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International Journal of Communication

pISSN: 1932-8036USC Annenberg School for Communication & JournalismUnited States
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2026 Journal Metrics Score

0.1

Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data

The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal, computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Data source: OpenAlex (CC0).

Subject Category Quartiles

Quartiles computed within each OpenAlex subfield
CategoryQuartile
CommunicationQ4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4
Safety ResearchQ4

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International Journal of Communication current release and quartile

International Journal of Communication's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 0.1, updated August 2026 from OpenAlex citation data. The journal is ranked Q4 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Social Sciences

Ranked #5,664 in Social Sciences by Journal Metrics Score and #113 among Q4 Social Sciences journals. This context helps compare International Journal of Communication against journals publishing in the same field.

#5,664
of 7,087 field journals

International Journal of Communication publication trend

Published 187 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current Journal Metrics Score of 0.1.

2026 vs 2023: +159
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Journal Details

OpenAlex Works
375
H-Index
22
Fully Open Access
Yes
Recent OA Works
372
Subject Areas
CommunicationCommunicationSociology and Political ScienceSafety Research

Source: the current OpenAlex source record. OpenAlex works can include multiple work types. Fully Open Access is a source-level flag. Recent OA Works is summed from OpenAlex's counts_by_year series (up to the latest ten years); it is not a lifetime OA percentage. Any APC shown here is an indicative OpenAlex value—verify current charges on the journal's official website.

Article Volume

2019
8
2020
12
2021
6
2023
1
2026
160
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