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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Telecommunications Policy	40
2	New Media & Society	34
3	Digital Journalism	30
4	International Journal of Advertising	29
5	Social Media + Society	27
6	Health Communication	26
-	Public Relations Review	26
8	Journal of Advertising	24
-	Information Communication & Society	24
10	Media Culture & Society	23
11	Media and Communication	21
-	Journal of Communication	21
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	21
14	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	20
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	20
-	Journalism Studies	20
17	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Political Communication	19
20	Journalism	18
-	Journalism Practice	18
-	Public Understanding of Science	18
23	Profesional de la Informacion	17
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	Journal of Health Communication	17
-	Comunicar	17
27	Policy and Internet	16
-	Science Communication	16
-	Discourse Context & Media	16
30	Feminist Media Studies	15
-	Mass Communication and Society	15
-	Psychology of Popular Media	15
-	Communication Research	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
35	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	14
-	Communication Theory	14
-	Games and Culture	14
-	Human Communication Research	14
39	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	13
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	13
-	Discourse & Society	13
-	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	13
-	Media Psychology	13
-	Communication & Sport	13
-	European Journal of Communication	13
46	Management Communication Quarterly	12
-	Media International Australia	12
-	Mobile Media & Communication	12
-	Critical Discourse Studies	12
-	Information Society	12

-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	12
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	12
-	Language & Communication	12
-	Personal Relationships	12
55	Journal of Children and Media	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	11
-	International Journal of Business Communication	11
-	Television & New Media	11
-	Communication Methods and Measures	11
60	Chinese Journal of Communication	10
-	Communication Culture & Critique	10
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	10
-	Discourse & Communication	10
-	Journal of Advertising Research	10
-	Journal of Applied Communication Research	10
-	Discourse Studies	10
67	Research on Language and Social Interaction	9
-	Written Communication	9
-	Communication Monographs	9
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	9
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	9
-	Social Semiotics	9
-	African Journalism Studies	9
-	Asian Journal of Communication	9
75	Text & Talk	8
-	Argumentation	8
-	Javnost-The Public	8
-	Interaction Studies	8
79	International Journal of Mobile Communications	7
-	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	7
-	Journal of African Media Studies	7
-	International Communication Gazette	7
-	Critical Studies in Media Communication	7
84	Journal of Media Ethics	6
-	Translator	6
-	Narrative Inquiry	6
-	Quarterly Journal of Speech	6
-	Signs and Society	6
-	Visual Communication	6
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	6
91	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	5
92	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	4