Journal profile · COMMUNICATION
Media War and Conflict
ISSN 1750-6352 · eISSN 1750-6360 · SAGE
Media War and Conflict: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 215 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 23.1% (journal website); 79 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Media War and Conflict is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence, together about 37.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science and Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Media, War & Conflict is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively and extensively mediated age. It explores cultural, political and technological transformations in media-military relations, journalistic practices, new media, the arts, and their impact on publics, policy, and outcomes of warfare. The journal bridges arts and humanities, communications, political science, sociology, history, and other disciplines. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 19, United States 7, Australia 3, Canada 2, Denmark 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences18.6%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences10.4%
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political ViolenceSocial Sciences8.3%
- Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Sciences8%
- Global Security and Public HealthSocial Sciences7%
- Rhetoric and Communication StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology4.1%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 218OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 724 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 46 | 14 |
| 2025 | 79 | 42 | 91 |
| 2024 | 46 | 24 | 189 |
| 2023 | 28 | 13 | 214 |
| 2022 | 19 | 8 | 136 |
| 2021 | 25 | 14 | 277 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
215 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23.1%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 215 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- If not, it will not be reviewed
Article types accepted11
- book reviewView our topical sections currently accepting submissions Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. …Length not stated
- book reviewsIt publishes substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, video essays and original short films.Length not stated
- commentaryView our topical sections currently accepting submissions Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. …Length not stated
- letterView our topical sections currently accepting submissions Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. …Length not stated
- lettersIt publishes substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, video essays and original short films.Length not stated
- original short filmsIt publishes substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, video essays and original short films.Length not stated
- research articleView our topical sections currently accepting submissions Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. …Length not stated
- research articlesIt publishes substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, video essays and original short films.Length not stated
- reviewView our topical sections currently accepting submissions Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. …Length not stated
- shorter piecesIt publishes substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, video essays and original short films.Length not stated
- video essaysIt publishes substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, video essays and original short films.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, the following fees apply: you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1750-6352
- Electronic ISSN
- 1750-6360
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Media War and Conflict
What CAS zone is Media War and Conflict in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Media War and Conflict is in Zone 2 of Literature, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Communication. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Media War and Conflict?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Media War and Conflict?
The publisher reports about 215 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23.1%. 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 War and Conflict?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Media War and Conflict based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (19), United States (7) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Media War and Conflict?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Media War and Conflict is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Media War and Conflict open access, and what is the APC?
Media War and Conflict is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .