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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Telecommunications Policy	38
2	New Media & Society	35
3	International Journal of Advertising	29
-	Social Media + Society	29
5	Digital Journalism	28
6	Information Communication & Society	25
7	Media Culture & Society	24
-	Public Relations Review	24
-	Journal of Advertising	24
10	Health Communication	23
11	Media and Communication	22
12	Journal of Communication	21
13	Journalism Studies	20
-	Political Communication	20
-	Journalism	20
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	20
17	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Journalism Practice	19
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	19
-	Public Understanding of Science	19
22	Communication Research	18
-	Comunicar	18
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	18
25	Profesional de la Informacion	17
26	Feminist Media Studies	16
-	Journal of Health Communication	16
-	Mass Communication and Society	16
-	Psychology of Popular Media	16
-	Human Communication Research	16
-	Policy and Internet	16
-	Science Communication	16
33	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	15
-	Discourse Context & Media	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	15
37	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	14
-	Discourse & Society	14
-	Media Psychology	14
-	Communication & Sport	14
-	European Journal of Communication	14
-	Games and Culture	14
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	14
-	Media International Australia	14
45	Communication Theory	13
-	Critical Discourse Studies	13
-	Information Society	13
-	Personal Relationships	13
49	Chinese Journal of Communication	12
-	International Journal of Business Communication	12

-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	12
-	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	12
-	Television & New Media	12
-	Journal of Children and Media	12
-	Mobile Media & Communication	12
56	Discourse & Communication	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	11
-	Communication Methods and Measures	11
-	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	11
-	Management Communication Quarterly	11
-	Written Communication	11
62	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	10
-	Journal of Advertising Research	10
-	Journal of Applied Communication Research	10
-	Language & Communication	10
-	Social Semiotics	10
-	Discourse Studies	10
-	Research on Language and Social Interaction	10
-	Asian Journal of Communication	10
70	Communication Culture & Critique	9
-	Journal of Business and Technical Communication	9
72	Communication Monographs	8
-	International Communication Gazette	8
-	Argumentation	8
-	Interaction Studies	8
-	Text & Talk	8
77	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	7
-	International Journal of Mobile Communications	7
-	Javnost-The Public	7
-	Visual Communication	7
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	7
-	Critical Studies in Media Communication	7
-	Translator	7
-	African Journalism Studies	7
85	Quarterly Journal of Speech	6
-	Signs and Society	6
-	Journal of African Media Studies	6
-	Journal of Media Ethics	6
89	Narrative Inquiry	5
-	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	5
91	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	4