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Best Communication journals

531 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Communication. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 135 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics 30.7 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – Yes
2 Telematics and Informatics 17.3 99th Q1 SSCI C No
3 Journal of Advertising 16.9 99th Q1 SSCI A No
4 International Journal of Advertising 15.9 99th Q1 SSCI A No
5 Digital Journalism 15.3 99th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Internet Research 14.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
7 Vehicular Communications 14.4 98th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Communication Research 14.3 98th Q1 SSCI A No
9 New Media and Society 14.3 98th Q1 SSCI – No
10 Communication Methods and Measures 13.3 98th Q1 SSCI – No
11 International Journal of Press/Politics 13.3 98th Q1 SSCI – No
12 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12.8 97th Q1 SSCI – Yes
13 International Journal of Data and Network Science 12.7 97th Q1 – – Yes
14 Telecommunications Policy 12.7 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
15 Journal of Interactive Advertising 11.5 97th Q1 ESCI B No
16 Political Communication 11.2 97th Q1 SSCI A No
17 Journalism and Mass Communication Educator 10.7 96th Q1 – – No
18 Communication Theory 10.5 96th Q1 SSCI A No
19 Information Communication and Society 10.4 96th Q1 SSCI A No
20 Applied Linguistics 10.3 96th Q1 SSCI – No
21 Annals of the International Communication Association 10.1 96th Q1 ESCI – No
22 Big Data and Society 9.7 96th Q1 SSCI – Yes
23 Informatics 9.1 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Mobile Media and Communication 8.8 95th Q1 SSCI – No
25 Learning Environments Research 8.7 95th Q1 ESCI – No
26 Social Media and Society 8.7 95th Q1 SSCI – Yes
27 Journal of Communication 8.6 95th Q1 SSCI A No
28 Social Network Analysis and Mining 8.4 94th Q1 ESCI – No
29 Journalism 8.3 94th Q1 SSCI – No
30 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 8.2 94th Q1 SSCI B No
31 Online Social Networks and Media 8.2 94th Q1 ESCI – No
32 Technology, Mind, and Behavior 8 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 Communication and Sport 8 93rd Q1 SSCI B No
34 Human Communication Research 8 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
35 Media Psychology 7.8 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
36 Informatics in Education 7.7 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
37 Journalism Practice 7.7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
38 Kybernetes 7.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
39 Health Communication 7.5 92nd Q1 SSCI B No
40 Internet Policy Review 7.5 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Speech Communication 7.4 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
42 Public Relations Review 7.3 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
43 Games and Culture 7.3 92nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
44 Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 7.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
45 Media, Culture and Society 7.2 91st Q1 SSCI B No
46 Public Understanding of Science 7.2 91st Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
47 Computational Communication Research 7.1 91st Q1 – – Yes
48 Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 7.1 91st Q1 SSCI – No
49 Journal of Information Technology and Politics 7.1 91st Q1 SSCI – No
50 Technology, Pedagogy and Education 7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
51 Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 6.9 90th Q1 ESCI B No
52 European Journal of Communication 6.7 90th Q1 SSCI B No
53 Information Technology and Management 6.6 90th Q1 SSCI B No
54 Mass Communication and Society 6.2 90th Q1 SSCI – No
55 Convergence 6.2 89th Q1 SSCI – No
56 Information and Communications Technology Law 6.1 89th Q1 ESCI B No
57 Management Communication Quarterly 6.1 89th Q1 SSCI B No
58 IEEE Networking Letters 6.1 89th Q1 ESCI – No
59 Media and Communication 6 89th Q1 SSCI – Yes
60 Revista Latina de Comunicacion Social 6 89th Q1 ESCI – No
61 Global Media and China 5.9 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
62 Human Technology 5.8 88th Q1 ESCI – No
63 Journalism Studies 5.8 88th Q1 SSCI – No
64 Learned Publishing 5.8 88th Q1 SSCI – No
65 Metaphor and Symbol 5.8 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
66 Publications 5.7 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
67 Translation Spaces (The Netherlands) 5.7 87th Q1 ESCI – No
68 Media International Australia 5.6 87th Q1 SSCI – No
69 International Journal of Conflict Management 5.5 87th Q1 SSCI A No
70 International Journal of Listening 5.4 87th Q1 – – No
71 Journal of Interactive Media in Education 5.4 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
72 Human-Machine Communication 5.3 86th Q1 – – Yes
73 Discourse and Society 5.2 86th Q1 SSCI A No
74 Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies 5.2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
75 Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 5.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
