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Frontiers in Communication

SwitzerlandCommunication (Q2); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Q2Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
46H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.466SJR (2025)
2016-2026Coverage

About Frontiers in Communication

Frontiers in Communication is a scholarly journal published by Frontiers Media SA. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.466 and H-index of 46.

Coverage: 2016-2026. Research categories: Communication (Q2); Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-12. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1175 CHF
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationCLOCKSS
Reported submission-to-publication time14 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2016 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2297-900X
ISSN-L2297-900X
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationFrontiers Media
Publisher country codeCH
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex2,338
Citations recorded in OpenAlex20,631
OpenAlex H-index57
Years represented in OpenAlex2016–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Misinformation and Its Impacts; Climate Change Communication and Perception; Media Influence and Health; Language, Metaphor, and Cognition; Social Media and Politics; Digital Marketing and Social Media.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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