Journal profile · COMMUNICATION
Global Media and China
ISSN 2059-4364 · eISSN 2059-4372 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
Global Media and China: CAS Zone 1 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 200 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 10.6% (journal website); 28 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Media and China is published by SAGE Publishing and is in Zone 1 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Asian Culture and Media Studies and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance, together about 33.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Global Media and China is a peer reviewed, open access, scholarly journal that provides a dedicated, interdisciplinary forum for international research on all aspects of communication and media. The journal has a special, but not exclusive, interest in China and Chinese media both from a global and a Chinese perspective. The journal also publishes new research on digital platforms, social media and related policy. The journal actively encourages both quantitative and qualitative approaches to media, communications, and society while seeking to advance the field by publishing innovative and thought-provoking papers, reviews, and discussions that open up new directions or shed new light on significant issues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION
Editor-in-chief Anthony FungPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 16 in mainland China (about 29%); most named Mainland China 16, United Kingdom 9, United States 7, Australia 7, Hong Kong, China 3 (56 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences12.4%
- Asian Culture and Media StudiesSocial Sciences12.4%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences9%
- Hong Kong and Taiwan PoliticsSocial Sciences8.9%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences8.4%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences6.5%
- Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.6%
- Digital Economy and Work TransformationSocial Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 127OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 402 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 5 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 40 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | 209 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 470 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 434 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 598 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
200 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 15 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10.6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 200 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- book reviewude abstracts, keywords and references. Book reviews Book reviews should be between 1,000-1,500 words in length. They are welcomed on both classic and contempor…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- book reviewsBook reviews Book reviews should be between 1,000-1,500 words in length. They are welcomed on both classic and contemporary works on coLength not stated
- commentariesCommentaries Commentaries should be no longer than 5,000 words and aim to review the most significant and contemporary studies in the area. They should include …Length not stated
- commentaryOriginal articles Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supporting mate…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original articleOriginal articles Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supporting mate…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- original articlesOriginal articles Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supporting mate…Length not stated
- perspectiveOriginal articles Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supporting mate…Length not stated
- research articleOriginal articles Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supporting mate…Length not stated
- research paperOriginal articles Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supporting mate…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- reviewOriginal articles Articles should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supporting mate…Length not stated
- thematic dialoguesThematic dialogues Thematic dialogues should not normally exceed 8,000 words including notes and references but excluding figures, tables and images or any supp…Length not stated
- translationsTranslations Articles, research papers and reviews up to 8,000 words in length and written in Chinese, are also accepted but only if the work itself makes a sig…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
Research data sharing policy Model summary
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Global Media and China is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. There are no publication fees or Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish in Global Media and China. Financial support is provided by the Communication University of…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints accepted Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2059-4364
- Electronic ISSN
- 2059-4372
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Media and China
What CAS zone is Global Media and China in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Media and China is in Zone 1 of Literature, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Communication; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Global Media and China?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Global Media and China?
The publisher reports about 200 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10.6%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Global Media and China based?
Of the 56 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 16 (about 29%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (16), United Kingdom (9) and United States (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Global Media and China?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Media and China is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Global Media and China open access, and what is the APC?
Global Media and China is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .