Journal of Media Business Studies

Aims & Scope

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.

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.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10549

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	129

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.552

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

---

---

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

---

Subjects & Keywords

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

---

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.

• Factors affecting YouTube influencer marketing credibility: a heuristic-systematic model

  Citation: 338

  Authors: Min, Rang, Sylvia

• Journalistic Work: A Profession Under Pressure?

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Tamara, Gunnar

• Engagement with Online Media

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Rachel, Edward C., Bobby J.

• Re-Invention and Survival: Newspapers in the Era of Digital Multiplatform Delivery

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Gillian

• Stars in social media: new light through old windows?

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Sophia, Oliver

• The free-to-fee transition: audiences’ attitudes toward paying for online news

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Aske, Morten, Jakob Vikær, Lars Juul Hadberg

• What’s in a Niche? Exploring the Business Model of Online Journalism

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Clare, Esa

• “Let’s Start An Online News Site”: Opportunities, Resources, Strategy, and Formational Myopia in Startups

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Lucia, Robert G.

• An attention economy trap? An empirical investigation into four news companies’ Facebook traffic and social media revenue

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Merja

• Media and Entrepreneurship: What Do We Know and Where Should We Go?

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Min, Aldo

---