This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Communication Studies journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Advertising | M.E. Sharpe Inc. | 15577805, 00913367 | 4.455 |
| 2 | Journal of Urban Economics | Academic Press Inc. | 10959068, 00941190 | 3.854 |
| 3 | International Journal of Transgender Health | Routledge | 26895269, 26895277 | 3.422 |
| 4 | Digital Journalism | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 2167082X, 21670811 | 3.037 |
| 5 | Landscape and Urban Planning | Elsevier B.V. | 1692046 | 2.932 |
| 6 | International Journal of Advertising | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17593948, 02650487 | 2.914 |
| 7 | Child Development Perspectives | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17508606, 17508592 | 2.875 |
| 8 | Journal of Vocational Behavior | Academic Press Inc. | 10959084, 00018791 | 2.793 |
| 9 | International Journal of Press/Politics | SAGE Publications Inc. | 19401612, 19401620 | 2.748 |
| 10 | Journal of Communication | Wiley-Blackwell | 00219916, 14602466 | 2.532 |
| 11 | Annals of the International Communication Association | Routledge | 23808977, 23808985 | 2.41 |
| 12 | New Media and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14614448, 14617315 | 2.4 |
| 13 | Communication Theory | Wiley-Blackwell | 14682885, 10503293 | 2.316 |
| 14 | Communication Methods and Measures | Routledge | 19312466, 19312458 | 2.288 |
| 15 | Communication Research | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00936502, 15523810 | 2.279 |
| 16 | Gender and Society | SAGE Publications Inc. | 08912432, 15523977 | 2.272 |
| 17 | Journal of Peasant Studies | Routledge | 03066150, 17439361 | 2.248 |
| 18 | Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication | Oxford University Press | 10836101 | 2.216 |
| 19 | Big Data and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20539517 | 2.207 |
| 20 | Political Communication | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10584609, 10917675 | 2.173 |
| 21 | Social Media and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20563051 | 2.169 |
| 22 | Mobile Media and Communication | SAGE Publications Inc. | 20501579, 20501587 | 2.165 |
| 23 | Telematics and Informatics | Elsevier Ltd | 7365853 | 2.131 |
| 24 | Internet Research | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 10662243 | 2.11 |
| 25 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10508392, 15327795 | 2.03 |
| 26 | Information Communication and Society | Routledge | 1369118X | 2.026 |
| 27 | National Vital Statistics Reports | Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services | 15518922, 15518930 | 15.519 |
| 28 | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | Gerontological Society of America | 10795014, 17585368 | 1.995 |
| 29 | Group Processes and Intergroup Relations | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617188, 13684302 | 1.99 |
| 30 | Urban Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 00420980, 1360063X | 1.98 |
| 31 | Regional Science and Urban Economics | Elsevier B.V. | 18792308, 01660462 | 1.917 |
| 32 | Journalism | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14648849, 17413001 | 1.903 |
| 33 | Journal of Interactive Advertising | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 15252019 | 1.885 |
| 34 | Urban Education | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00420859, 15528340 | 1.882 |
| 35 | Cities | Elsevier Ltd | 2642751 | 1.839 |
| 36 | Habitat International | Elsevier Ltd | 1973975 | 1.837 |
| 37 | Journalism Studies | Routledge | 1461670X, 14699699 | 1.827 |
| 38 | Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics | MIT Press Journals | 2307387X | 1.824 |
| 39 | Biology of Sex Differences | BioMed Central Ltd | 20426410 | 1.799 |
| 40 | Applied Linguistics | Oxford University Press | 01426001, 1477450X | 1.763 |
| 41 | Public Opinion Quarterly | Oxford University Press | 0033362X, 15375331 | 1.721 |
| 42 | Research on Language and Social Interaction | Routledge | 08351813, 15327973 | 1.686 |
| 43 | Race Ethnicity and Education | Routledge | 1470109X, 13613324 | 1.681 |
| 44 | Journal of Urban Health | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH | 10993460, 14682869 | 1.653 |
| 45 | Virtual Economics | 26574047 | 1.618 | |
| 46 | Human Communication Research | Wiley-Blackwell | 03603989, 14682958 | 1.602 |
| 47 | Media Psychology | Routledge | 1532785X, 15213269 | 1.594 |
| 48 | Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity | American Psychological Association | 23290382, 23290390 | 1.591 |
| 49 | Developmental Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19390599, 00121649 | 1.567 |
| 50 | Urban Climate | Elsevier B.V. | 22120955 | 1.563 |
| 51 | Vehicular Communications | Elsevier Inc. | 22142096, 2214210X | 1.562 |
| 52 | Ijtihad: Jurnal Wacana Hukum Islam dan Kemanusiaan | Faculty of Sharia State Islamic University of Salatiga | 14119544, 24778036 | 1.517 |
| 53 | Journal of the American Planning Association | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 1944363 | 1.508 |
| 54 | Housing Studies | Routledge | 14661810, 02673037 | 1.496 |
| 55 | Quantitative Science Studies | 26413337 | 1.486 | |
| 56 | Health and Place | Elsevier Ltd | 18732054, 13538292 | 1.456 |
| 57 | Digital Communications and Networks | KeAi Communications Co. | 23528648, 24685925 | 1.44 |
| 58 | Mass Communication and Society | Routledge | 15205436 | 1.424 |
| 59 | Health Communication | Routledge | 10410236, 15327027 | 1.419 |
| 60 | Urban Geography | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02723638, 19382847 | 1.419 |
| 61 | Communication and Sport | SAGE Publications Ltd | 21674809, 21674795 | 1.418 |
| 62 | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 03091317, 14682427 | 1.417 |
| 63 | Housing Policy Debate | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10511482, 2152050X | 1.405 |
| 64 | Politics and Gender | Cambridge University Press | 1743923X, 17439248 | 1.405 |
| 65 | Smart Cities | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | 26246511 | 1.398 |
| 66 | Journalism Practice | Routledge | 17512786, 17512794 | 1.388 |
| 67 | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | American Psychological Association | 19411022 | 1.387 |
| 68 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | SAGE Publications Ltd | 01650254, 14640651 | 1.384 |
| 69 | Human-Machine Communication | Communication and Social Robotics Labs | 2638602X, 26386038 | 1.381 |
| 70 | Social Movement Studies | Routledge | 14742837 | 1.381 |
| 71 | International Journal for the Psychology of Religion | Routledge | 10508619, 15327582 | 1.36 |
| 72 | Chinese Journal of Communication | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17544769, 17544750 | 1.357 |
| 73 | Public Relations Review | Elsevier B.V. | 3638111 | 1.352 |
| 74 | Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly | SAGE Publications Inc. | 2161430X, 10776990 | 1.33 |
| 75 | Feminist Economics | Routledge | 14664372, 13545701 | 1.318 |
| 76 | Metaphor and Symbol | Psychology Press Ltd | 15327868, 10926488 | 1.303 |
| 77 | European Journal of Communication | SAGE Publications Ltd | 02673231, 14603705 | 1.297 |
| 78 | Juris: Jurnal Ilmiah Syariah | Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar | 25802763, 14126109 | 1.296 |
| 79 | Journal of Early Adolescence | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15525449, 02724316 | 1.264 |
| 80 | Sex Roles | Springer New York | 03600025, 15732762 | 1.264 |
| 81 | Internet Policy Review | Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society | 21976775 | 1.263 |
| 82 | Convergence | SAGE Publications Inc. | 17487382, 13548565 | 1.259 |
| 83 | Psychology and Sexuality | Routledge | 19419902, 19419899 | 1.252 |
| 84 | Information Society | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 01972243, 10876537 | 1.245 |
| 85 | Urban Review | Springer Netherlands | 15731960, 00420972 | 1.223 |
| 86 | Learning Environments Research | Springer Netherlands | 15731855, 13871579 | 1.222 |
| 87 | Journal of Race Ethnicity and the City | Routledge | 26884674, 26884682 | 1.22 |
| 88 | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | SAGE Publications Ltd | 2654075 | 1.19 |
| 89 | Chinese Sociological Review | M.E. Sharpe Inc. | 21620555, 21620563 | 1.189 |
| 90 | Journal of Urban Technology | Routledge | 10630732, 14661853 | 1.186 |
| 91 | Management Communication Quarterly | SAGE Publications Inc. | 8933189 | 1.185 |
| 92 | Ethnicity and Health | Routledge | 14653419, 13557858 | 1.178 |
| 93 | Technical Communication Quarterly | Routledge | 15427625, 10572252 | 1.178 |
| 94 | Poetics | Elsevier B.V. | 0304422X | 1.176 |
| 95 | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00220221, 15525422 | 1.175 |
| 96 | Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal | Human Kinetics Publishers Inc. | 10636161, 19381581 | 1.175 |
| 97 | Discourse and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14603624, 09579265 | 1.174 |
| 98 | Journal of Global Fashion Marketing | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 20932685, 23254483 | 1.171 |
| 99 | Publications | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | 23046775 | 1.165 |
| 100 | Feminist Media Studies | Routledge | 14680777 | 1.153 |
| 101 | Feminist Criminology | SAGE Publications Ltd | 15570851, 1557086X | 1.148 |
| 102 | Journal of LGBT Youth | Routledge | 19361661, 19361653 | 1.147 |
| 103 | Public Understanding of Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 09636625, 13616609 | 1.144 |
| 104 | Sociology of Religion | Association for the Sociology of Religion | 10694404 | 1.144 |
