Global Media and Communication

Aims & Scope

Global Media and Communication is an international peer-reviewed journal launched in April 2005 as a key forum for articulating critical debates and developments in the continuously changing global media and communications environment.

As a pioneering platform for the exchange of ideas and multiple perspectives, the journal addresses fresh and contentious research agendas and promotes an academic dialogue that is fully transnational and transdisciplinary in its scope.

With a network of ten regional editors around the world, the journal offers a global source of material on international media and cultural processes.

Special features include interviews, reviews of recent media developments and digests of policy documents and data reports from a variety of countries.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10959

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	110

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.530

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	31

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The meta-process of `mediatization' as a conceptual frame

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Friedrich

• From Steamed Bun to Grass Mud Horse: E Gao as alternative political discourse on the Chinese Internet

  Citation: 120

  Authors:

• When citizen photojournalism sets the news agenda: Neda Agha Soltan as a Web 2.0 icon of post-election unrest in Iran

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Mette

• Myths of digital technology in Africa

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Gado

• Global media ethics revisited

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Shakuntala, Herman

• The paradoxical invisibility of translation in the highly multilingual context of news agencies

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Lucile

• Global Nollywood: The Nigerian movie industry and alternative global networks in production and distribution

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Jade

• Globalization, neo-globalization and post-globalization: The challenge of populism and the return of the national

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Terry

• Perception management – Deterring potential migrants through information campaigns

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Charles

• The symbolic power of transnational media

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Lilie

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