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Russian Journal of Communication
ISSN 1940-9419 · eISSN 1940-9427 · Taylor & Francis
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Russian Journal of Communication: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 13, Issue 3): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Russian Journal of Communication is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Journalism and Media Studies and Soviet and Russian History, together about 31.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This title has ceased (2021). Russian Journal of Communication (RJC) is an international peer-reviewed academic publication devoted to studies of communication in, with, and about Russia and Russian-speaking communities around the world. RJC welcomes both humanistic and social scientific scholarly approaches to communication, which is broadly construed to include mediated information as well as face-to-face interactions. RJC seeks papers and book reviews on topics including philosophy of communication, traditional and new media, film, literature, rhetoric, journalism, information-communication technologies, cultural practices, organizational and group dynamics, interpersonal communication, communication in instructional contexts, advertising, public relations, political campaigns, legal proceedings, environmental and health matters, and communication policy. RJC is open to all methodological perspectives and welcomes theoretical, empirical, critical, comparative, historical, and interdisciplinary studies. RJC follows a double-blind peer review process to maintain its high standard of scholarship. All research materials published in RJC have undergone rigorous evaluation, based on initial editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees. The turn-around review time is up to a maximum of three months. RJC will be published in three online issues per year. A print and bound copy of the volume will also be published annually. RJC regularly includes a section entitled 'What? When? Where?', which lists up-to-date information about conferences and events of interest to the readers of RJC. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences14.4%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences8.9%
- Soviet and Russian HistorySocial Sciences8.2%
- Linguistic research and analysisArts and Humanities5.9%
- Sociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaSocial Sciences4.6%
- Russian Literature and Bakhtin StudiesSocial Sciences4.3%
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science and International Relations | Q1 | 124/652 | 80th |
| Communication | Q1 | 117/493 | 76th |
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 493 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 207 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
| 2021 | 20 | 7 | 236 |
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; initial editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
RJC follows a double-blind peer review process to maintain its high standard of scholarship. All research materials published in RJC have undergone rigorous evaluation, based on initial editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1940-9419
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-9427
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 3 (2021)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Russian Journal of Communication
Which databases index Russian Journal of Communication?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Russian Journal of Communication is indexed in Scopus.
Is Russian Journal of Communication open access, and what is the APC?
Russian Journal of Communication is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .