Jurnal The Messenger

Jurnal The Messenger is published by Universitas Semarang. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Media and Digital Communication and Journalism and Media Studies, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

[Jurnal The Messenger] is a peer-reviewed journal, published by the Department of Communication, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication, Universitas Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. [Jurnal The Messenger] is intended to the national and international scholarly community. The aim of this journal is to publish high-quality articles dedicated to all aspects of the lates outstanding developments in the field of communication. Articles published are the results of research, bringing the new sights (scope) on Cultural Studies, Integrated Marketing Communication, and Media. Meanwhile, submitted papers are evaluated by double blind peer review for contribution, originality and relevance. Starting from 2021, [Jurnal The Messenger] will publish three times (Regular Issues) a year (January-April, May-August, and September-December). It was first published in 2009. our scope: -). Cultural Studies: Representation Studies, Identity Studies, Minority Studies, Gender, Feminist Theory, Reception Studies, Popular Culture, Film Studies, Subcultures, Ideology, Hegemony, Texts and Readers. -). Integrated Marketing Communication: Public Relations, Corporate Communication, Crisis Communication, Advertising, Brand Value, Digital Branding, Direct Selling, Promotion, Interactive and Digital Marketing Communication Studies. -). Media: Memory and Media, Gender and Sexuality in the Media, Social Media, Media Globalization, Media Convergence, Media Literacy, Media Language, Media and Religion, Media and Technology. [Jurnal The Messenger] is indexed at Science and Technology Index (SINTA), Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD), Digital Object Identifier (DOI) prefix 10.26623 registered by Crossref, Dimensions, Index Copernicus International, Google Scholar, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Worldcat, GARUDA: Garba Rujukan Digital, and Scilit--Scientific Literature. [Jurnal The Messenger] was accredited at rank SINTA 2 by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology of Indonesia (Kemdiktisaintek) according to the Decree (SK) No. 2/C/C3/KPT/2026 (page 14, table number 102).--> see document OAI Address [Jurnal The Messenger] has OAI address : http://journals.usm.ac.id/index.php/the-messenger/oai Before submission, You have to make sure that your paper is prepared using the [Jurnal The Messenger] paper TEMPLATE, has been carefully proofread and polished, and conformed to the Author Guidelines. Online Subm

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Malaysia 4, Indonesia 3, Nigeria 2, United Arab Emirates 2, United States 1 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

Indexed in: no record yet.

Early warning / risk: Removed from ESCI for production reasons on 19 August 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

Science and Technology Index (SINTA), Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD), Dimensions, Index Copernicus International, Google Scholar, Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE), Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Worldcat, GARUDA: Garba Rujukan Digital, Scilit--Scientific LiteraturePublisher website

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Impact

h-index

19OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

i10-index

53OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

2-year mean citedness

0.5OpenAlex · 2026-11-01

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-11-01

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Average review time (community reports)

about 24 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub

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Publisher

Universitas Semarang

Country or region

Indonesia

Language

English, Indonesian

ISSN

2086-1559

Electronic ISSN

2527-2810

Latest issue on the website

Volume 18, Issue 2 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub