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Social Media and Society

SAGE Publications Ltd

United KingdomCommunication (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
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Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
96H-index (SCImago 2025)
2.088SJR (2025)
2015-2026Coverage

About Social Media and Society

Social Media and Society is a scholarly journal published by SAGE Publications Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 2.088 and H-index of 96.

Coverage: 2015-2026. Research categories: Communication (Q1); Computer Science Applications (Q1); Cultural Studies (Q1).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2024-04-04. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1000 USD
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Reported submission-to-publication time12 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2015 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2056-3051
ISSN-L2056-3051
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSAGE Publishing
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,607
Citations recorded in OpenAlex65,008
OpenAlex H-index118
Years represented in OpenAlex2012–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Social Media and Politics; Gender, Feminism, and Media; Impact of Technology on Adolescents; Media Studies and Communication; Misinformation and Its Impacts; Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection.

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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