Nordicom Review

Nordicom Review is published by Nordicom 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 Public Relations and Crisis Communication, together about 51.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication and Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About the journalSince 1980, Nordicom Review has been a journal devoted to new Nordic media and communication research. The journal is published by Nordicom, a centre for Nordic media and communication research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordicom Review follows a double-blind peer review process where all submitted manuscripts are made anonymous and judged by at least two independent and external anonymous scholars appropriate for the subject. Reviewers are asked to state their recommendation about whether the article should be published when submitting their review. Reviewers are also encouraged to provide comments that are for editors only, including concerns about misconduct or problems adequately assessing all parts of the manuscript. Reviewers are requested to disclose any potential conflict of interest. The comments provided by the reviewers inform the decision of the editorial team to publish or refuse the submission.The journal is included in Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database for peer-reviewed research.Aims & scopeNordicom Review is an international peer reviewed journal that provides a dedicated forum for articles that contribute to a wider understanding of media, mediated communication, and journalism in the Nordic region. This includes research on the Nordic countries as well as research with relevance for the Nordic context. Nordicom Review publishes original articles and book reviews on topics such as journalism, popular culture, media audiences, media history, political communication, public service media, media and information literacy, media education, and media production, structure, policy, and economy. Nordicom Review welcomes interdisciplinary submissions from a worldwide authorship, including both empirical and theoretical articles.Publications ethics and publication malpractice statementNordicom Review applies several editorial policies that all editors, reviewers, and authors are expected to adhere to throughout the publication process. These policies are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. In instances where these editorial policies are breached, COPE guidelines will be followed.Visit COPE's website to learn moreVisit the publisher to read the editorial policies

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION

Editor-in-chief Jonas OhlssonPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Sweden 14, United Kingdom 3, Denmark 3, Spain 2, Australia 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

25Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

30Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.57LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.94LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

39OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

271OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.45OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

32%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

20LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 52 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub

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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Nordicom

Country or region

Sweden

Language

English

ISSN

1403-1108

Electronic ISSN

2001-5119

Official links

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