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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Telecommunications Policy	40
2	New Media & Society	35
3	International Journal of Advertising	29
4	Health Communication	26
5	Public Relations Review	25
-	Information Communication & Society	25
7	Media Culture & Society	23
-	Journal of Advertising	23
9	Journalism Studies	22
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	22
11	Journal of Communication	20
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	20
13	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	19
-	Political Communication	19
17	Journal of Health Communication	18
-	Journalism	18
-	Journalism Practice	18
20	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	Public Understanding of Science	17
-	Science Communication	17
-	Comunicar	17
24	Policy and Internet	16
-	Profesional de la Informacion	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
-	European Journal of Communication	14
-	Human Communication Research	14
34	Media Psychology	13
-	Discourse & Society	13
-	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	13
-	Games and Culture	13
38	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	12
-	Management Communication Quarterly	12
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	12
-	Information Society	12
-	Language & Communication	12
-	Media International Australia	12
-	Personal Relationships	12
45	Television & New Media	11
-	Communication Methods and Measures	11
-	Critical Discourse Studies	11
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	11
-	Discourse & Communication	11
-	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	11

-	Journal of Children and Media	11
52	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	10
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	10
-	Communication Culture & Critique	10
-	Communication Monographs	10
57	Asian Journal of Communication	9
-	Javnost-The Public	9
-	Journal of Advertising Research	9
-	Journal of Applied Communication Research	9
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	9
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	9
-	Written Communication	9
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	9
65	Social Semiotics	8
-	International Communication Gazette	8
-	Text & Talk	8
-	Argumentation	8
-	Critical Studies in Media Communication	8
-	Discourse Studies	8
-	Journal of African Media Studies	8
72	Interaction Studies	7
-	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	7
74	Visual Communication	6
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	6
-	Translator	6
-	International Journal of Mobile Communications	6
78	Quarterly Journal of Speech	5
-	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	5
80	Narrative Inquiry	4
81	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	3