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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Telecommunications Policy	39
2	New Media & Society	34
3	Social Media + Society	29
-	Digital Journalism	29
-	International Journal of Advertising	29
6	Media Culture & Society	25
-	Information Communication & Society	25
8	Public Relations Review	24
-	Journal of Advertising	24
10	Health Communication	23
11	Journal of Communication	22
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	22
-	Media and Communication	22
14	Journalism Studies	21
15	Political Communication	20
-	Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture	20
17	Journalism	19
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	19
-	Public Understanding of Science	19
-	Comunicar	19
-	Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
23	Journalism Practice	18
-	Communication Research	18
25	Mass Communication and Society	17
-	Feminist Media Studies	17
-	Policy and Internet	17
-	Profesional de la Informacion	17
29	Psychology of Popular Media	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
-	Human Communication Research	16
32	Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly	15
-	Journal of Health Communication	15
-	Science Communication	15
-	International Journal of Conflict Management	15
36	Media Psychology	14
-	Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace	14
-	Discourse & Society	14
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	14
-	Media International Australia	14
-	Games and Culture	14
42	Communication Theory	13
-	Critical Discourse Studies	13
-	Information Society	13
-	Communication & Sport	13
-	Discourse Context & Media	13
-	European Journal of Communication	13
48	Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications	12
-	Personal Relationships	12
-	Television & New Media	12

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