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Studies in Communication and Media is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co KG.
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ISSN 2192-4007Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co KG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | 311 / 1137 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Linguistics and Language | 371 / 1221 | 69th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 804 / 1530 | 47th | Q3 |
| Communication | 291 / 541 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.3.
Studies in Communication and Media is Q2 in Language and Linguistics (rank 311 of 1137), Q2 in Linguistics and Language (rank 371 of 1221) and Q3 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 804 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Studies in Communication and Media 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 1.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 72nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.384, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 13.
Studies in Communication and Media is published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co KG. Its ISSN is 2192-4007.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Studies in Communication and Media has an h-index of 27 and a 2-year mean of 0.67 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #317 of 1,037 Scopus journals in Language and Linguistics.
Studies in Communication and Media published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 34. 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 52 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from Germany (81.7%), Switzerland (8.7%) and Austria (2.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
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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