
Academic Journal
Q1Journalism Studies
About Journalism Studies
Journalism Studies is a scholarly journal published by Routledge. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.945 and H-index of 94.
Coverage: 2001-2026. Research categories: Communication (Q1).
Verified field sources
- Journal Impact Factor: 3.8 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Publisher-reported Journal Impact Factor and year from Taylor & Francis About this journal information.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Publisher-reported Journal Impact Factor and year from Taylor & Francis About this journal information.
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Topics in published research
Media Studies and Communication; Social Media and Politics; Public Relations and Crisis Communication; Media Influence and Politics; Rhetoric and Communication Studies; Gender, Feminism, and Media.
OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.
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Aims & Scope
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Perceiving the News as Toxic: A Longitudinal, Cross-National Analysis of Negative News Evaluations in Flanders and Ireland
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Bernadette Uth
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Jinhui Li, Wen Shi
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2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2740118Journalistic Routines and the Social Construction of Race: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Tyreek Hill Police Encounter
Joseph P. Jones
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Hanye Yang
2026-09-29 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2734301Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Journalists’ Emotional Well-Being: Precarity, Identity and Shared Concern in Latin America
Sallie Hughes, Armando Gutiérrez-Ortega, Grisel Salazar Rebolledo, Carlos Arcila Calderón et al.
2026-09-28 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2734296Revisiting the Indian Emergency: Collective Memory and Political Narratives in English-language Dailies
Subin Paul
2026-09-28 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2739292Reasserting the Relevance of Media Trust: A Response to Jakobsson and Stiernstedt (2023)
Arjen Van Dalen
2026-09-24 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2713003Between Watchdogs and Disseminators of Facts: Exploring How Spanish Journalists and Fact-checkers Perceive Their Roles Amidst Disinformation
Berta Olivier Cañadell, Michael Hameleers
2026-09-22 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2700624Towards an Adaptive Turn in Journalism: Conceptualizing the Algorithmic Co-Constitution of the News Media–Audience Relationship
Jannie Møller Hartley, Liisa Ovaska
2026-09-21 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2731392Exploring Geographic “Reach” in Local Visual News: A Mapping Approach
T.J. Thomson, Kristy Hess, Rachael Anderson, Seraina Tarnutzer et al.
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2734788Local in Name Only? The Impact of Ownership and Newsroom Proximity on Local and Original News Coverage
Simona Bisiani, Sarah Stonbely, Bahareh Heravi
2026-09-17 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2734299How Constructive is Constructive Journalism? Investigating Balance, Matter-of-Factness, and Focus on Solutions in German Constructive vs. Traditional News Media
Matthias Mack, Marcus Maurer
2026-09-14 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2732224Journalists Making an Exit: A Typology
Jana Rick
2026-09-10 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2731406Intrapreneurial Practices in News Media Organisations: A Multi-level Analysis
Nando Malmelin, Matti Pihlajamaa, Sari Virta, Johanna Strandholm et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2728655Publishers’ Power: The Influence of Ownership on the Framing of Dutch Media Concentration (2003–2022)
Doris Bukman, Olga Eisele, Kathleen Beckers, Mark Boukes et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2719572Pressured by the Comments? Chinese Journalists in the Face of Online Violence
Siyu Chen
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2728658News is Becoming Similar? A Diachronic Text Mining Exploration of News Convergence in Chinese Media
Junheng Qian, Zhi-Jin Zhong
2026-08-31 · DOI: 10.1080/1461670x.2026.2719575Reviews
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