishes Journal of Alternative and Community Media and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Alternative and Community Media is published by Intellect Ltd. Its ISSN is 2206-5857.
Is Journal of Alternative and Community Media in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Alternative and Community Media open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Journal of Alternative and Community Media? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Alternative and Community Media has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #404 of 511 Scopus journals in Communication.
11
h-index
0.21
2-yr mean citations
15
i10-index
153
works indexed
662
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#404 of 511 Bottom 21% Communication
Journal of Alternative and Community Media published 7 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 33. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Journal of Alternative and Community Media? — latest 61 articles, 2021–2025
In its latest 61 research articles (2021–2025), authors are most often from Australia (19.4%), United States (17.2%) and South Africa (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Alternative and Community Media? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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