
Academic Journal
Q1Humor
About Humor
Humor is a scholarly journal published by De Gruyter Mouton. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.384 and H-index of 60.
Coverage: 1988-2026. Research categories: Linguistics and Language (Q1); Sociology and Political Science (Q2); Psychology (miscellaneous) (Q3).
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Topics in published research
Humor Studies and Applications; Language, Metaphor, and Cognition; Communication in Education and Healthcare; Media, Gender, and Advertising; Media Influence and Health; Discourse Analysis in Language Studies.
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Reported open-access list prices
2,400.00 EUR
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Recent Research Articles
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The impact of inhibitory control and working memory capacity on verbal-humor processing: an ERP investigation
Xueyan Li, Anqi Zheng, Huanhuan Liu, Han Wang et al.
2026-09-22 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0007Bokete as a meme platform: creative labor and humor in Japan’s online media
Noam Stein
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0120Beyond camp: defining the concept of irony in fashion
Kristina Stankevičiūtė
2026-09-09 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0018Humor in organizational dynamics: affiliative and aggressive humor, creativity and constructive voice
Michal Polacek, Chin Tung Stewart Ng, I-Heng Chen, Tzu-Yuan Lin et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0101Humor in politics? Styles of humor versus political preferences and values – mediation analyses
Adam Kucharski, Celina Timoszyk-Tomczak, Łukasz Tomczak
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0002Through the door or the looking glass? Comparing in-person and virtual hospital clowning impact on parents’ anxiety and children’s negative emotions
Inês Peceguina, Iêda Alcântara, Anabela C. Santos, Patrícia Arriaga et al.
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0117Thomas E. Ford, Władysław, and Giselinde Kuipers: De Gruyter Handbook of Humor Studies
Julia Rayz
2026-09-03 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0013The proof is in the laughter: how a course in stand-up comedy helped students become objectively funnier
Eric Shouse, Erika Katherine Johnson
2026-08-28 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0077Mood and comic style predictors of irony use in the Story-Based Irony Task
Agnieszka Fanslau, Michał Olech, Piotr Kałowski, Sylwia Ashley-Kot et al.
2026-08-27 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0053Classroom humor as an occasion for intercultural reflection: learner-reported episodes in L2 Spanish
Juan Poveda
2026-08-26 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0135The unconscious politics of humor: Lacan, Rancière, and humorous disruption
Jennalee Donian, Nicholas Holm
2026-08-26 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0086The limits of just being funny: October 7, 2023, in-character creativity, and out-of-character Jewish advocacy
Amy B. Becker
2026-08-26 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0063Who will fight back? Distinguishing the ‘double-trouble’ in bullying by dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at
Ching-Hui Chen, Hsueh-Chih Chen, René Proyer, Hung-Jen Yang et al.
2026-08-26 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0078Frontmatter
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-frontmatter3Salvatore Attardo: Humor 2.0: How the Internet Changed Humor
Luke Troynar
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2024-0080Andrew McConnell Stott and Eric Weitz: A Cultural History of Comedy
Jessica Milner Davis, Michael Ewans
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2022-0098The sublime and ridiculous: humor and performance of citizenship in the Indian parliament
Apoorv Katoch, Dev Nath Pathak
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2026-0011The unlaughter of Donald J. Trump: a case study
Moira Marsh
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0056The more the merrier? Investigating the role of interpersonal interactions in the expression of humor through musical improvisation
Clément Canonne, Arthur Faraco
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0036Why did Narcissus reject the love of nymph Echo – the role of gelotophobia in the interplay of narcissism and hostile attributions in the population of mental help seekers
Katarzyna Czajkowska-Łukasiewicz, Anna Zajenkowska
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1515/humor-2025-0112Reviews
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