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Academic Journal

Q2

Studies in Communication Sciences

HBZ Open Publishing Environment

SwitzerlandCommunication (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q2Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
17H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.398SJR (2025)
2012-2026Coverage

About Studies in Communication Sciences

Studies in Communication Sciences is a scholarly journal published by HBZ Open Publishing Environment. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.398 and H-index of 17.

Coverage: 2012-2026. Research categories: Communication (Q2).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-12-19. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesItalian, French, German, English
Licence optionsCC BY-SA
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCNo APC reported in the DOAJ snapshot
Waiver policy reportedNo
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Digital preservationLOCKSS, PKP PN
Reported submission-to-publication time40 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2017 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1424-4896, 2296-4150
ISSN-L1424-4896
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationElsevier BV
Publisher country codeCH
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex443
Citations recorded in OpenAlex2,488
OpenAlex H-index24
Years represented in OpenAlex1970–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Media Studies and Communication; Social Media and Politics; Public Relations and Crisis Communication; Linguistic research and analysis; Impact of Technology on Adolescents; Misinformation and Its Impacts.

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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