Academic Journal
Q1Communications
About Communications
Communications is a scholarly journal published by De Gruyter Mouton. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.884 and H-index of 45.
Coverage: 1976-1988, 1990-2026. Research categories: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1); Communication (Q1).
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Topics in published research
Media Studies and Communication; Social Media and Politics; Media Influence and Health; Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies; Impact of Technology on Adolescents; German Literature and Culture Studies.
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2,400.00 EUR
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Corrigendum to “A Human-Centered Approach to Understanding Citizens’ Responses to Public Communication Challenges”
Auksė Balčytienė, Inesa Bunevičienė, Christina Krakovsky, Marina Sophie Lindmeyr et al.
2026-09-29 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0176Risky social media challenges: Young adults’ exposure, participation, and evaluations
Martine M. Groefsema, Daniëlle N. M. Bleize, Mariska Kleemans, Hanneke Hendriks et al.
2026-09-25 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0060News finds me perception and climate change behaviors: Inconsistent associations through climate change-related knowledge
Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu, Patricia Delponti, Trevor Diehl
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0129Memes and political misinformation: An experimental study on the role of format, source, and attachment to political leaders
Junio Aglioti Colombini, Roberta Bracciale, Mario Quaranta
2026-09-05 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0143Identity bubbles on social media enhance the effects of intolerance of uncertainty and predict support for radical action
Nejc Plohl, Dean Korošak, Boris Podobnik
2026-08-25 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0047Narratives for transnational mobilization? The effects of food safety narratives in four EU countries
Pablo Porten-Cheé, Jale Tosun, Paola Mattei, Vilem Novotný et al.
2026-08-25 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0022Beyond the single conspiracy theory: Exploring conspiracy belief segments and their media use patterns
Julia Metag, Florian Wintterlin
2026-08-05 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0021Rek, M. (2025). Media literacy and e-democracy in the EU . Routledge. 132 pp. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003642176
Hanhui Li, Fan Yang
2026-07-23 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0041The values we share: Towards an inclusive ethics of dialogic communication
Tobias Eberwein, Marie Rathmann, Krisztina Rozgonyi, Laura Amigo et al.
2026-07-03 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0011Reclaiming dialogue: Ethics, accountability and vulnerability in public communication
Epp Lauk, Auksė Balčytienė
2026-07-03 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0020Titelseiten
2026-07-03 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-frontmatter2Dialogic communication ethics in practice: Navigating ethical engagement in contemporary discourse
Halliki Harro-Loit, Epp Lauk, Mari-Liisa Parder
2026-07-03 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0031A Human-Centered Approach to Understanding Citizens’ Responses to Public Communication Challenges
Auksė Balčytienė, Inesa Bunevičienė, Christina Krakovsky, Marina Sophie Lindmeyer et al.
2026-07-03 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0012Reframing vulnerability as a context-dependent ethical challenge in dialogic communication
Marten Juurik
2026-07-03 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2026-0037The C.R.E.A.T.E. framework in innovation discourse: Six key roles in tech journalism
Itzhak Mashiah
2026-07-02 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0067Visual rough news: The semiotic issue of generic video reuses in TV news
Matteo Treleani
2026-06-19 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0058Smartphone off, family on? A scoping review of digital disconnection within the family context
Marthe Mennes, Laura Lemahieu, Tom De Leyn, Marijke Verbruggen et al.
2026-06-16 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0073Rage to reach: Anger as a political resource for newcomer parties – Facebook communication of German and Hungarian parties and politicians during the 2019 and 2024 European parliamentary campaigns
Gabriella Szabó, Eszter Farkas, Orsolya Ring, Timm Beichelt et al.
2026-06-02 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0128#bundestagswahl: Hashtags and party visibility in the 2025 German federal election on TikTok
Jochen Kinast, Franziska Marquart
2026-05-19 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0062Digital mediations of interdisciplinarity: A study of interdisciplinary centers in Europe
Angeliki Monnier
2026-05-08 · DOI: 10.1515/commun-2025-0109Reviews
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