Journal profile
Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft
ISSN 1869-1722 · eISSN 2296-4126 · Transcript · Germany
Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 76 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft is published by Transcript. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media Studies and Communication, Visual Culture and Art Theory and Cybernetics and Technology in Society, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences13.4%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities10.8%
- Cybernetics and Technology in SocietyArts and Humanities10.2%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- German Literature and Culture StudiesArts and Humanities6.9%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science6.8%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Cinema History and CriticismArts and Humanities5.1%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 697 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 49 |
| 2025 | 76 | 76 | 99 |
| 2024 | 158 | 158 | 147 |
| 2023 | 60 | 60 | 247 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 485 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | 69 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
- Transcript
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 1869-1722
- Electronic ISSN
- 2296-4126
- 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 Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft
How long does peer review take at Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft open access, and what is the APC?
Zeitschrift fur Medienwissenschaft 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; 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: .