Communication and media journals: journalism, political communication, public relations, computer-mediated communication and social media research. All 125 journals are ranked by the 2026 Journal Metrics Score, with each journal's quartile in communication and its h-index.
Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data
Journals on digital and social media collect citations faster than journals on rhetoric or media history.
| Rank | Journal | 2026 score | Quartile | h-index | Publisher | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication | 7.7 | Q1 | 180 | Wiley | United States |
| 2 | COMMUNICATION THEORY | 6.2 | Q1 | 131 | Wiley | United States |
| 3 | ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW | 5.4 | Q1 | 106 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 4 | Digital Journalism | 5.2 | Q1 | 111 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 5 | Journal of Public Relations Research | 5.1 | Q1 | 110 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 6 | PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW | 5.0 | Q1 | 156 | Elsevier BV | United States |
| 7 | Social Media + Society | 5.0 | Q1 | 116 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 8 | COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 4.9 | Q1 | 190 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 9 | JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 4.9 | Q1 | 232 | Oxford University Press | United States |
| 10 | POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | 4.9 | Q1 | 143 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 11 | NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY | 4.6 | Q1 | 212 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 12 | International Journal of Press-Politics | 4.1 | Q1 | 92 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 13 | Annals of the International Communication Association | 3.8 | Q1 | 91 | Taylor & Francis | – |
| 14 | Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies | 3.7 | Q1 | 26 | – | – |
| 15 | Communication Methods and Measures | 3.6 | Q1 | 64 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 16 | MEDIA CULTURE & SOCIETY | 3.6 | Q1 | 123 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 17 | Tripodos | 3.5 | Q1 | 17 | Facultad de Comunicación y Relaciones Internacionales Blanquerna, Universidad Ramon Llull | Spain |
| 18 | Information Communication & Society | 3.4 | Q1 | 173 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 19 | Media and Communication | 3.4 | Q1 | 65 | Cogitatio | Portugal |
| 20 | Journalism Studies | 3.2 | Q1 | 110 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 21 | Communication and the Public | 2.8 | Q1 | 28 | SAGE Publishing | – |
| 22 | Communication Research and Practice | 2.8 | Q1 | 35 | Taylor & Francis | Australia |
| 23 | Journal of Communication Management | 2.8 | Q1 | 67 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 24 | Journalism and Media | 2.7 | Q2 | 26 | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Switzerland |
| 25 | Journalism Practice | 2.6 | Q2 | 87 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 26 | JAVNOST-THE PUBLIC | 2.5 | Q2 | 53 | Taylor & Francis | – |
| 27 | International Journal of Business Communication | 2.4 | Q2 | 55 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 28 | AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST | 2.3 | Q2 | 196 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 29 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH | 2.3 | Q2 | 86 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 30 | International Journal of Strategic Communication | 2.3 | Q2 | 55 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 31 | Convergence-The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies | 2.2 | Q2 | 80 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 32 | Journalism | 2.1 | Q2 | 113 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 33 | Mass Communication and Society | 2.1 | Q2 | 93 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 34 | Place Branding and Public Diplomacy | 2.1 | Q2 | 54 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 35 | Public Relations Inquiry | 2.1 | Q2 | 33 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 36 | Communication & Society-Spain | 2.0 | Q2 | 34 | University of Navarre | Spain |
| 37 | Journal of Information Technology & Politics | 2.0 | Q2 | 70 | Routledge | United States |
| 38 | Chinese Journal of Communication | 1.9 | Q2 | 48 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 39 | International Communication Gazette | 1.9 | Q2 | 62 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 40 | JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY | 1.9 | Q2 | 129 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 41 | Nordicom Review | 1.9 | Q2 | 38 | De Gruyter Open | Sweden |
| 42 | Revista Latina de Comunicacion Social | 1.9 | Q2 | 42 | University of La Laguna | Spain |
| 43 | JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA | 1.8 | Q2 | 136 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 44 | Asian Journal of Communication | 1.7 | Q2 | 56 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 45 | JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 1.7 | Q2 | 91 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 46 | Revista de Comunicacion-Peru | 1.7 | Q2 | 24 | – | – |
| 47 | Journal of Political Marketing | 1.6 | Q2 | 45 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 48 | Journal of Radio & Audio Media | 1.5 | Q2 | 25 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 49 | Revista Icono 14-Revista Cientifica de Comunicacion y Tecnologias | 1.4 | Q2 | 30 | Q87246323 | Spain |
| 50 | Communication Culture & Critique | 1.3 | Q3 | 49 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 51 | Journal of Media Ethics | 1.3 | Q3 | 23 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 52 | Media International Australia | 1.3 | Q3 | 50 | – | – |
| 53 | Media War and Conflict | 1.3 | Q3 | 42 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 54 | Revista de Comunicacion de la SEECI | 1.3 | Q3 | 17 | Sociedad Española de Estudios sobre la Comunicación Iberoamericana (SEECI) | Spain |
| 55 | COMMUNICATION REVIEW | 1.2 | Q3 | 48 | Routledge | Switzerland |
| 56 | Electronic News | 1.2 | Q3 | 25 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 57 | Revista Mediterranea Comunicacion-Journal of Communication | 1.2 | Q3 | 22 | University of Alicante | Spain |
| 58 | African Journalism Studies | 1.1 | Q3 | 29 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 59 | Index Comunicacion | 1.1 | Q3 | 12 | King Juan Carlos University | Spain |
| 60 | Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research | 1.1 | Q3 | 19 | Intellect | United Kingdom |
| 61 | Atlantic Journal of Communication | 1.0 | Q3 | 34 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 62 | Journal of International and Intercultural Communication | 1.0 | Q3 | 42 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 63 | Palabra Clave | 1.0 | Q3 | 22 | University of La Sabana | – |
| 64 | Doxa Comunicacion | 0.9 | Q3 | 18 | CEU Ediciones | Spain |
| 65 | Global Media and Communication | 0.9 | Q3 | 41 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 66 | Howard Journal of Communications | 0.9 | Q3 | 53 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 67 | Journal of Communication Inquiry | 0.9 | Q3 | 58 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 68 | Technical Communication Quarterly | 0.9 | Q3 | 62 | Routledge | United States |
| 69 | Turkiye Iletisim Arastirmalari Dergisi-Turkish Review of Communication Studies | 0.9 | Q3 | 10 | Süleyman Demirel University | Turkey |
| 70 | Vivat Academia | 0.9 | Q3 | 20 | Forum XXI | Spain |
| 71 | Ambitos | 0.8 | Q3 | 18 | University of Seville | Spain |
| 72 | Analisi-Quaderns de Comunicacio i Cultura | 0.8 | Q3 | 18 | Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain |
| 73 | Communicare-Journal for Communication Sciences in Southern Africa | 0.8 | Q3 | 13 | University of Johannesburg | – |
| 74 | Communications-European Journal of Communication Research | 0.8 | Q3 | 52 | De Gruyter Mouton | Germany |
| 75 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 0.8 | Q3 | 108 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 76 | Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations | 0.8 | Q3 | 15 | National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), College of Communication and Public Relations, Bucha | – |
| 77 | SEARCH-Journal of Media and Communication Research | 0.8 | Q3 | 3 | – | – |
| 78 | AdComunica-Revista Cientifica de Estrategias Tendencias e Innovacion en Communicacion | 0.7 | Q3 | 19 | adComunica. Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Comunicación | Spain |
| 79 | Central European Journal of Communication | 0.7 | Q3 | 16 | – | Poland |
| 80 | Communicatio-South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research | 0.7 | Q3 | 29 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 81 | Connectist-Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences | 0.7 | Q3 | 10 | Istanbul University | Turkey |
| 82 | Cuadernos Info | 0.7 | Q3 | 26 | – | – |
| 83 | Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies | 0.7 | Q3 | 19 | Intellect | – |
| 84 | Medijske Studije-Media Studies | 0.7 | Q3 | 11 | Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia | – |
| 85 | Methaodos-Revista de Ciencias Sociales | 0.7 | Q3 | 14 | King Juan Carlos University | Spain |
| 86 | Journal of Digital Media & Policy | 0.6 | Q3 | 16 | Intellect | United Kingdom |
