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Best Communication journals

533 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Communication. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics 30.7 99th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI Yes
2 Telematics and Informatics 17.3 99th Q1 SSCI C No
3 Journal of Advertising 16.9 99th Q1 SSCI A No
4 International Journal of Advertising 15.9 99th Q1 SSCI A No
5 Digital Journalism 15.3 99th Q1 SSCI No
6 Internet Research 14.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
7 Vehicular Communications 14.4 98th Q1 SCIE No
8 Communication Research 14.3 98th Q1 SSCI A No
9 New Media and Society 14.3 98th Q1 SSCI No
10 Communication Methods and Measures 13.3 98th Q1 SSCI No
11 International Journal of Press/Politics 13.3 98th Q1 SSCI No
12 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12.8 97th Q1 SSCI Yes
13 International Journal of Data and Network Science 12.7 97th Q1 Yes
14 Telecommunications Policy 12.7 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
15 Journal of Interactive Advertising 11.5 97th Q1 ESCI B No
16 Political Communication 11.2 97th Q1 SSCI A No
17 Journalism and Mass Communication Educator 10.7 96th Q1 No
18 Communication Theory 10.5 96th Q1 SSCI A No
19 Information Communication and Society 10.4 96th Q1 SSCI A No
20 Applied Linguistics 10.3 96th Q1 SSCI No
21 Annals of the International Communication Association 10.1 96th Q1 ESCI No
22 Big Data and Society 9.7 96th Q1 SSCI Yes
23 Informatics 9.1 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Mobile Media and Communication 8.8 95th Q1 SSCI No
25 Learning Environments Research 8.7 95th Q1 ESCI No
26 Social Media and Society 8.7 95th Q1 SSCI Yes
27 Journal of Communication 8.6 95th Q1 SSCI A No
28 Social Network Analysis and Mining 8.4 94th Q1 ESCI No
29 Journalism 8.3 94th Q1 SSCI No
30 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 8.2 94th Q1 SSCI B No
31 Online Social Networks and Media 8.2 94th Q1 ESCI No
32 Technology, Mind, and Behavior 8 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 Communication and Sport 8 93th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Human Communication Research 8 93th Q1 SSCI No
35 Media Psychology 7.8 93th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
36 Informatics in Education 7.7 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
37 Journalism Practice 7.7 93th Q1 SSCI No
38 Kybernetes 7.7 93th Q1 SCIE No
39 Health Communication 7.5 92th Q1 SSCI B No
40 Internet Policy Review 7.5 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 Speech Communication 7.4 92th Q1 SCIE No
42 Public Relations Review 7.3 92th Q1 SSCI A No
43 Games and Culture 7.3 92th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
44 Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 7.3 91th Q1 SSCI No
45 Media, Culture and Society 7.2 91th Q1 SSCI B No
46 Public Understanding of Science 7.2 91th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
47 Computational Communication Research 7.1 91th Q1 Yes
48 Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 7.1 91th Q1 SSCI No
49 Journal of Information Technology and Politics 7.1 91th Q1 SSCI No
50 Technology, Pedagogy and Education 7 90th Q1 SSCI No
51 Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 6.9 90th Q1 ESCI B No
52 European Journal of Communication 6.7 90th Q1 SSCI B No
53 Information Technology and Management 6.6 90th Q1 SSCI B No
54 Mass Communication and Society 6.2 90th Q1 SSCI No
55 Convergence 6.2 89th Q1 SSCI No
56 Information and Communications Technology Law 6.1 89th Q1 ESCI B No
57 Management Communication Quarterly 6.1 89th Q1 SSCI B No
58 IEEE Networking Letters 6.1 89th Q1 ESCI No
59 Media and Communication 6 89th Q1 SSCI Yes
60 Revista Latina de Comunicacion Social 6 89th Q1 ESCI No
61 Global Media and China 5.9 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
62 Human Technology 5.8 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
63 Journalism Studies 5.8 88th Q1 SSCI No
64 Learned Publishing 5.8 88th Q1 SSCI No
65 Metaphor and Symbol 5.8 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
66 Publications 5.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
67 Translation Spaces (The Netherlands) 5.7 87th Q1 ESCI No
68 Media International Australia 5.6 87th Q1 SSCI No
69 International Journal of Conflict Management 5.5 87th Q1 SSCI A No
70 International Journal of Listening 5.4 87th Q1 No
71 Journal of Interactive Media in Education 5.4 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
72 Human-Machine Communication 5.3 86th Q1 Yes
73 Discourse and Society 5.2 86th Q1 SSCI A No
74 Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies 5.2 86th Q1 ESCI No
75 Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 5.1 86th Q1 ESCI No
76 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 5 86th Q1 SSCI No
77 Journal of Communication Management 5 85th Q1 ESCI B No
78 Media, War and Conflict 5 85th Q1 ESCI No
79 Psychology of Popular Media 5 85th Q1 SSCI No
80 Social Semiotics 5 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
81 Communication Monographs 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI No
82 Journal of Business and Technical Communication 4.9 84th Q1 SSCI C No
83 Feminist Media Studies 4.9 84th Q1 SSCI No
84 Journal of Advertising Research 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI A No
85 Cultural Trends 4.6 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
86 Discourse, Context and Media 4.6 84th Q1 SSCI No
87 Journal of Media Psychology 4.6 84th Q1 SSCI No
88 Written Communication 4.6 83th Q1 SSCI B No
89 Language and Intercultural Communication 4.6 83th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
90 Poetics 4.6 83th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
91 Chinese Journal of Communication 4.5 83th Q1 SSCI No
92 Crime, Media, Culture 4.5 83th Q1 SSCI No
93 Publishing Research Quarterly 4.5 82th Q1 ESCI C No
94 Memory, Mind and Media 4.5 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
95 Cyberpsychology 4.4 82th Q1 SSCI Yes
96 Journal of Media Literacy Education 4.4 82th Q1 Yes
97 Research on Language and Social Interaction 4.4 82th Q1 SSCI No
98 International Journal of Strategic Communication 4.4 81th Q1 ESCI B No
99 Public Relations Inquiry 4.3 81th Q1 ESCI B No
100 Emerging Media 4.3 81th Q1 Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Communication Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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