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 | National Vital Statistics Reports | National Center for Health Statistics | 15518922, 15518930 | 9.227 |
| 2 | Journal of Advertising | Routledge | 15577805, 00913367 | 4.201 |
| 3 | Digital Journalism | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 2167082X, 21670811 | 3.807 |
| 4 | International Journal of Advertising | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17593948, 02650487 | 3.182 |
| 5 | Journal of Vocational Behavior | Academic Press Inc. | 10959084, 00018791 | 3.075 |
| 6 | Journal of Urban Economics | Academic Press Inc. | 10959068, 00941190 | 2.957 |
| 7 | Landscape and Urban Planning | Elsevier B.V. | 1692046 | 2.952 |
| 8 | Political Communication | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10584609, 10917675 | 2.907 |
| 9 | International Journal of Press/Politics | SAGE Publications Inc. | 19401612, 19401620 | 2.858 |
| 10 | Communication Theory | Wiley-Blackwell | 14682885, 10503293 | 2.794 |
| 11 | Journal of Peasant Studies | Routledge | 03066150, 17439361 | 2.738 |
| 12 | New Media and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14614448, 14617315 | 2.723 |
| 13 | Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication | Oxford University Press | 10836101 | 2.692 |
| 14 | Journal of Interactive Advertising | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 15252019 | 2.648 |
| 15 | Communication Methods and Measures | Routledge | 19312466, 19312458 | 2.633 |
| 16 | Communication Research | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00936502, 15523810 | 2.304 |
| 17 | International Journal of Transgender Health | Routledge | 26895269, 26895277 | 2.285 |
| 18 | Child Development Perspectives | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 17508606, 17508592 | 2.214 |
| 19 | Applied Linguistics | Oxford University Press | 01426001, 1477450X | 2.207 |
| 20 | Internet Research | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 10662243 | 2.207 |
| 21 | Telematics and Informatics | Elsevier Ltd | 7365853 | 2.2 |
| 22 | Public Opinion Quarterly | Oxford University Press | 0033362X, 15375331 | 2.191 |
| 23 | Computers, Environment and Urban Systems | Elsevier Ltd | 1989715 | 2.174 |
| 24 | Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics | MIT Press | 2307387X | 2.144 |
| 25 | Social Media and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20563051 | 2.088 |
| 26 | Journalism | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14648849, 17413001 | 2.087 |
| 27 | Journal of Communication | Wiley-Blackwell | 00219916, 14602466 | 2.08 |
| 28 | Big Data and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20539517 | 2.026 |
| 29 | Media, Culture and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 01634437, 14603675 | 1.957 |
| 30 | Journalism Studies | Routledge | 1461670X, 14699699 | 1.945 |
| 31 | Habitat International | Elsevier Ltd | 1973975 | 1.892 |
| 32 | Politics and Gender | Cambridge University Press | 1743923X, 17439248 | 1.847 |
| 33 | Gender and Society | SAGE Publications Inc. | 08912432, 15523977 | 1.839 |
| 34 | Urban Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 00420980, 1360063X | 1.809 |
| 35 | Biology of Sex Differences | BioMed Central Ltd | 20426410 | 1.808 |
| 36 | Compendia Rerum Ludaicarum ad Novum Testamentum | Brill Academic Publishers | 18774970 | 1.799 |
| 37 | Information Communication and Society | Routledge | 14684462, 1369118X | 1.793 |
| 38 | Cities | Elsevier Ltd | 2642751 | 1.772 |
| 39 | Gender, Work and Organization | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 14680432, 09686673 | 1.769 |
| 40 | Russian Musicology | Gnesins Russian Academy of Music | 30343836 | 1.76 |
| 41 | Human Communication Research | Wiley-Blackwell | 03603989, 14682958 | 1.751 |
| 42 | Urban Climate | Elsevier B.V. | 22120955 | 1.714 |
| 43 | Urban Education | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00420859, 15528340 | 1.711 |
| 44 | Annals of the International Communication Association | Routledge | 23808977, 23808985 | 1.706 |
