Critical Studies in Media Communication (CSMC) is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. CSMC publishes original scholarship in mediated and mass communication from a cultural studies and/or critical perspective. It particularly welcomes submissions that enrich debates among various critical traditions, methodological and analytical approaches, and theoretical standpoints.
CSMC takes an inclusive view of media and welcomes scholarship on topics such as
• media audiences • representations • institutions • digital technologies • social media • gaming • professional practices and ethics • production studies • media history • political economy
For more details about how to submit your research to CSMC, please review our Instructions for Authors.
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
180K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.1 (2023) Impact Factor
2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
2.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.435 (2023) SNIP
0.477 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
64 days avg. from submission to first
decision
156 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
39 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
13% 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.
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.
Editors: Rachel Alicia Griffin, The University of Utah, USA Kimberly R. Moffitt, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Associate Editor: Jessica B. Burstrem, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
Book Reviews Editor: Jessica B. Burstrem, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Editorial Board: Tony E. Adams, Bradley University, USA Robert K. Avery, University of Utah, USA Thomas W. Benson, Pennsylvania State University, USA Jack Z. Bratich, Rutgers University, USA Robert Alan Brookey, Ball State University, USA Timothy J. Brown, Queens University of Charlotte, USA Derek T. Buescher, University of Puget Sound, USA Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Kathryn Cady, Northern Illinois University, USA Bernadette Marie Calafell, University of Denver, USA Shira Chess, University of Georgia, USA Dana L. Cloud, University of Texas, Austin, USA Mia Consalvo, Concordia University, Canada Lisa Cuklanz, Boston College, USA Fernando Delgado, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, USA Greg Dickinson, Colorado State University, USA Bonnie J. Dow, Vanderbilt University, USA Ashley Donnelly, Ball State University, USA Rachel E. Dubrofsky, University of South Florida, USA Meenakshi Gigi Durham, University of Iowa, USA Rita Figueiras, Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal Dustin Goltz, DePaul University, USA Jonathan Gray, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Stephanie Grey, Louisiana State University, USA Rachel Alicia Griffin, Southern Illinois University Carbdondale, USA Laura Grindstaff, University of California, Davis, USA Larry Gross, University of Southern California, USA David Gunkel, Northern Illinois University, USA Tina M. Harris, Louisiana State University, USA Larissa Hjorth, RMIT University of Australia, Australia Robert Glenn Howard, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Lee Humphreys, Cornell University, USA Etsuko Kinefuchi, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA Michael Lacy, Queens College-CUNY, USA Jack Lule, Lehigh University, USA Jimmie Manning, University of Nevada Reno, USA Annette Markham, Aarhus University, Denmark Alice Marwick, University of North Carolina, USA Vicki Mayer, Tulane University, USA Matthew P. McAllister, Pennsylvania State University, USA Kristen McCauliff, Ball State University, USA Isabel Molina-Guzmán, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Vincent Mosco, Queen’s University, Canada David Moscowitz, University of South Carolina, USA Thomas Oates, University of Lowa, USA David C. Oh, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA David Parisi, College of Charleston, USA Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University, USA Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania, USA Gilbert Rodman, University of Minnesota, USA Mehdi Semati, Northern Illinois University, USA Adrienne Shaw, Temple University, USA Hemant Shah, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Raka Shome, New York, USA John M. Sloop, Vanderbilt University, USA Mary Douglas Vavrus, University of Minnesota, USA Emily West, 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; Current Contents/ Social and Behavioral Sciences; Education Research Index; Electronic Collections Online; Film Literature Index; Historical Abstracts; Humanities Index; Humanities International Index; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; OCLC; R I L M Abstracts of Music Literature; SCOPUS; Social Sciences Citation Index; Social Sciences Full Text; Social Services Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts.
Open access
Critical Studies in Media Communication 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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Critical Studies in Media Communication
(2000 - current)
Formerly known as
Critical Studies in Mass Communication
(1984 - 1999)
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