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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Telecommunications Policy	40
2	New Media & Society	36
3	International Journal of Advertising	30
4	Public Relations Review	25
-	Health Communication	25
6	Information Communication & Society	24
7	Media Culture & Society	23
-	Journal of Advertising	23
9	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	22
10	Journal of Communication	21
11	Journalism Studies	20
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	20
13	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Journalism	19
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	19
-	Political Communication	19
17	Journal of Health Communication	18
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	18
-	Journalism Practice	18
20	Profesional de la Informacion	17
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	Public Understanding of Science	17
-	Comunicar	17
24	Policy and Internet	16
-	Science Communication	16
26	Communication Research	15
-	Feminist Media Studies	15
-	Mass Communication and Society	15
29	Communication Theory	14
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	14
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	14
-	Human Communication Research	14
33	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	13
-	Media Psychology	13
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	13
-	Discourse & Society	13
-	European Journal of Communication	13
-	Games and Culture	13
39	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	12
-	Management Communication Quarterly	12
-	Critical Discourse Studies	12
-	Information Society	12
-	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	12
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	12
-	Language & Communication	12
-	Media International Australia	12
-	Personal Relationships	12
48	Television & New Media	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	11
-	Journal of Children and Media	11

51	Journal of Applied Communication Research	10
-	Communication Methods and Measures	10
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	10
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	10
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	10
-	Communication Monographs	10
-	Discourse & Communication	10
58	Journal of Advertising Research	9
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	9
-	Asian Journal of Communication	9
-	Javnost-The Public	9
-	Written Communication	9
-	Communication Culture & Critique	9
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	9
-	Discourse Studies	9
66	Social Semiotics	8
-	Text & Talk	8
-	Argumentation	8
-	Interaction Studies	8
70	International Communication Gazette	7
-	Journal of African Media Studies	7
-	Critical Studies in Media Communication	7
-	International Journal of Mobile Communications	7
74	Visual Communication	6
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	6
-	Translator	6
-	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	6
78	Quarterly Journal of Speech	5
-	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	5
-	Narrative Inquiry	5
81	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	3