Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Media Watch
ISSN 0976-0911 · eISSN 2249-8818 · Deepak Ranjan Jena
Media Watch: subscription journal; APC about USD 1,400; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Media Watch is published by Deepak Ranjan Jena. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Journalism and Media Studies and Media and Digital Communication, together about 44.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Media Watch is a double-blind peer-reviewed tri-annual media and communication journal demonstrating high-quality academic standards at all levels of its publication … | 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): Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
Editor-in-chief Uma ShankarPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 11, United States 2, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1, Spain 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences18.1%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences15.2%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science11.2%
- South Asian Cinema and CultureArts and Humanities4.8%
- Media Influence and PoliticsSocial Sciences4.7%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences4.4%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences4.2%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences3.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature and Literary Theory | Q1 | 10/845 | 98th |
| Language and Linguistics | Q1 | 140/879 | 84th |
| Linguistics and Language | Q1 | 157/935 | 83rd |
| Communication | Q2 | 135/426 | 68th |
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
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.92OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 691 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 3 | 172 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4 | 255 |
| 2024 | 24 | 7 | 251 |
| 2023 | 21 | 3 | 254 |
| 2022 | 26 | 2 | 244 |
| 2021 | 41 | 13 | 237 |
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
- 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,400 / GBP 1,026 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- 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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5
- book reviewThe Journal features both theoretical and empirical research articles, theoretical essays, and book reviews. In addition, the Journal engages in critical discus…Length not stated
- book reviewsThe Journal features both theoretical and empirical research articles, theoretical essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
- research articleThe Journal features both theoretical and empirical research articles, theoretical essays, and book reviews. In addition, the Journal engages in critical discus…Length not stated
- theoretical and empirical research articlesThe Journal features both theoretical and empirical research articles, theoretical essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
- theoretical essaysThe Journal features both theoretical and empirical research articles, theoretical essays, and book reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
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. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out …
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
Preprints not accepted Model summary
The journal does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
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
- Deepak Ranjan Jena
- ISSN
- 0976-0911
- Electronic ISSN
- 2249-8818
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Media Watch
What are the manuscript requirements of Media Watch?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; 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 Watch based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (11), United States (2) and Hong Kong, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Media Watch?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Media Watch is indexed in Scopus.
Is Media Watch open access, and what is the APC?
Media Watch is a subscription journal. APC about USD 1,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .