Journal profile
History of Media Studies
ISSN 2637-6091 · mediastudies.press · United States
History of Media Studies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
History of Media Studies is published by mediastudies.press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Media and Communication Studies and Media, Journalism, and Communication History, together about 47.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
History of Media Studies is a peer-reviewed, scholar-run, diamond OA journal dedicated to scholarship on the history of research, education, and reflective knowledge about media and communication—as expressed through academic institutions; through commercial, governmental, and non-governmental organizations; and through “alter-traditions” of thought and practice often excluded from the academic mainstream. The journal publishes high-quality, original articles, reviews, and commentary on the history of this inter- and extra-disciplinary area as it has intersected with other fields in the social sciences and humanities—and with social practices beyond the academy. The journal has three overlapping aims: to address the absence of publishing outlets for rigorous work on the history of the overlapping fields of communication research, cultural studies, film studies, information science, media studies, speech, and rhetoric. to provide a platform for scholarship on these fields’ complex institutional, social, and intellectual histories from around the world, reaching beyond the North American and Western European lens of much existing literature. to take advantage of open access and multimedia publishing, on the assumption that historians of media studies might illuminate these fields’ pasts in dialogue with new forms of scholarly communication
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences20.7%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences20%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities7.1%
- Communication Studies and MediaSocial Sciences5.8%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities4.5%
- Media, Communication, and EducationSocial Sciences4.5%
- Rhetoric and Communication StudiesArts and Humanities3.9%
- Advertising and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 59 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Post-publication peer review, Open peer review, Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| 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 accepted5, with length limits
- articlesThe journal publishes high-quality, original articles, reviews, and commentaryLength not stated
- book reviewore open options available by request). Book reviews and review essays Single-book reviews are generally 800 to 1,500 words, inclusive of footnotes and bibliogr…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- commentaryore open options available by request). Commentaries Commentary essays are generally 2,000 to 4,000 words, inclusive of footnotes and bibliography. Authors inte…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- research articlejournal's scope. Submit What We Publish Research articles Full-length articles, based on original research, are generally 14,000 words or fewer, inclusive of fo…main text ≤ 14,000 words
- reviewsThe journal publishes high-quality, original articles, reviews, and commentaryLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Authors retain copyright and select an open Creative Commons license. Model summary
Authors retain copyright and select an open Creative Commons license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
No APCs Model summary
All articles are published free and open access online, with downloads available in PDF and a range of eight other formats, including machine-readable JATS XML with swift and accurate Google Scholar indexing. Authors retain copyright and select an open Creative Commons license. History of Media Studies is committed to a rigorous set of Open Access Principles. The journal does not levy article proc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Authors select the peer-review model, with a double-anonymous default and options for signed and community review. Model summary
Authors select the peer-review model, with a double-anonymous default and options for signed and community review.
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
- mediastudies.press
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISSN
- 2637-6091
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about History of Media Studies
How long does peer review take at History of Media Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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.
Which databases index History of Media Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, History of Media Studies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is History of Media Studies open access, and what is the APC?
History of Media Studies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .