The Journal of Media Business Studies (JOMBS) publishes original scholarly articles that apply business theories to the examination of media and the media industries. JOMBS focuses on the dynamics of media businesses broadly defined. It has a particular interest in the creation, operation, marketing, distribution and consumption of media businesses and their products, including newspapers, magazines, television, music, film, videogames, literature, advertising, digital/social/new media among others.
Scope:
JOMBS seeks empirical studies that contribute to the theoretical advancement of the field of media business studies, inspired, among others, by the business disciplines of advertising, communications, consumer behavior, economics, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, organizational behavior, organization studies and strategy;
JOMBS accepts contributions from all methodological traditions, quantitative (experiments, surveys, modelling, etc.) or qualitative (ethnographies, interviews, case studies, etc.);
JOMBS seeks rigor and thorough reporting in research design, measurement, sampling and statistical or qualitative analysis;
JOMBS solicits papers with practical relevance for media industry practitioners, policy makers, consumers and other stakeholders in society.
Review policy:
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the one of the journal editors. If the manuscript is found suitable for further consideration, it is subsequently reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. All reviews are double anonymized. Submissions are made via Editorial Manager. Please see the Instructions for Authors page for more details.
Journal metrics
Usage
59K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.6 (2023) Impact Factor
2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
4.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.978 (2023) SNIP
0.489 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
4 days avg. from submission to first
decision
10 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
11% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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.
Editor Leona Achtenhagen - Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Co-Editors Joaquin Cestino - Jönköping International Business School, Sweden Tom Evens - Ghent University, Belgium (emma representative) Ronen Shay – Fordham University, Gabelli School of Business, USA Mikko Villi – University of Jyväskylä, Finland Björn von Rimscha - Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
Founding Editor Robert G. Picard - Reuters Institute, UK
Editorial Board Angel Arrese - University of Navarra, Spain Sabine Baumann - Jade University of Applied Sciences, Germany Bobby Calder - Northwestern University, USA Jiyoung Cha - San Francisco State University, USA Sylvia Chan-Olmsted - University of Florida, USA Michel Clement - University of Hamburg, Germany Amy Jo Coffey - University of Florida, USA Robert DeFillippi - Suffolk University, USA Ghislain Deslandes - ESCP Europe, France Gillian Doyle - University of Glasgow, UK Paola Dubini - Scuola di Direzione Aziendale dell' Universitá Bocconi, Italy Tom Evens - Ghent University, Belgium Richard A. Gershon - Western Michigan University, USA Britta Gossel - Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Germany Albert N. Greco - Fordham University, USA Ann C. Hollifield - University of Georgia, USA Sven-Owe Horst - Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Jaemin Jung - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska - University of Warsaw, Poland Hans L. van Kranenburg - Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Lucy Küng - The Reuters Institute, UK Seth C. Lewis - University of Minnesota, USA Claudia Loebbecke - University of Cologne, Germany Gregory F. Lowe - Northwestern University, Qatar Päivi Maijanen - LUT University, Finland Fiona A. E. McQuarrie - University College of the Fraser Valley, Canada Nicholas Nicoli - University of Nicosia, Cyprus Mart Ots - Jönköping International Business School, Sweden John Oliver - Bournemouth University, UK Antti Paasio - Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland Angela Powers - Kansas State University, USA Ulrike Rohn - Tallinn University, Estonia George Sylvie - University of Texas, USA Christian-Mathias Wellbrock - University of Hamburg, Germany Karen Whitehill King - University of Georgia, USA Patrik Wikström - Queensland University of Technology, Australia Bernd W. Wirtz - German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, Germany
Abstracting and indexing
The Journal of Media Business Studies is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
ABS - Academic Journal Guide ComAbstracts ComVista EBSCOHost Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Publication Forum Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
Journal of Media Business 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.
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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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