Journal profile
Journalistica
ISSN 1904-7967 · Royal Danish Library · Denmark
Journalistica: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journalistica is published by Royal Danish Library. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Journalism and Media Studies, Media Studies and Communication and Media Discourse and Social Analysis, together about 70.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Focus and scope Journalistica is a Nordic open access journal that publishes academic research articles on journalism understood as an interdisciplinary field. Based on a wide range of theories and methods, Journalistica articles address questions concerning journalistic practice and culture in a broad sense, including journalistic roles and norms, media institutions, media economics, media content, genres, and language. Typical contributors to Journalistica are journalism, communication, and media researchers, but also political scientists, sociologists, ethnologists, historians, linguists, and rhetoricians. Journalistica accepts original manuscripts with relevance to media and journalism in the Nordic countries. Manuscripts must not have been published in or submitted to other journals or publications. Journalistica accepts submissions in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English. Journalistica publishes both special issues and issues without a thematic focus. From 2022, accepted articles are published directly after copy-editing ("online first"). Journalistica is registered as a Category 1 journal in the Danish (BFI), Norwegian (NPI), and Finnish (Publikationsforum) Bibliometric System and indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and SherpaRomeo. Peer review-process All articles undergo double-blind peer review. You will not be told the author's name and the author will not be given your name. Each article is reviewed by two reviewers, who work independently. Open Access policy Journalistica is an open-access journal and uses a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 license. Journalistica charges no publication fee. Funding Journalistica is funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark. Moreover, some of Journalistica’s expenses are currently or have previously been covered by the following institutions: Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University Danish School of Media and Journalism Center for University Studies in Journalism, Aarhus University Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark Department of Media and Journalism (MJ), Linnaeus University
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Eva MayerhöfferPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences32.8%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences32.1%
- Media Discourse and Social AnalysisSocial Sciences5.4%
- Literature, Film, and Journalism AnalysisArts and Humanities4.7%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities4.1%
- Media Influence and PoliticsSocial Sciences3.6%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science3%
- Communication and COVID-19 ImpactSocial Sciences2.4%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SherpaRomeoPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.71OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 183 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 44 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 35 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | |
| 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish their work through this journal accept the following terms: 1. Authors retain their copyright and give the journal the right of first publication. The author's work is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-license, giving others the right to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's author and first publication in this journal. 2. Authors may enter into several se…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access policy
Journalistica is an open-access journal and uses a Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 license. Journalistica charges no publication fee.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review-process
All articles undergo double-blind peer review. You will not be told the author's name and the author will not be given your name. Each article is reviewed by two reviewers, who work independently.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
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
- Royal Danish Library
- Country or region
- Denmark
- Language
- Swedish, Danish, English, Norwegian
- ISSN
- 1904-7967
- Print ISSN
- 1901-6220
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journalistica
How long does peer review take at Journalistica?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journalistica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journalistica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journalistica is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journalistica open access, and what is the APC?
Journalistica 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: .