Communication: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Communication Methods and Measures	ca. 11.4
2	Science Communication	ca. 9
3	Journal of Communication	ca. 7.9
4	Political Communication	ca. 7.5
5	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	ca. 7.2
6	International Journal of Advertising	ca. 6.7
7	Communication Research	ca. 6.2
8	Journal of Advertising	ca. 5.7
9	Comunicar	ca. 5.6
-	Telecommunications Policy	ca. 5.6
11	Digital Journalism	ca. 5.4
12	Social Media + Society	ca. 5.2
13	New Media & Society	ca. 5
-	Human Communication Research	ca. 5
15	Mobile Media & Communication	ca. 4.9
-	Policy and Internet	ca. 4.9
17	International Journal of Press-Politics	ca. 4.8
18	Journal of Health Communication	ca. 4.4
19	Public Relations Review	ca. 4.2
-	Media Psychology	ca. 4.2
-	Profesional de la Informacion	ca. 4.2
-	Information Communication & Society	ca. 4.2
23	Public Understanding of Science	ca. 4.1
24	Health Communication	ca. 3.9
25	Communication Theory	ca. 3.7
26	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	ca. 3.6
27	Information Society	ca. 3.5
28	Public Opinion Quarterly	ca. 3.4
29	International Journal of Conflict Management	ca. 3.3
-	Media Culture & Society	ca. 3.3
31	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	ca. 3.2
32	Media and Communication	ca. 3.1
33	Mass Communication and Society	ca. 3
-	Journal of Children and Media	ca. 3
-	Journalism Studies	ca. 3
-	Psychology of Popular Media	ca. 3
37	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	ca. 2.9
-	Journalism	ca. 2.9
39	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	ca. 2.8
-	International Journal of Business Communication	ca. 2.8
-	Games and Culture	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	ca. 2.8
43	Research on Language and Social Interaction	ca. 2.7
-	Communication & Sport	ca. 2.7
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	ca. 2.7
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	ca. 2.7
47	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	ca. 2.6
-	Asian Journal of Communication	ca. 2.6
49	Journal of Advertising Research	ca. 2.5
-	Communication Monographs	ca. 2.5

-	Management Communication Quarterly	ca. 2.5
52	European Journal of Communication	ca. 2.4
-	Media International Australia	ca. 2.4
54	Journal of Applied Communication Research	ca. 2.3
55	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	ca. 2.2
-	Discourse & Society	ca. 2.2
57	Journalism Practice	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	ca. 2.1
59	Television & New Media	ca. 2
-	Discourse Context & Media	ca. 2
-	Social Semiotics	ca. 2
62	Written Communication	ca. 1.9
-	Discourse & Communication	ca. 1.9
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	ca. 1.9
-	International Communication Gazette	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Media Ethics	ca. 1.9
67	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	ca. 1.8
-	Discourse Studies	ca. 1.8
69	Feminist Media Studies	ca. 1.7
-	Communication Culture & Critique	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	ca. 1.7
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	ca. 1.7
73	International Journal of Mobile Communications	ca. 1.6
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	ca. 1.6
-	Personal Relationships	ca. 1.6
76	Critical Discourse Studies	ca. 1.5
-	Visual Communication	ca. 1.5
-	Language & Communication	ca. 1.5
-	Interaction Studies	ca. 1.5
80	Javnost-The Public	ca. 1.3
81	Argumentation	ca. 1.2
82	Quarterly Journal of Speech	ca. 1.1
83	African Journalism Studies	ca. 1
-	Critical Studies in Media Communication	ca. 1
85	Journal of African Media Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	ca. 0.8
87	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	ca. 0.7
-	Translator	ca. 0.7
-	Narrative Inquiry	ca. 0.7
90	Text & Talk	ca. 0.6
91	Signs and Society	ca. 0.5
92	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	ca. 0.2