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Public Relations Review
ISSN 0363-8111 · eISSN 1873-4537 · Elsevier
Public Relations Review: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.31; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,310; 98 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Relations Review is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Relations and Crisis Communication, Media Studies and Communication and Communication in Education and Healthcare, together about 53.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Sciences33.5%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences11.5%
- Communication in Education and HealthcarePsychology8.5%
- Corporate Identity and ReputationBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences5.1%
- Rhetoric and Communication StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences3.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 4.31LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 157OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,087OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 91LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,844 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 87 | 49 | 28 |
| 2025 | 98 | 49 | 444 |
| 2024 | 90 | 30 | 1,035 |
| 2023 | 97 | 19 | 1,373 |
| 2022 | 88 | 19 | 1,881 |
| 2021 | 102 | 25 | 3,175 |
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.
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 4,310 / EUR 3,930 / GBP 3,450 / JPY 508,490 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 0363-8111
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-4537
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Public Relations Review
What CAS zone is Public Relations Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Relations Review is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business / Communication. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Public Relations Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.31; CiteScore 7.3, h-index 157.
Which databases index Public Relations Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Relations Review is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Public Relations Review open access, and what is the APC?
Public Relations Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,310.
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: .