About this journal
Aims and scope
Journalism Studies is a flagship journal in the field of journalism, which provides a forum for the study and critical discussion of journalism as both a subject of academic inquiry and an arena of professional practice. The journal’s editorial board and contributors reflect the intellectual interests of a global community of academics and practitioners concerned with addressing and analysing aspects that seek to provide a stronger foundation of knowledge in the field of journalism.
Journalism Studies pursues an ambitious agenda which encourages exploration of the widest possible range of media and specialisms associated with journalism. It does so by embracing the interdisciplinary nature of journalism studies, which has marked the field since its start. The journal is global in outlook and encourages submissions from a diverse range of geo-political backgrounds. Journalism Studies is committed to publishing work that meets the highest standards of scholarship. This means that manuscripts should be written for an international readership and substantially contribute to conceptual and theoretical models, adhere to measurement and methodological best practices, or advance our understanding of innovative methods and research issues in the field of journalism.
Journalism Studies’ broad scope includes:
- Theories and conceptual frameworks of journalism
- Epistemological concerns in journalism studies
- Methodological best practices in journalism studies
- Political dimensions of journalism
- Ethical and legal concerns and practices in journalism
- Social and cultural dimensions of journalism
- Technology and journalism
- Economic aspects of journalism
- Journalism and its audiences
- Historical inquiries into journalism
- Issues of diversity in journalism
- Journalism Education
Related Journals: Journalism Practice | Digital Journalism
Journal metrics
Usage
- 566K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 5.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.739 (2023) SNIP
- 1.549 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 14 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 91 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 23% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Folker Hanusch, University of Vienna, Austria
Associate Editors
Stephanie Edgerly, Northwestern University, USA
Mario Haim , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Claudia Lagos Lira, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Hayes Mabweazara, University of Glasgow, UK
Social Media Editor
Matt Carlson, University of Minnesota, USA
Founding Editor
Bob Franklin, Cardiff University, UK
Editorial Board
Abeer Al-Najjar, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Rosa Berganza, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Henrik Bødker, Aarhus University, Denmark
Sandrine Boudana, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Bonnie Brennen, Marquette University, USA
Peter Bro, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Matt Carlson, Saint Louis University, USA
Monica Chibita, Uganda Christian University, Uganda
H. Iris Chyi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Renita Coleman, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Martin Conboy, University of Sheffield, UK
Stephanie Craft, University of Illinois, USA
Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University, UK
Glenda Daniels, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Patrick Ferrucci, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Bob Franklin, Cardiff University, UK
Elfriede Fürsich, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Brian Michael Goss, Saint Louis University-Madrid, Spain
Keith Greenwood, University of Missouri, USA
Peter Gross, University of Tennessee, USA
Bob Hackett, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dan Hallin, University of California San Diego, USA
Thomas Hanitzsch, University of Munich, Germany
Stephen Harrington, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Kaori Hayashi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Chen-Ling Hung, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Carolyn Kitch, Temple University, USA
Nete Nørgaard Kristensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Åsa Kroon, Örebro University, Sweden
>Risto Kunelius, University of Tampere, Finland
Claudia Lagos, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Francis L. F. Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Libby Lester, University of Tasmania, Australia
Hongtao Li, Zhejiang University, China
Wilson Lowrey, University of Alabama, USA
Paolo Mancini, University of Perugia, Italy
Mireya Márquez Ramírez, Universidad Iberoamericano Ciudad de Mexico
Claudia Mellado, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile
Noha Mellor, University of Sharjah, UAE
Dimitra Milioni, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
David Miller, Bath University, UK
Serena Miller, Michigan State University, USA
Viola Milton, University of South Africa
George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Mervi Pantti, University of Helsinki, Finland
Zizi A. Papacharissi, University of Illinois-Chicago, USA
John Pavlik, Rutgers University, USA
Fabio Pereira, Université Laval, Canada
Chris Peters, Roskilde University, Denmark
Jyotika Ramaprasad, University of Miami, USA
Stephen Reese, University of Texas, USA
Ylva Rodny-Gumede, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Verica Rupar, AUT University, New Zealand
David Ryfe, University of Iowa, USA
Susana Salgado, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Klaus Schönbach, Northwestern University in Qatar
Kim Christian Schrøder, University of Roskilde, Denmark
Michael Schudson, Columbia University, USA
Annika Sehl, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
Ivor Shapiro, Ryerson University, Canada
Jane B. Singer, City University London, UK
Helle Sjøvaag, University of Stavanger, Norway
Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Linda Steiner, University of Maryland, USA
Jesper Strömbäck, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Jingrong Tong, The University of Sheffield, UK
Elena Vartanova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Tim P. Vos, Michigan State University, USA
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Cardiff University, UK
Haiyan Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Stephen J. A. Ward, University of British Columbia, Canada
Janet Wasko, University of Oregon, USA
Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa
David H. Weaver, Indiana University, USA
Lee Wilkins, University of Missouri, USA
Brian Winston, University of Lincoln, UK
Weiai (Wayne) Xu, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/ Indexed in: America: History and Life; C S A Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; Communication Abstracts; Communication and Mass Media Complete; Current Abstracts; Electronic Collections Online; Historical Abstracts; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; OCLC; R I L M Abstracts of Music Literature; SCOPUS; Social Science Citation Index; Sociological Abstracts and Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts.
