Humor - International Journal of Humor Research

Humor - International Journal of Humor Research is published by Walter de Gruyter and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Humor Studies and Applications, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition and Communication in Education and Healthcare, together about 58.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal ObjectiveHUMOR was established as an international interdisciplinary forum for the publication of high-quality research papers on humor as an important and universal human faculty. Humor research draws upon a wide range of academic disciplines including anthropology, biology, cultural studies, computer science, education, communication, film and media studies, gender studies, history, linguistics, literature, mathematics, health and medicine, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. At the same time, humor research often sheds light on the basic concepts, ideas, and methods of many of these disciplines. Topics interdisciplinary humor research humor theory empirical studies in humor, laughter, comedy and related fields from around the world humor research methodologies and measurements of sense of humor scholarly debates on the social functions of humor Article formatsResearch articles, Book reviews, Debates ISHS Conference 35th ISHS Conference will take place in Kraków, Poland, 7-11 July 2025 For details visit the website: https://ishs2025.pl/ Your Benefits Your benefits: International and interdisciplinary scholarly debate on humor and related phenomena such as laughter, mirth, comedy Innovative and interdisciplinary studies in the field of humor research Multifaceted approach to the role of humor as an important and universal human faculty Innovative approaches and measurements in the study of humor Studies on humor, comedy, laughter from a wide range of countries and cultures Reviews of recent books on humor HUMOR is the official journal of the International Society of Humor Studies (ISHS). For further information, please see the web site: www.humorstudies.org. Complete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost. History Humor was founded in 1988 and the first Editor-in-chief was Victor Raskin. Other publications in the field Humor Research [HR] Language Play and Creativity [LPC]

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Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editor-in-chief Christian F. HempelmannPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor

1.15LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.2Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

1.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.38LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.18LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

79OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

490OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.68OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

27.16%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

27LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Submission to first decision

98 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

ISSN

0933-1719

Electronic ISSN

1613-3722

Society / sponsor

International Society of Humor Studies

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website