| 45 | Journal of the American Planning Association | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 1944363 | 1.697 |
| 46 | Journalism Practice | Routledge | 17512786, 17512794 | 1.57 |
| 47 | Group Processes and Intergroup Relations | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14617188, 13684302 | 1.527 |
| 48 | Ijtihad: Jurnal Wacana Hukum Islam dan Kemanusiaan | Faculty of Sharia State Islamic University of Salatiga | 14119544, 24778036 | 1.515 |
| 49 | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | Routledge | 1434632 | 1.51 |
| 50 | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | Gerontological Society of America | 10795014, 17585368 | 1.503 |
| 51 | International Journal of Behavioral Development | SAGE Publications Ltd | 01650254, 14640651 | 1.495 |
| 52 | Media Psychology | Routledge | 1532785X, 15213269 | 1.478 |
| 53 | Housing Studies | Routledge | 14661810, 02673037 | 1.476 |
| 54 | Regional Science and Urban Economics | Elsevier B.V. | 18792308, 01660462 | 1.472 |
| 55 | Mobile Media and Communication | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20501579, 20501587 | 1.467 |
| 56 | Journal of Urban Health | Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH | 10993460, 14682869 | 1.448 |
| 57 | Journal of Global Fashion Marketing | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 20932685, 23254483 | 1.425 |
| 58 | European Journal of Communication | SAGE Publications Ltd | 02673231, 14603705 | 1.404 |
| 59 | Work, Aging and Retirement | Oxford University Press | 20544650 | 1.396 |
| 60 | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology | SAGE Publications Inc. | 00220221, 15525422 | 1.378 |
| 61 | Digital Communications and Networks | KeAi Communications Co. | 23528648, 24685925 | 1.375 |
| 62 | Developmental Psychology | American Psychological Association | 19390599, 00121649 | 1.367 |
| 63 | Annual Review of Anthropology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15454290, 00846570 | 1.341 |
| 64 | Journal of Research on Adolescence | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 10508392, 15327795 | 1.34 |
| 65 | Urban Geography | Routledge | 02723638, 19382847 | 1.337 |
| 66 | Race Ethnicity and Education | Routledge | 1470109X, 13613324 | 1.334 |
| 67 | Health and Place | Elsevier Ltd | 18732054, 13538292 | 1.328 |
| 68 | Vehicular Communications | Elsevier Inc. | 22142096, 2214210X | 1.326 |
| 69 | Learning Environments Research | Springer Netherlands | 15731855, 13871579 | 1.305 |
| 70 | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | American Psychological Association | 19431562, 19411022 | 1.283 |
| 71 | Chinese Journal of Communication | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17544769, 17544750 | 1.278 |
| 72 | Mass Communication and Society | Routledge | 15327825, 15205436 | 1.273 |
| 73 | Human-Machine Communication | 2638602X, 26386038 | 1.259 | |
| 74 | Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity | American Psychological Association | 23290382, 23290390 | 1.255 |
| 75 | Psychology of Women Quarterly | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14716402, 03616843 | 1.238 |
| 76 | Sociology of Religion | Association for the Sociology of Religion | 10694404 | 1.235 |
| 77 | Sex Roles | Springer New York | 03600025, 15732762 | 1.225 |
| 78 | Journal of Advertising Research | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 00218499, 17401909 | 1.219 |
| 79 | Public Relations Review | Elsevier B.V. | 3638111 | 1.215 |
| 80 | Health Communication | Routledge | 10410236, 15327027 | 1.208 |
| 81 | Quantitative Science Studies | MIT Press | 26413337 | 1.207 |
| 82 | Smart and Sustainable Built Environment | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 20466102, 20466099 | 1.198 |
| 83 | Smart Cities | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | 26246511 | 1.193 |
| 84 | Discourse and Society | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14603624, 09579265 | 1.188 |
| 85 | Global Media and China | SAGE Publications Ltd | 20594372 | 1.183 |
| 86 | City and Community | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15356841, 15406040 | 1.181 |
| 87 | Journal of Youth Studies | Routledge | 14699680, 13676261 | 1.178 |
| 88 | City and Environment Interactions | Elsevier B.V. | 25902520 | 1.177 |
| 89 | Journal of Early Adolescence | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15525449, 02724316 | 1.176 |
| 90 | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships | SAGE Publications Ltd | 14603608, 02654075 | 1.16 |
| 91 | Social Movement Studies | Routledge | 14742837, 14742829 | 1.159 |
| 92 | Public Understanding of Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 09636625, 13616609 | 1.153 |
| 93 | Communication and Sport | SAGE Publications Ltd | 21674809, 21674795 | 1.151 |
| 94 | Internet Policy Review | Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society | 21976775 | 1.15 |
| 95 | Journal of Aging and Health | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15526887, 08982643 | 1.146 |
| 96 | Journal of Urban Management | Elsevier B.V. | 25890360, 22265856 | 1.142 |
| 97 | Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly | SAGE Publications Inc. | 2161430X, 10776990 | 1.136 |
| 98 | Advances in Life Course Research | Elsevier Ltd | 18796974, 15694909 | 1.122 |
| 99 | Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking | Mary Ann Liebert Inc. | 21522715, 21522723 | 1.121 |
| 100 | Innovation in Aging | Oxford University Press | 23995300 | 1.11 |
| 101 | Journalism and Mass Communication Educator | SAGE Publications Ltd | 21614326, 10776958 | 1.108 |
| 102 | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 03091317, 14682427 | 1.104 |
| 103 | Urban Informatics | Springer | 27316963 | 1.104 |
| 104 | Journal of Sex Research | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 00224499, 15598519 | 1.098 |
| 105 | Young Consumers | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 17473616, 17587212 | 1.093 |
| 106 | Media and Communication | Cogitatio Press | 21832439 | 1.089 |
| 107 | Science as Culture | Routledge | 14701189, 09505431 | 1.089 |
| 108 | Al-Manahij: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam | Universitas Islam Negeri Profesor Kiai Haji Saifuddin Zuhri Purwokerto | 19786670, 25794167 | 1.088 |
| 109 | Translation Spaces (The Netherlands) | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 22113711, 2211372X | 1.085 |
| 110 | Sexuality Research and Social Policy | Springer New York | 15536610, 18689884 | 1.082 |
| 111 | Regional Sustainability | KeAi Communications Co. | 2666660X, 20970129 | 1.081 |
| 112 | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 14685906, 00218294 | 1.068 |
| 113 | Journal of Urban Technology | Routledge | 10630732, 14661853 | 1.065 |
| 114 | International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship | Emarald Group Publishing Ltd | 17566274, 17566266 | 1.055 |
| 115 | Journal of Planning Education and Research | SAGE Publications Inc. | 0739456X, 15526577 | 1.054 |
| 116 | Convergence | SAGE Publications Inc. | 17487382, 13548565 | 1.053 |
| 117 | Discourse, Context and Media | Elsevier B.V. | 22116958 | 1.053 |
| 118 | Journal of Politeness Research | De Gruyter Mouton | 16125681, 16134877 | 1.049 |
| 119 | Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives | Elsevier Ltd | 25901982 | 1.039 |
| 120 | International Journal of Heritage Studies | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14703610, 13527258 | 1.034 |
| 121 | European Urban and Regional Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 09697764, 14617145 | 1.027 |
| 122 | Memory, Mind and Media | Cambridge University Press | 26350238 | 1.027 |
| 123 | Journal of Women, Politics and Policy | Routledge | 15544788, 1554477X | 1.026 |
| 124 | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science | SAGE Publications Ltd | 23998083, 23998091 | 1.018 |
| 125 | Tourism Recreation Research | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 02508281, 23200308 | 1.018 |
| 126 | Feminist Media Studies | Routledge | 14680777, 14715902 | 1.015 |
| 127 | Technology, Mind, and Behavior | American Psychological Association | 26890208 | 1.011 |
| 128 | Journal of the Economics of Ageing | Elsevier B.V. | 2212828X | 1.009 |
| 129 | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge University Press | 09597743, 14740540 | 1.007 |
| 130 | Housing Policy Debate | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 10511482, 2152050X | 1.006 |
| 131 | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy | Routledge | 15286916, 08854726 | 1.005 |
| 132 | Ethnicity and Health | Routledge | 14653419, 13557858 | 1.001 |
| 133 | Housing, Theory and Society | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 16512278, 14036096 | 1 |
| 134 | Juris: Jurnal Ilmiah Syariah | Universitas Islam Negeri Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar | 25802763, 14126109 | 0.999 |
| 135 | Research in Globalization | Elsevier B.V. | 2590051X | 0.999 |
| 136 | Journal of International and Intercultural Communication | Routledge | 17513065, 17513057 | 0.988 |
| 137 | Information Society | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 01972243, 10876537 | 0.978 |
| 138 | Urban Review | Springer Netherlands | 15731960, 00420972 | 0.978 |
| 139 | Transgender Studies Quarterly | Duke University Press | 23289252, 23289260 | 0.974 |
| 140 | Journal of Public Transportation | Elsevier B.V. | 1077291X, 23750901 | 0.973 |
| 141 | Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | BioMed Central Ltd | 17464269 | 0.965 |
| 142 | Psychology of Men and Masculinity | American Psychological Association | 1939151X, 15249220 | 0.961 |
| 143 | Religion, Brain and Behavior | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 2153599X, 21535981 | 0.961 |
| 144 | Applied Developmental Science | Psychology Press Ltd | 1532480X, 10888691 | 0.96 |
| 145 | Social Politics | Oxford University Press | 10724745, 14682893 | 0.959 |
| 146 | European Journal of Politics and Gender | Bristol University Press | 25151096, 25151088 | 0.958 |
| 147 | Applied Research in Quality of Life | Springer Netherlands | 18712584, 18712576 | 0.958 |
| 148 | Urban Affairs Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10780874, 15528332 | 0.956 |
| 149 | Feminist Economics | Routledge | 14664372, 13545701 | 0.954 |
| 150 | Translation, Cognition and Behavior | John Benjamins Publishing Company | 25425285, 25425277 | 0.953 |
| 151 | International Journal of Urban Sciences | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 12265934, 21616779 | 0.949 |
| 152 | Al-Ahkam | State Islamic University Walisongo Semarang | 08544603, 25023209 | 0.946 |
| 153 | Games and Culture | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15554139, 15554120 | 0.946 |
| 154 | Written Communication | SAGE Publications Inc. | 07410883, 15528472 | 0.946 |
| 155 | Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice | Routledge | 0907676X, 17476623 | 0.935 |
| 156 | Discourse Processes | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 0163853X, 15326950 | 0.928 |
| 157 | International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks | KeAi Communications Co. | 25774441, 2577445X | 0.915 |
| 158 | Journal of Contemporary Asia | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 00472336, 17527554 | 0.914 |
| 159 | Journal of Islamic Law | Institut Agama Islam Negeri Pontianak | 27215032, 27215040 | 0.914 |
| 160 | Emerging Adulthood | SAGE Publications Ltd | 21676984, 21676968 | 0.914 |
| 161 | African Journalism Studies | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 23743689, 23743670 | 0.911 |
| 162 | Television and New Media | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15528316, 15274764 | 0.905 |
| 163 | Technology, Pedagogy and Education | Routledge | 17475139, 1475939X | 0.903 |
| 164 | Frontiers of Architectural Research | KeAi Communications Co. | 20952635, 20952643 | 0.901 |
| 165 | Personal Relationships | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 13504126, 14756811 | 0.898 |
| 166 | Ahkam: Jurnal Ilmu Syariah | Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta | 24078646, 14124734 | 0.896 |
| 167 | Poetics | Elsevier B.V. | 0304422X | 0.896 |
| 168 | Metaphor and Symbol | Psychology Press Ltd | 15327868, 10926488 | 0.888 |
| 169 | Pedagogy, Culture and Society | Routledge | 17475104, 14681366 | 0.887 |
| 170 | Communications | De Gruyter Mouton | 03412059, 16134087 | 0.884 |
| 171 | Informatics | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | 22279709 | 0.884 |
| 172 | Language and Intercultural Communication | Routledge | 1747759X, 14708477 | 0.884 |
| 173 | Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics | Springer Netherlands | 1573045X, 08955638 | 0.882 |
| 174 | Journal of Child and Family Studies | Springer New York | 15732843, 10621024 | 0.882 |
| 175 | Affilia - Feminist Inquiry in Social Work | SAGE Publications Inc. | 15523020, 08861099 | 0.88 |
| 176 | Chinese Sociological Review | M.E. Sharpe Inc. | 21620555, 21620563 | 0.874 |
| 177 | European Journal of Cultural Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 13675494, 14603551 | 0.873 |
| 178 | Psychology and Sexuality | Routledge | 19419902, 19419899 | 0.873 |
| 179 | Urban Ecosystems | Springer | 15731642, 10838155 | 0.873 |
| 180 | Urban Governance | Elsevier B.V. | 26643286 | 0.873 |
| 181 | Learned Publishing | Wiley-Blackwell | 09531513, 17414857 | 0.868 |
| 182 | Communication Monographs | Routledge | 03637751, 14795787 | 0.865 |
| 183 | Violence Against Women | SAGE Publications Inc. | 10778012, 15528448 | 0.862 |
| 184 | Management Communication Quarterly | SAGE Publications Inc. | 08933189, 15526798 | 0.861 |
| 185 | Child and Youth Care Forum | Springer New York | 15733319, 10531890 | 0.858 |
| 186 | Gender and Education | Routledge | 13600516, 09540253 | 0.858 |
| 187 | Social and Cultural Geography | Routledge | 14701197, 14649365 | 0.858 |
| 188 | Journal of Homosexuality | Routledge | 15403602, 00918369 | 0.857 |
| 189 | Feminist Criminology | SAGE Publications Ltd | 15570851, 1557086X | 0.856 |
| 190 | De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar'iah | Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University of Malang | 20851618, 25281658 | 0.853 |
| 191 | Cyberpsychology | Masaryk University | 18027962 | 0.852 |
| 192 | Journal of Religion and Health | Springer | 15736571, 00224197 | 0.851 |
| 193 | Whiteness and Education | Informa UK Limited | 23793414, 23793406 | 0.85 |
| 194 | Memory Studies | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17506999, 17506980 | 0.847 |
| 195 | Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia | Elsevier | 15630110 | 0.845 |
| 196 | Discourse and Communication | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17504813, 17504821 | 0.845 |
| 197 | Ethnic and Racial Studies | Routledge | 01419870, 14664356 | 0.845 |
| 198 | Case Studies on Transport Policy | Elsevier B.V. | 22136258, 2213624X | 0.841 |
| 199 | IEEE Networking Letters | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | 25763156 | 0.833 |
| 200 | Media International Australia | SAGE Publications Inc. | 1329878X, 2200467X | 0.833 |
| 201 | El-Usrah | State Islamic University of Ar-Raniry Faculty of Sharia and Law | 26208075, 26208083 | 0.83 |
| 202 | Journal of Transport and Land Use | University of Minnesota | 19387849 | 0.83 |
| 203 | Archive for the Psychology of Religion | Sage Publications | 00846724, 15736121 | 0.829 |
| 204 | Buildings and Cities | Ubiquity Press | 26326655 | 0.829 |
| 205 | Journal of Urban Affairs | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 07352166, 14679906 | 0.826 |
| 206 | Journal of Cultural Economy | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 17530369, 17530350 | 0.824 |
| 207 | Fashion and Textiles | Springer Singapore | 21980802 | 0.823 |
| 208 | Media, War and Conflict | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17506352, 17506360 | 0.823 |
| 209 | Folia Geographica | University of Presov | 24541001, 13366157 | 0.822 |
| 210 | Gender in Management | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 17542413 | 0.822 |