76 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 5 86th Q1 SSCI – No
77 Journal of Communication Management 5 85th Q1 ESCI B No
78 Media, War and Conflict 5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
79 Psychology of Popular Media 5 85th Q1 SSCI – No
80 Social Semiotics 5 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
81 Communication Monographs 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI – No
82 Journal of Business and Technical Communication 4.9 84th Q1 SSCI C No
83 Feminist Media Studies 4.9 84th Q1 SSCI – No
84 Journal of Advertising Research 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI A No
85 Cultural Trends 4.6 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
86 Discourse, Context and Media 4.6 84th Q1 SSCI – No
87 Journal of Media Psychology 4.6 84th Q1 SSCI – No
88 Written Communication 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
89 Language and Intercultural Communication 4.6 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
90 Poetics 4.6 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
91 Chinese Journal of Communication 4.5 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
92 Crime, Media, Culture 4.5 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
93 Publishing Research Quarterly 4.5 82nd Q1 ESCI C No
94 Memory, Mind and Media 4.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
95 Cyberpsychology 4.4 82nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
96 Journal of Media Literacy Education 4.4 82nd Q1 – – Yes
97 Research on Language and Social Interaction 4.4 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
98 International Journal of Strategic Communication 4.4 81st Q1 ESCI B No
99 Public Relations Inquiry 4.3 81st Q1 ESCI B No
100 Emerging Media 4.3 81st Q1 – – Yes
101 International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting 4.3 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
102 Visual Communication 4.3 81st Q1 SSCI – No
103 Public Opinion Quarterly 4.2 81st Q1 SSCI A No
104 International Journal of Sport Communication 4.2 80th Q1 ESCI B No
105 Journal of Children and Media 4.2 80th Q1 SSCI – No
106 Journal of Mobile Multimedia 4.2 80th Q1 – – No
107 Discourse and Communication 4.1 80th Q1 SSCI A No
108 Journal of Health Communication 4.1 80th Q1 SSCI – No
109 Communications 4.1 79th Q1 SSCI – No
110 Journal of Multicultural Discourses 4.1 79th Q1 ESCI – No
111 Discourse Processes 4 79th Q1 SSCI – No
112 Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 4 79th Q1 SSCI – No
113 Multilingua 3.9 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
114 Translation, Cognition and Behavior 3.9 79th Q1 – – No
115 Journal of Communication Inquiry 3.9 78th Q1 ESCI – No
116 Communication and Society 3.8 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
117 IEEE Journal on Indoor and Seamless Positioning and Navigation 3.8 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
118 Journal of Professional Capital and Community 3.8 78th Q1 SSCI – No
119 Journal of Applied Communication Research 3.7 78th Q1 SSCI – No
120 Information Polity 3.7 77th Q1 ESCI B No
121 Journal of Language and Politics 3.7 77th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
122 Journal of Media Business Studies 3.7 77th Q1 ESCI – No
123 Online Media and Global Communication 3.7 77th Q1 – – Yes
124 TESL-EJ 3.7 77th Q1 – – Yes
125 Innovative Marketing 3.7 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
126 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 3.6 76th Q1 SSCI B No
127 Creative Industries Journal 3.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
128 International Journal of Work Innovation 3.6 76th Q1 – – No
129 Popular Communication 3.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
130 Technical Communication Quarterly 3.6 76th Q1 ESCI – No
131 Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication 3.5 75th Q1 – – No
132 Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 3.5 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
133 Journal of Politeness Research 3.5 75th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
134 Journal of Radio and Audio Media 3.5 75th Q1 ESCI – No
135 Technical Communication 3.5 75th Q1 – – No
136 Geoscience Communication 3.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
137 Visitor Studies 3.4 74th Q2 ESCI A No
138 Advances in Southeast Asian Studies 3.4 74th Q2 – – Yes
139 i-com 3.4 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
140 Icono14 3.4 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
141 International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement 3.4 74th Q2 ESCI – No
142 Journal of Creative Communications 3.3 73rd Q2 ESCI C No
143 Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 3.3 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
144 Journal of Content, Community and Communication 3.3 73rd Q2 – – No
145 Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 3.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
146 Revista de Comunicacion 3.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
147 Global Media and Communication 3.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
148 International Communication Gazette 3.2 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
149 Journal of English as a Lingua Franca 3.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
150 Journal of Family Communication 3.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
151 Journal of Science Communication 3.2 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
152 Javnost 3.2 71st Q2 SSCI – No
153 African Journalism Studies 3.1 71st Q2 SSCI – No
154 Asian Journal of Communication 3.1 71st Q2 SSCI – No
155 Journal of Social Computing 3.1 71st Q2 – – Yes
156 Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 3.1 71st Q2 ESCI – No
157 Target 3.1 71st Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
158 Biosemiotics 3.1 70th Q2 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
159 Communication Reports 3.1 70th Q2 ESCI – No
160 South African Journal of Communication Disorders 3.1 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
161 Discourse Studies 3 70th Q2 SSCI A No
162 Communication, Culture and Critique 3 70th Q2 SSCI – No
163 Designs for Learning 3 69th Q2 – – Yes
164 European Science Editing 3 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
165 Nordicom Review 3 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
166 Symbolic Interaction 3 69th Q2 SSCI – No
167 ZTE Communications 3 69th Q2 – – No
168 Electronic News 2.9 68th Q2 ESCI – No
169 Frontiers in Communication 2.9 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
170 International Journal of Communication 2.9 68th Q2 SSCI – Yes
171 Journal of Intercultural Communication Research 2.9 68th Q2 – – No
172 Revista Mediterranea de Comunicacion 2.9 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
173 Journal of Communication in Healthcare 2.9 67th Q2 ESCI – No
174 Journalism and Communication Monographs 2.9 67th Q2 – – No
175 Language and Communication 2.8 67th Q2 SSCI B No
176 Communication and the Public 2.8 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
177 Journal of Media Law 2.8 67th Q2 – – No
178 Journal of Project Management (Canada) 2.8 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
179 Communication Education 2.7 66th Q2 ESCI – No
180 Educational Media International 2.7 66th Q2 ESCI – No
181 European Journal of Health Communication 2.7 66th Q2 – – Yes
182 Intercultural Pragmatics 2.7 66th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
183 Review of Communication 2.7 66th Q2 – – No
184 Communication Research Reports 2.7 65th Q2 ESCI – No
185 International Journal of Information Technology Project Management 2.7 65th Q2 ESCI – No
186 Signs and Society 2.7 65th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
187 Studies in Media and Communication 2.7 65th Q2 – – No
188 Communication Review 2.6 65th Q2 ESCI – No
189 Studies in Communication Sciences 2.6 64th Q2 – – Yes
190 World of Media 2.6 64th Q2 – – Yes
191 Dialogue and Discourse 2.5 64th Q2 – – Yes
192 Journal of Digital Media and Policy 2.5 64th Q2 ESCI – No
193 Critical Studies in Media Communication 2.5 63rd Q2 SSCI C No
194 Communication Studies 2.5 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
195 Digital Translation: International Journal of Translation and Localization 2.5 63rd Q2 – – No
196 Psychology of Language and Communication 2.5 63rd Q2 – – Yes
197 Text and Talk 2.5 63rd Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
198 Translator 2.5 63rd Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
199 Communication Research and Practice 2.4 62nd Q2 ESCI C No
200 Atlantic Journal of Communication 2.4 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
201 Communication Quarterly 2.4 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
202 Journal of Digital Social Research 2.4 62nd Q2 – – Yes
203 Network Science 2.4 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
204 Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal 2.4 62nd Q2 – – Yes
205 Journal of Intercultural Communication 2.4 61st Q2 – C No
206 Nordic Journal of Media Studies 2.4 61st Q2 – – Yes
207 Applied Environmental Education and Communication 2.3 61st Q2 – – No
208 Interaction Studies 2.3 61st Q2 SSCI – No
209 Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy 2.3 61st Q2 – – No
210 Critical Studies in Television 2.3 60th Q2 AHCI – No
211 Index.comunicacion 2.3 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
212 International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 2.3 60th Q2 ESCI – No
213 Journal of Media Economics 2.2 60th Q2 SSCI B No
214 Journal of International Communication 2.2 60th Q2 – – No
215 Indian Journal of Extension Education 2.2 59th Q2 – – No
216 Terminology 2.2 59th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
217 Women's Studies in Communication 2.2 59th Q2 ESCI – No
218 Documentation, Information and Knowledge 2.1 59th Q2 – – No
219 Journal of Media and Religion 2.1 59th Q2 ESCI – No
220 South African Journal of Information Management 2.1 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
221 Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies 2.1 58th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
222 Educar 2.1 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
223 Science Editing 2.1 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
224 Senses and Society 2.1 58th Q2 AHCI – No
225 Analisi 2 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
226 Informacios Tarsadalom 2 57th Q2 SSCI – No
