Journal profile · Social Sciences-Communication
Medijska Istrazivanja
ISSN 1330-6928 · eISSN 1846-6605 · University of Zagreb · Croatia
Medijska Istrazivanja: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medijska Istrazivanja is published by University of Zagreb. 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 51.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Časopis Medijska istraživanja/ Media Research je časopis znanstveno-stručnog i kulturološkog profila za područje medija i novinarstva.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Communication
Editor-in-chief Nada Zgrabljić RotarPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences23.1%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences20.5%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science8.3%
- Media Influence and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.2%
- Media, Journalism, and Communication HistoryArts and Humanities6%
- Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Sciences3%
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities3%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities2.4%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | Q3 | 953/1530 | 37th |
| Communication | Q3 | 343/541 | 36th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Sociological Abstracts (SA), Linguistic and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA), Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts (SOPODA), Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)Publisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 259 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 48 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 11 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Zagreb
- Country or region
- Croatia
- Language
- English, Croatian
- ISSN
- 1330-6928
- Electronic ISSN
- 1846-6605
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Medijska Istrazivanja
How long does peer review take at Medijska Istrazivanja?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Which databases index Medijska Istrazivanja?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medijska Istrazivanja is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Medijska Istrazivanja open access, and what is the APC?
Medijska Istrazivanja 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: .