Open access
Journalism Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Special subscription rate of $241 USD/ £145 GBP for members of ICA, ECREA and EJTA. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.
- Bob Franklin Journal Article Award
Calls for papers
Society information
Journalism Studies is affiliated with the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association,and is endorsed by:
- European Journalism Training Association (EJTA)
- European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
Members of the above groups can receive an individual print subscription to Journalism Studies ' at a special society member rate of US$103/£63. Contact +44 (0)20 8052 0501 or [email protected] to subscribe.
16 issues per year
Journalism Studies welcomes proposals for special issues at any time of the year.
This guide outlines our process around special issues to help prospective guest editors in preparing proposals and to provide broad general timelines.
Preparing a proposal
Special issues provide an opportunity for Journalism Studies to devote one entire issue to an important topic or area of study. At Journalism Studies, we look for special issues to make a substantial intervention or break ground driving forward knowledge in a particular area relevant to the journal. Special issues should be of interest to our global readership and make substantial contributions to advancing theories and/or methods in journalism studies.
Proposals for special issues should therefore provide a rationale for the issue, consisting of a maximum of two pages (single-spaced). The rationale should address the issue’s relevance for journalism studies, and how it intends to contribute to advancing theories and/or methods of journalism studies. To give us an indication of possible contributions, proposals will ideally include titles and abstracts for potential submission, or at least list potential authors who have been approached. Authors should also indicate a probable timeline for the issue (see below for indicative schedule).
Typically, one special issue will include 8 full papers (each max. 9000 words including references and tables) and a guest editors’ introduction (ca. 3-5000 words).
Proposal submissions should be emailed to the editor-in-chief of Journalism Studies.
Review of the proposal
Upon receiving the proposal, the editorial team – consisting of the editor-in-chief and associate editors – will discuss the merits of the proposals. Proposals may also be sent to a number of editorial board members for additional input. The editor-in-chief then makes a determination about whether to move forward with the proposal or reject the proposal. Acceptance will be made on the basis of the guest editors’ track record in the area of the proposed issue, the rationale, as well as potential for high-quality submissions. Guest editors may also be asked for additional revisions prior to moving forward with the special issue based on the reviews received. Once a final decision has been made to proceed, guest editors should draft the Call for Papers (see below).
Full papers or abstracts
At Journalism Studies, we only accept full paper submissions for special issues. While many special issues in the past have asked for abstract submissions, we have found that asking for full papers is a more efficient process in terms of publication timelines.
Call for papers
The Call for Papers should be a maximum of one page (single-spaced) in length and include: 1) a brief rationale; 2) a bullet-point list of themes the submissions could address; and 3) a prospective timeline, including deadline for full manuscripts. The final draft for the CfP must be approved by the editor-in-chief, and will subsequently be published on the journal website. While the journal will publish the call through its social media presence, guest editors are strongly encouraged to circulate the CfP as widely as possible themselves.
Reviewing and publication process
Once the special issue proposal has been accepted, we will set up an account for guest editors in ScholarOne, as all submissions need to be handled through the system. Only one account can be set up for each special issue, hence guest editors have two options: a) use one guest editor’s email address, in which case only that person has access to the articles and should manually download submissions distributing to co-editors; or b) use one joint email address, to which each guest editor has access with a shared password, as this means all guest editors can access ScholarOne through the same account.
Once full papers are submitted to the special issue, they are automatically assigned to the guest editors’ account. Guest editors are responsible for screening all submissions, deciding which ones to desk-reject, and which to send out for review including the number of reviews per manuscript. We recommend that guest editors send out more articles for peer review than are required for the special issue. If more articles are successful in peer-review than can be accommodated, the extra articles could be published in a regular issue of the journal.
The editor-in-chief will help guest editors guide submissions through the ScholarOne system. Once guest editors are satisfied with the quality of a submission (usually following one or two rounds of review), they will make a recommendation to accept through the system. The editor-in-chief will read the article and make the final decision on acceptance.
All accepted articles are subsequently sent to production, but at that stage are held until the entire issue is ready for publication. The issue is then published online as one, in order to maximise impact.
Timelines
The following schedule serves as a guide only and is based on experience. Actual times may vary slightly. Note that typically minor revisions require only the sign-off by guest editors, while major revisions require re-review. As it is extremely common for submissions to have to be re-reviewed, this extra time for reviews needs to be calculated into the timeline.
Full papers due ca. 4-6 months following CfP publication
Submissions sent for review/desk-rejected within 2 weeks of submission deadline
Typical time for first reviews 6 weeks
First decisions 2 weeks
Time authors given for minor revisions 1 month
Time authors given for major revisions 2 months
Typical time for second reviews 6 weeks
Time authors given for revisions 2 months
Finalizing of all manuscripts, ed-in-chief review 1 month
Approximate total time from manuscript due date to being ready for publication is 9-10 months. However, the journal currently publishes 16 issues per year, which provides some flexibility in our timelines. It is normally relatively easy to move publication back or forward. Once the special issues is ready and approved, the special issue will be assigned to the next possible issue of the journal.
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