Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Journal of Media Law
ISSN 1757-7632 · eISSN 1757-7640 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Media Law: subscription journal; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Media Law is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Freedom of Expression and Defamation, Law, Rights, and Freedoms and Intellectual Property Rights and Media, together about 68.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Freedom of Expression and DefamationSocial Sciences29.2%
- Law, Rights, and FreedomsSocial Sciences21.9%
- Intellectual Property Rights and MediaSocial Sciences17%
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences8.2%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences6.1%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences2.2%
- Intellectual Property LawSocial Sciences1.7%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences1.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q1 | 249/1162 | 78th |
| Communication | Q2 | 178/541 | 67th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.61OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 347 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 17 | 260 |
| 2025 | 23 | 13 | 230 |
| 2024 | 25 | 20 | 192 |
| 2023 | 13 | 5 | 173 |
| 2022 | 25 | 14 | 157 |
| 2021 | 13 | 9 | 146 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (30% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1757-7632
- Electronic ISSN
- 1757-7640
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Media Law
Which databases index Journal of Media Law?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Media Law is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Media Law open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Media Law is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .