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Psychology of Popular Media Culture
Psychology of Popular Media Culture is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by American Psychological Association.
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ISSN 2160-4134Verify ISSN ↗2160-4142Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Psychological Association
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Is Psychology of Popular Media Culture indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2016–2020).
What is the impact factor of Psychology of Popular Media Culture?
Psychology of Popular Media Culture has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Psychology of Popular Media Culture and what is its ISSN?
Psychology of Popular Media Culture is published by American Psychological Association. Its print ISSN is 2160-4134 and its online ISSN is 2160-4142.
Is Psychology of Popular Media Culture in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Psychology of Popular Media Culture open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Psychology of Popular Media Culture for 5 years, between 2016 and 2020. Coverage ended in 2020, 6 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 291 works and 13,426 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2019, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2020, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Psychology of Popular Media Culture? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Psychology of Popular Media Culture has an h-index of 55 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
55
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
183
i10-index
291
works indexed
13,426
total citations
Psychology of Popular Media Culture published 4 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 49. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Psychology of Popular Media Culture? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2020. 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 statusInactive — coverage ended 2020
- 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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