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Studies in Media and Communication is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.7). Published by Redfame Publishing Inc..
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ISSN 2325-8071Verify ISSN ↗2325-808XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Redfame Publishing Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | 218 / 745 | 70th | Q2 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 234 / 744 | 68th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 483 / 1530 | 68th | Q2 |
| Communication | 188 / 541 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.7.
Studies in Media and Communication is Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 218 of 745), Q2 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 234 of 744) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 483 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Studies in Media and Communication 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 2.7, quartile Q2, 70th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.197, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 16.
Studies in Media and Communication is published by Redfame Publishing Inc. Its print ISSN is 2325-8071 and its online ISSN is 2325-808X.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Studies in Media and Communication has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 1.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #149 of 704 Scopus journals in Political Science and International Relations.
Studies in Media and Communication published 157 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 173. 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 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Malaysia (20.2%), Indonesia (11.2%) and Thailand (9.6%).
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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