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Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.9), ABDC B, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
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ISSN 1477-996XVerify ISSN ↗1758-8871Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | 14 / 891 | 98th | Q1 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 99 / 1530 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Communication | 51 / 541 | 90th | Q1 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 126 / 568 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.9.
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society is Q1 in Philosophy (rank 14 of 891), Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 99 of 1530) and Q1 in Communication (rank 51 of 541), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.734, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 36.
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society is published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Its print ISSN is 1477-996X and its online ISSN is 1758-8871.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Information systems.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society has an h-index of 47 and a 2-year mean of 4.87 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 805 Scopus journals in Philosophy.
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society published 56 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
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.
In its latest 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from India (14.1%), United States (10.6%) and United Arab Emirates (6.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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