| 87 | Jurnal Komunikasi-Malaysian Journal of Communication | 0.6 | Q3 | 26 | – | – |
| 88 | KOME-An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry | 0.6 | Q3 | 13 | Hungarian Communication Studies Association | Hungary |
| 89 | SCM Studies in Communication and Media | 0.6 | Q3 | 27 | Nomos | Germany |
| 90 | Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism | 0.6 | Q3 | 12 | Ball State University | Russia |
| 91 | Comunicacion y Sociedad-Guadalajara | 0.5 | Q3 | 22 | University of Guadalajara | Mexico |
| 92 | Austral Comunicacion | 0.5 | Q4 | 11 | – | – |
| 93 | Canadian Journal of Communication | 0.5 | Q4 | 96 | Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences | Canada |
| 94 | Revista Internacional de Relaciones Publicas | 0.5 | Q4 | 10 | IIPR | Spain |
| 95 | Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 10. Zhurnalistika | 0.5 | Q4 | 9 | – | Russia |
| 96 | Australian Journalism Review | 0.4 | Q4 | 16 | – | – |
| 97 | Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies | 0.4 | Q4 | 15 | Intellect | United Kingdom |
| 98 | Communitas | 0.4 | Q4 | 12 | – | South Africa |
| 99 | Historia y Comunicacion Social | 0.4 | Q4 | 24 | Servicio de Publicaciones | Spain |
| 100 | Journal of African Media Studies | 0.4 | Q4 | 23 | Intellect | United Kingdom |
| 101 | Media & Jornalismo | 0.4 | Q4 | 10 | Coimbra University Press | Portugal |
| 102 | Revista Espanola de Comunicacion en Salud | 0.4 | Q4 | 14 | Carlos III University of Madrid | Spain |
| 103 | Chasqui-Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicacion | 0.3 | Q4 | 13 | International Centre for Higher Studies in Journalism for Latin America | – |
| 104 | Comunicacion y Hombre | 0.3 | Q4 | 15 | – | Spain |
| 105 | Comunicacion y Medios | 0.3 | Q4 | 13 | University of Chile | – |
| 106 | Hipertext Net | 0.3 | Q4 | 13 | Pompeu Fabra University | Spain |
| 107 | International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics | 0.3 | Q4 | 31 | Intellect | United Kingdom |
| 108 | Perspectivas de la Comunicacion | 0.3 | Q4 | 9 | University of La Frontera | – |
| 109 | Prisma Social | 0.3 | Q4 | 9 | Fundación iS+D para la Investigación Social Avanzada | Spain |
| 110 | Teknokultura: Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales | 0.3 | Q4 | 15 | Complutense University of Madrid | Spain |
| 111 | Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap | 0.3 | Q4 | 10 | Uitgeverij Boom | Netherlands |
| 112 | Brazilian Journalism Research | 0.2 | Q4 | 19 | Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo | Brazil |
| 113 | Documentacion de las Ciencias de la Informacion | 0.2 | Q4 | 9 | Complutense University of Madrid | Spain |
| 114 | Obra Digital-Revista de Comunicacion | 0.2 | Q4 | 8 | University of Vic | Spain |
| 115 | Question | 0.2 | Q4 | 8 | National University of La Plata | – |
| 116 | ACERVO | 0.1 | Q4 | 9 | Brazilian National Archives | Brazil |
| 117 | British Journalism Review | 0.1 | Q4 | 16 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 118 | CIC-Cuadernos de Informacion y Comunicacion | 0.1 | Q4 | 18 | Servicio de Publicaciones | Spain |
| 119 | Cuadernos de Documentacion Multimedia | 0.1 | Q4 | 10 | – | – |
| 120 | deSignis | 0.1 | Q4 | 6 | – | France |
| 121 | InMediaciones de la Comunicacion | 0.1 | Q4 | 10 | Universidad ORT Uruguay | – |
| 122 | International Journal of Communication | 0.1 | Q4 | 22 | USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism | United States |
| 123 | Mediaciones Sociales | 0.1 | Q4 | 9 | Complutense University of Madrid | Spain |
| 124 | Revista Comunicacion | 0.1 | Q4 | 6 | – | – |
| 125 | IC-Revista Cientifica de Informacion y Comunicacion | 0.0 | Q4 | 7 | – | – |
Most communication journals on this list are published in United Kingdom (32), Spain (24), United States (24), Brazil (2), Germany (2).
By the 2026 Journal Metrics Score, the five highest-ranked communication journals are Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, COMMUNICATION THEORY, ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW, Digital Journalism, Journal of Public Relations Research. The score is a two-year citation average, so check each journal's scope and article types before choosing where to submit.
23 of the 125 communication journals on this page are Q1, meaning they rank in the top quarter of their OpenAlex subfield by score. 26 are Q2, 42 are Q3 and 34 are Q4.
A journal is included when at least two of its four main OpenAlex research topics are classified under Communication. Journals are ordered by the 2026 Journal Metrics Score: citations received in the latest complete year to works published in the two years before, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles compare each journal with every journal in the same subfield.