227 Cuadernos.info 1.9 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
228 Intercultural Communication Education 1.9 57th Q2 – – Yes
229 Journal of Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality 1.9 57th Q2 SSCI – No
230 Journal of Visual Literacy 1.9 57th Q2 – – No
231 Tourism, Culture and Communication 1.9 56th Q2 ESCI C No
232 Asiascape: Digital Asia 1.9 56th Q2 ESCI – No
233 JMM International Journal on Media Management 1.9 56th Q2 ESCI – No
234 Public Journal of Semiotics 1.9 56th Q2 – – No
235 SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research 1.9 56th Q2 ESCI – No
236 European Journal of Applied Linguistics 1.8 55th Q2 ESCI – No
237 Journal of African Media Studies 1.8 55th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
238 Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 1.8 55th Q2 ESCI – No
239 Quarterly Journal of Speech 1.8 55th Q2 SSCI – No
240 Studies in Language 1.8 55th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
241 Western Journal of Communication 1.8 54th Q2 ESCI C No
242 Babel 1.8 54th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
243 Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodistico 1.7 54th Q2 – – Yes
244 Global Perspectives 1.7 54th Q2 ESCI – No
245 Howard Journal of Communications 1.7 54th Q2 ESCI – No
246 Southern Communication Journal 1.7 54th Q2 ESCI – No
247 Revista Espanola de la Transparencia 1.7 53rd Q2 – – Yes
248 Studies in Language Variation 1.7 53rd Q2 – – No
249 Tecnoscienza 1.7 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
250 TripleC 1.7 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
251 Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society 1.7 53rd Q2 – – Yes
252 Communication Today 1.7 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
253 Cultural Politics 1.7 52nd Q2 – – No
254 Australian Journalism Review 1.6 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
255 Media Asia 1.6 52nd Q2 – – No
256 Prisma Social 1.6 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
257 Doxa Comunicacion 1.6 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
258 European Journal of Humour Research 1.6 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
259 Language and Semiotic Studies 1.6 51st Q2 – – Yes
260 Media Practice and Education 1.6 51st Q2 – – No
261 MedieKultur 1.6 51st Q2 – – Yes
262 Archives and Manuscripts 1.5 50th Q2 ESCI – No
263 International Journal of Media and Information Literacy 1.5 50th Q2 – – No
264 Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management 1.5 50th Q2 – – No
265 Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication 1.5 50th Q2 ESCI – No
266 Pacific Journalism Review 1.5 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
267 Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations 1.5 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
268 International Journal of Web Based Communities 1.5 49th Q3 – C No
269 Journal of Applied Communications 1.5 49th Q3 – – Yes
270 Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 1.5 49th Q3 – – Yes
271 Tripodos 1.5 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
272 Digital Humanities Quarterly 1.5 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
273 Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 1.4 48th Q3 – – No
274 Gesture 1.4 48th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
275 Multimodal Communication 1.4 48th Q3 – – No
276 Journal of Advertising Education 1.4 47th Q3 – C No
277 Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia 1.4 47th Q3 – – Yes
278 Language Problems and Language Planning 1.4 47th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
279 Public Culture 1.4 47th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
280 Studies in Documentary Film 1.4 47th Q3 ESCI – No
281 Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft 1.3 47th Q3 – – Yes
282 Church, Communication and Culture 1.3 46th Q3 – – Yes
283 Holocaust Studies 1.3 46th Q3 ESCI – No
284 Information and Media 1.3 46th Q3 – – Yes
285 Studies in Australasian Cinema 1.3 46th Q3 ESCI – No
286 Studies in Communication and Media 1.3 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
287 Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies 1.3 45th Q3 ESCI – No
288 Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research 1.3 45th Q3 ESCI – No
289 Journal of Information Policy 1.3 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
290 Journal of Print and Media Technology Research 1.3 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
291 KOME 1.3 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
292 Media e Jornalismo 1.3 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
293 American Speech 1.3 44th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
294 Communication Teacher 1.3 44th Q3 ESCI – No
295 Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 1.3 44th Q3 ESCI – No
296 Qwerty 1.3 44th Q3 ESCI – No
297 Communication Law and Policy 1.2 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
298 Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema 1.2 43rd Q3 – – No
299 Lodz Papers in Pragmatics 1.2 43rd Q3 – – No
300 Projections (New York) 1.2 43rd Q3 ESCI – No

All remaining Communication journals (231)

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