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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Telecommunications Policy	39
2	New Media & Society	35
3	Digital Journalism	31
4	International Journal of Advertising	29
5	Social Media + Society	27
6	Health Communication	26
-	Journal of Advertising	26
8	Public Relations Review	24
-	Information Communication & Society	24
10	Media Culture & Society	22
11	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	21
-	Journalism Studies	21
13	Journal of Communication	20
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	20
15	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	19
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	19
-	Media and Communication	19
19	Political Communication	18
-	Journal of Health Communication	18
-	Public Understanding of Science	18
-	Journalism	18
-	Journalism Practice	18
24	Comunicar	17
-	Profesional de la Informacion	17
26	Policy and Internet	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
-	Science Communication	16
29	Psychology of Popular Media	15
-	Communication Research	15
-	Discourse Context & Media	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
-	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	15
34	European Journal of Communication	14
-	Human Communication Research	14
-	Mass Communication and Society	14
-	Communication Theory	14
-	Feminist Media Studies	14
39	Media Psychology	13
-	Games and Culture	13
-	Discourse & Society	13
-	International Journal of Business Communication	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Management Communication Quarterly	13
45	Communication & Sport	12
-	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	12
-	Language & Communication	12
-	Media International Australia	12
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	12
50	Personal Relationships	11

-	Television & New Media	11
-	Communication Methods and Measures	11
-	Mobile Media & Communication	11
-	Critical Discourse Studies	11
-	Discourse & Communication	11
-	Information Society	11
-	Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media	11
-	Journal of Children and Media	11
59	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	10
-	Chinese Journal of Communication	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication	10
62	Social Semiotics	9
-	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
-	Communication Culture & Critique	9
-	Communication Monographs	9
-	Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies	9
73	African Journalism Studies	8
-	Discourse Studies	8
-	Text & Talk	8
-	Argumentation	8
-	Communications-European Journal of Communication Research	8
78	Critical Studies in Media Communication	7
-	Interaction Studies	7
-	International Communication Gazette	7
-	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	7
-	Journal of African Media Studies	7
83	Visual Communication	6
-	International Journal of Mobile Communications	6
-	Journal of Media Ethics	6
86	Quarterly Journal of Speech	5
-	Rhetoric Society Quarterly	5
-	Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies	5
-	Translator	5
90	Narrative Inquiry	4
-	Signs and Society	4
92	Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap	3