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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	New Media & Society	38
2	Telecommunications Policy	36
3	Social Media + Society	35
4	International Journal of Advertising	28
5	Digital Journalism	27
6	Journal of Advertising	26
7	Information Communication & Society	25
-	Media Culture & Society	25
-	Public Relations Review	25
10	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	24
11	Journalism Studies	23
-	Health Communication	23
13	Journal of Communication	22
-	Political Communication	22
15	Media and Communication	21
-	Journalism	21
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	21
18	Public Understanding of Science	20
-	Communication Research	20
20	Journalism Practice	19
-	Profesional de la Informacion	19
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	19
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	19
24	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	18
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	18
-	Journal of Health Communication	18
-	Feminist Media Studies	18
28	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	17
29	Policy and Internet	16
-	Science Communication	16
-	Games and Culture	16
-	Mass Communication and Society	16
33	Communication & Sport	15
-	Human Communication Research	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
-	Journal of Advertising Research	15
-	Communication Theory	15
38	Journal of Children and Media	14
-	Communication Methods and Measures	14
-	Discourse Context & Media	14
-	Psychology of Popular Media	14
-	Critical Discourse Studies	14
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	14
-	Information Society	14
45	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Management Communication Quarterly	13
-	Comunicar	13
-	Discourse Studies	13
-	Media Psychology	13

-	Personal Relationships	13
-	International Journal of Business Communication	13
53	Mobile Media & Communication	12
-	Written Communication	12
-	European Journal of Communication	12
-	Language & Communication	12
-	Social Semiotics	12
-	Discourse & Communication	12
59	Media International Australia	11
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	11
-	Asian Journal of Communication	11
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	11
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	11
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	11
-	Discourse & Society	11
66	Journal of Applied Communication Research	10
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	10
-	Television & New Media	10
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	10
-	Communication Monographs	10
-	International Communication Gazette	10
72	Communication Culture & Critique	9
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	9
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	9
75	Translator	8
-	Signs and Society	8
-	Visual Communication	8
-	International Journal of Mobile Communications	8
-	Javnost-The Public	8
80	Journal of Media Ethics	7
-	African Journalism Studies	7
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	7
-	Interaction Studies	7
-	Quarterly Journal of Speech	7
-	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	7
-	Argumentation	7
87	Journal of African Media Studies	6
-	Text & Talk	6
89	Critical Studies in Media Communication	5
90	Narrative Inquiry	4
-	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	4