Journal profile
Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna
ISSN 1734-3801 · eISSN 2450-081X · Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie · Poland
Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna is published by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cinema History and Criticism, Media and Digital Communication and Media Studies and Communication, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Media-Culture-Social Communication is an interdisciplinary international open access academic platform for scholars of media, information, communication and culture. Media – Culture – Social Communication is published since 2005. We invite scholars of various specializations, such as media studies, social communication, scholarly communication, education, psychology, sociology, political science, cultural studies, library and information science to publish in our journal. The journal is open to submissions (in Polish and English) of scientific papers as well as reviews and reports on media, culture and communication relations in a very broad sense. The editors follow the rules of publication ethics according to the guidelines of COPE – Committee on Publication Ethics. Multiple submissions and redundant publications are not considering for publication. The author makes a statement about the originality of the text. The publication is free of charge.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities14.4%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science11.6%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences8.5%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences8.5%
- Cinema and Media StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Radio, Podcasts, and Digital MediaSocial Sciences5.4%
- Ethics, Aesthetics, and ArtArts and Humanities3.9%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences3.1%
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
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: BazHum, IC Journals Master List, Polska Bibliografia Naukowa, CEEOL - Central and Eastern European Online Library
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
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 239 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 23 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 29 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 34 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 21 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | 22 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 45 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-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Author–date
Article types accepted3
- original papersThe journal is open to submissions of original papers as well as reviews and reports on media, culture and communication relations in a very broad sense.Length not stated
- reportsThe journal is open to submissions of original papers as well as reviews and reports on media, culture and communication relations in a very broad sense.Length not stated
- reviewsThe journal is open to submissions of original papers as well as reviews and reports on media, culture and communication relations in a very broad sense.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use
GenAI use must be described in Methods or Acknowledgements Model summary
The author described in detail (e.g., in the Methods or Acknowledgements sections) how he used generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools in his work on the text.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright transfer to Publisher Model summary
The journal provides instant and free access to all published texts. All texts published on the journal's website are made available under Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC-ND: Attribution - Non-commercial use - No derivative works 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.pl). The journal does not charge any fees from authors of texts. The author signs a statement according…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
The journal follows an open access policy. No fees are charged to authors. The texts are published on the UWM journals platform. In addition, texts are archived in the online reading room of the UWM Publishing House. A DOI number has been assigned to individual articles since 2016. Access to them is free of charge and does not require logging in. Licence: Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommerci…
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
- Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISSN
- 1734-3801
- Electronic ISSN
- 2450-081X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna
How long does peer review take at Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 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 Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Author–date. 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 Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna open access, and what is the APC?
Media Kultura Komunikacja Spoleczna 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .