Top Communication Journals - Updated 2019 "Impact Factor" (JCR)

* This post (from May 2015) was updated with the newest rankings.
 

 

Throughout the years, I've registered for various communication (& Information Science) journals for their TOC (Table of Content) Alerts. Finally, I decided to arrange them in a list and to check their "impact factor" (in the Journal Citation Report {JCR}, Web of Science Group). The following table is the result :-)

 

Dear colleagues, for your convenience, I'm publishing it online with all the URLs of the journals.

 

I hope to update it when needed (impact factor changes) and you are more than welcome to share additional journals.

 

 

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Journal

2019

Impact Factor

Publisher

1

Journal of Advertising

6.302

Taylor & Francis

2

Political Communication

5.912

Taylor & Francis

3

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

5.366

Oxford Academic

4

Communication Methods and Measures

5.281

Taylor & Francis

5

Journal of Communication

4.846

Oxford Academic

6

New Media & Society

4.577

SAGE

7

Big Data & Society

4.577

SAGE

8

Information, Communication & Society

4.559

Taylor & Francis

9

Digital Journalism

4.476

Taylor & Francis

10

Communication Monographs

3.843

Taylor & Francis

11

Communication Research

3.758

SAGE

12

International Journal of Advertising

3.606

Taylor & Francis

13

Human Communication Research

3.540

Oxford Academic

14

Journalism

3.179

SAGE

15

Social Media + Society

2.807

SAGE

16

Social Science Computer Review

2.696

SAGE

17

The International Journal of Press/Politics

2.612

SAGE

18

Public Opinion Quarterly

2.494

Oxford Academic

19

Journal of Information Science

2.410

SAGE

20

Journalism Studies

2.345

Taylor & Francis

21

Science Communication

2.328

SAGE

22

Public Relations Review

2.321

Elsevier

23

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

2.121

SAGE

24

Media, Culture & Society

2.000

SAGE

25

Health Communication

1.965

Taylor & Francis

26

Communication Theory

1.905

Oxford Academic

27

Journal of Public Relations Research

1.897

Taylor & Francis

28

International Communication Gazette

1.877

SAGE

29

Mass Communication and Society

1.792

Taylor & Francis

30

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

1.779

Oxford Academic

31

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

1.714

SAGE

32

Critical Studies in Media Communication

1.616

Taylor & Francis

33

Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

1.616

Taylor & Francis

34

Journal of Health Communication

1.596

Taylor & Francis

35

Journalism Practice

1.542

Taylor & Francis

36

Management Communication Quarterly

1.453

SAGE

37

International Journal of Business Communication

1.326

SAGE

38

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

1.207

SAGE

39

International Journal of Communication

1.194

USC Annenberg Press

40

Journal of Applied Communication Research

0.959

Taylor & Francis

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Corporate Communications: An International Journal

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Emerald

--

International Journal of Strategic Communication

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Taylor & Francis

--

Public Relations Journal

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PRSA