New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Communication

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 New Media & Society1075
2 Health Communication970
3 Information Communication & Society764
4 Social Media + Society666
5 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships653
6 Journalism634
7 Media and Communication622
8 Feminist Media Studies609
9 Journalism Practice602
10 Convergence-The International Journal of Research Into New Media Technologies515
11 Telecommunications Policy487
12 Journalism Studies485
13 Media Culture & Society422
14 Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture409
15 Psychology of Popular Media405
16 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly395
17 Public Relations Review363
18 Profesional de la Informacion350
19 Digital Journalism347
20 Journal of Health Communication340
21 European Journal of Communication336
22 Continuum-Journal of Media & Cultural Studies308
23 Discourse Studies307
24 International Journal of Advertising306
25 International Journal of Mobile Communications298
26 Communication & Sport290
27 Discourse & Society284
28 Public Understanding of Science282
- Language & Communication282
30 Mass Communication and Society274
31 Media International Australia270
32 Social Semiotics264
33 Public Opinion Quarterly260
34 Games and Culture259
35 Personal Relationships257
36 Critical Studies in Media Communication252
37 Discourse & Communication248
38 Television & New Media247
39 Political Communication230
40 International Journal of Conflict Management226
41 Communications-European Journal of Communication Research223
42 Discourse Context & Media219
43 Journal of Information Technology & Politics217
- Communication Research217
- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication217
46 Rhetoric Society Quarterly212
47 International Journal of Press-Politics207
48 Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media206
49 International Journal of Business Communication199
- Communication Culture & Critique199
51 Journal of Children and Media196
52 Science Communication195
- Journal of Communication195
54 Mobile Media & Communication192
55 Policy and Internet191
56 Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications184
57 Critical Discourse Studies181
58 Media Psychology177
- Cyberpsychology-Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace177
60 Quarterly Journal of Speech174
61 Visual Communication172
62 Chinese Journal of Communication158
63 Journal of Advertising Research155
64 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication153
65 Journal of Language and Social Psychology152
66 Text & Talk146
- International Communication Gazette146
68 Journal of Advertising145
69 Argumentation137
70 Written Communication135
- Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies135
72 Human Communication Research133
- Translator133
74 Journal of Media Ethics131
75 Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap129
76 Management Communication Quarterly128
77 African Journalism Studies116
78 Communication Monographs113
79 Javnost-The Public112
80 Communication Theory103
81 Information Society98
- Signs and Society98
83 Interaction Studies95
84 Research on Language and Social Interaction84
85 Comunicar80
86 Communication Methods and Measures70
87 Journal of African Media Studies68
- Narrative Inquiry68
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