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Journalism Studies

United KingdomCommunication (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Q1Ranking
3.8Impact Factor (2025)
94H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.945SJR (2025)
2001-2026Coverage

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.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1461-670X, 1469-9699
ISSN-L1461-670X
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationRoutledge
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Not marked as fully open access; hybrid options may exist
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Not listed in OpenAlex metadata; this is not a direct DOAJ check
Works recorded in OpenAlex2,330
Citations recorded in OpenAlex69,522
OpenAlex H-index111
Years represented in OpenAlex2000–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

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.

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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