Communication: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Telecommunications Policy	38
2	New Media & Society	37
3	Social Media + Society	34
4	Digital Journalism	26
-	International Journal of Advertising	26
6	Journal of Advertising	25
-	Media Culture & Society	25
8	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	24
-	Information Communication & Society	24
-	Public Relations Review	24
11	Health Communication	23
12	Journal of Communication	22
-	Journalism Studies	22
14	Media and Communication	21
-	Political Communication	21
16	Public Understanding of Science	20
-	Journalism	20
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	20
19	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	19
-	Communication Research	19
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	19
-	Journalism Practice	19
23	Profesional de la Informacion	18
-	Feminist Media Studies	18
25	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	Journal of Health Communication	17
27	Policy and Internet	16
-	Science Communication	16
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	16
-	Mass Communication and Society	16
31	Communication & Sport	15
-	Comunicar	15
-	Games and Culture	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
-	Media Psychology	15
-	Psychology of Popular Media	15
-	Communication Theory	15
-	Critical Discourse Studies	15
-	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	15
40	Journal of Children and Media	14
-	Human Communication Research	14
-	Journal of Advertising Research	14
-	Personal Relationships	14
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	14
-	Information Society	14
46	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Communication Methods and Measures	13
-	Discourse Context & Media	13
-	Discourse Studies	13
-	International Journal of Business Communication	13

51	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	12
-	Management Communication Quarterly	12
-	Media International Australia	12
-	Mobile Media & Communication	12
-	Written Communication	12
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	12
-	Discourse & Communication	12
-	Discourse & Society	12
59	Research on Language and Social Interaction	11
-	European Journal of Communication	11
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	11
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	11
-	Language & Communication	11
-	Social Semiotics	11
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	11
66	Asian Journal of Communication	10
-	Journal of Applied Communication Research	10
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	10
-	Television & New Media	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	10
71	Communication Monographs	9
-	International Communication Gazette	9
73	Translator	8
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	8
-	Communication Culture & Critique	8
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	8
-	International Journal of Mobile Communications	8
-	Javnost-The Public	8
79	Journal of Media Ethics	7
-	African Journalism Studies	7
-	Interaction Studies	7
-	Quarterly Journal of Speech	7
-	Signs and Society	7
-	Visual Communication	7
-	Argumentation	7
86	Journal of African Media Studies	6
-	Text & Talk	6
-	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	6
89	Critical Studies in Media Communication	5
90	Narrative Inquiry	4
-	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	4