| 105 | Journal of Aging and Health | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526887, 08982643 | 1.143 |
| 106 | Psychology of Women Quarterly | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14716402, 03616843 | 1.141 |
| 107 | Journalism and Mass Communication Educator | SAGE Publications Ltd | 21614326, 10776958 | 1.13 |
| 108 | Global Media and China | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20594372 | 1.122 |
| 109 | Social and Cultural Geography | Routledge | 14701197, 14649365 | 1.12 |
| 110 | Television and New Media | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15274764 | 1.11 |
| 111 | Men and Masculinities | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1097184X | 1.106 |
| 112 | Advances in Life Course Research | Elsevier Ltd | 18796974, 15694909 | 1.095 |
| 113 | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | Routledge | 1434632 | 1.088 |
| 114 | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | Wiley-Blackwell | 218294 | 1.081 |
| 115 | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 23998083, 23998091 | 1.073 |
| 116 | Journal of Sex Research | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 00224499, 15598519 | 1.071 |
| 117 | Urban Affairs Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10780874 | 1.071 |
| 118 | City and Environment Interactions | Elsevier B.V. | 25902520 | 1.062 |
| 119 | Journal of Homosexuality | Routledge | 15403602, 00918369 | 1.06 |
| 120 | Journal of Urban Management | Elsevier B.V. | 25890360, 22265856 | 1.055 |
| 121 | Regional Sustainability | KeAi Communications Co. | 2666660X, 20970129 | 1.053 |
| 122 | Journal of Business and Technical Communication | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15524574, 10506519 | 1.047 |
| 123 | European Urban and Regional Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 09697764, 14617145 | 1.045 |
| 124 | Sexuality Research and Social Policy | Springer New York | 15536610, 18689884 | 1.037 |
| 125 | Ethnic and Racial Studies | Routledge | 01419870, 14664356 | 1.036 |
| 126 | Tourism Recreation Research | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02508281, 23200308 | 1.036 |
| 127 | Innovation in Aging | Oxford University Press | 23995300 | 1.033 |
| 128 | Applied Developmental Science | Psychology Press Ltd | 1532480X, 10888691 | 1.032 |
| 129 | Emerging Adulthood | SAGE Publications Ltd | 21676984, 21676968 | 1.031 |
| 130 | Journal of Islamic Law | Institut Agama Islam Negeri Pontianak | 27215032, 27215040 | 1.023 |
| 131 | Communication Monographs | Routledge | 03637751, 14795787 | 1.017 |
| 132 | Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial | Faculty of Shariah Institut Agama Islam Negeri Madura | 24423084, 1907591X | 1.015 |
| 133 | European Journal of Cultural Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 13675494 | 1.01 |
| 134 | Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives | Elsevier Ltd | 25901982 | 1.01 |
| 135 | International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship | Emarald Group Publishing Ltd | 17566274, 17566266 | 1.009 |
| 136 | City and Community | SAGE Publications Ltd | 15356841 | 1.003 |
| 137 | Ahkam: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah | Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta | 24078646, 14124734 | 0.999 |
| 138 | Violence Against Women | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10778012, 15528448 | 0.996 |
| 139 | Journal of Youth Studies | Routledge | 14699680, 13676261 | 0.995 |
| 140 | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge University Press | 2513843X | 0.991 |
| 141 | Smart and Sustainable Built Environment | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 20466102, 20466099 | 0.991 |
| 142 | Journal of Politeness Research | De Gruyter Mouton | 16125681, 16134877 | 0.99 |
| 143 | Annual Review of Anthropology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15454290, 00846570 | 0.978 |
| 144 | Journal of Health Communication | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10810730, 10870415 | 0.975 |
| 145 | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge University Press | 09597743, 14740540 | 0.974 |
| 146 | Cultural Trends | Routledge | 14693690, 09548963 | 0.967 |
| 147 | Education and Training | Emerald Publishing | 400912 | 0.962 |
| 148 | American Behavioral Scientist | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15523381, 00027642 | 0.961 |
| 149 | Journal of Contemporary Asia | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 00472336, 17527554 | 0.96 |
| 150 | Media and Communication | Cogitatio Press | 21832439 | 0.957 |
| 151 | Psychology of Men and Masculinity | American Psychological Association | 1939151X, 15249220 | 0.957 |
| 152 | International Journal of Urban Sciences | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 12265934, 21616779 | 0.952 |
| 153 | Symbolic Interaction | Wiley-Blackwell | 15338665, 01956086 | 0.952 |
| 154 | Al-Ahkam | State Islamic University Walisongo Semarang | 08544603, 25023209 | 0.951 |
| 155 | Al-Manahij: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam | Universitas Islam Negeri Profesor Kiai Haji Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto | 19786670, 25794167 | 0.947 |
| 156 | Gender and Education | Routledge | 13600516, 09540253 | 0.938 |
| 157 | Journal of Religion and Health | Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. | 15736571, 00224197 | 0.934 |
| 158 | Journal of Planning Education and Research | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0739456X, 15526577 | 0.933 |
| 159 | Online Social Networks and Media | Elsevier B.V. | 24686964 | 0.931 |
| 160 | Applied Research in Quality of Life | Springer Netherlands | 18712584, 18712576 | 0.922 |
| 161 | Signs | University of Chicago Press | 15456943, 00979740 | 0.917 |
| 162 | Africa Spectrum | Institut fur Afrika-Kunde | 20397 | 0.912 |
| 163 | Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice | Routledge | 0907676X, 17476623 | 0.911 |
| 164 | Transgender Health | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 2380193X | 0.903 |
| 165 | Case Studies on Transport Policy | Elsevier B.V. | 22136258, 2213624X | 0.897 |
| 166 | European Journal of Politics and Gender | Bristol University Press | 25151096, 25151088 | 0.89 |
| 167 | Feminist Legal Studies | Springer International Publishing AG | 9663622 | 0.889 |
| 168 | Games and Culture | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15554139, 15554120 | 0.888 |
| 169 | Discourse and Communication | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17504813, 17504821 | 0.886 |
| 170 | Digital Translation: International Journal of Translation and Localization | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 29496861, 29496845 | 0.884 |
| 171 | Journal of Children and Media | Routledge | 17482801, 17482798 | 0.884 |
| 172 | Discourse Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14614456, 14617080 | 0.883 |
| 173 | Journal of General Psychology | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 00221309, 19400888 | 0.883 |
| 174 | Journal of Child and Family Studies | Springer New York | 15732843, 10621024 | 0.882 |
| 175 | Crime Science | SpringerOpen | 21937680 | 0.881 |
| 176 | International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks | KeAi Communications Co. | 25774441, 2577445X | 0.879 |
| 177 | Discourse Processes | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 0163853X, 15326950 | 0.878 |
| 178 | Journal of Gender Studies | Routledge | 14653869, 09589236 | 0.878 |
| 179 | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy | Routledge | 15286916, 08854726 | 0.878 |
| 180 | International Journal of Conflict Management | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 10444068 | 0.876 |
| 181 | Cyberpsychology | Masaryk University | 18027962 | 0.868 |
| 182 | Nordicom Review | 14031108, 20015119 | 0.868 | |
| 183 | Environment and Urbanization | SAGE Publications Ltd | 09562478, 17460301 | 0.866 |
| 184 | Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 08838151, 15506878 | 0.865 |
| 185 | Child and Youth Care Forum | Springer New York | 15733319, 10531890 | 0.86 |
| 186 | Young Consumers | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 17473616, 17587212 | 0.859 |
| 187 | Media International Australia | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1329878X, 2200467X | 0.858 |
| 188 | China Economic Journal | Routledge | 17538963, 17538971 | 0.857 |
| 189 | Feminist Anthropology | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 26437961 | 0.854 |
| 190 | Journal of Language and Sexuality | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 22113770, 22113789 | 0.854 |
| 191 | Past and Present | Oxford University Press | 00312746, 1477464X | 0.854 |
| 192 | LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal | Routledge | 27703371, 2770338X | 0.85 |
| 193 | Journal of Media Psychology | Hogrefe Publishing | 18641105, 21512388 | 0.849 |
| 194 | Science as Culture | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 9505431 | 0.849 |
| 195 | Al-Istinbath: Jurnal Hukum Islam | State Institute for Islamic Studies Curup | 25483374, 25483382 | 0.847 |
| 196 | Gender in Management | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 17542413 | 0.844 |
| 197 | Journal of Cultural Economy | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17530369, 17530350 | 0.84 |
| 198 | Personal Relationships | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 13504126, 14756811 | 0.84 |
| 199 | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15413780, 00472816 | 0.832 |
| 200 | Urban Ecosystems | Springer | 15731642, 10838155 | 0.831 |