Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Impact Factor 2026: 0.89

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At a glanceCommunication and Critical/Cultural Studies is listed in SSCI, AHCI, Scopus, JCR 2024. Published by Routledge, it has 732 published works, cited 10,264 times (h-index 49). Its impact factor* of 0.89 ranks it 24 of 68 in Cultural Studies. Its papers take a median of 287 days from submission to acceptance. 8% of its recent research articles name a funder, most often Microsoft Research. Papers by ScholarsColab mentors and the researchers we track appear here as soon as they publish in it. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*0.89Rank 24 of 68 in Cultural Studies IndexingSSCIAHCIScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Review time287 daysMedian from submission to acceptance

RetractionsNoneNone on record under this name

01Impact factor

Impact factor of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)0.89calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#24of 68 by citedness

h-index49

Papers published732cited 10,264 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Cultural Studiesrank 24 of 68 journals
Communicationrank 158 of 240 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

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02Review time

Review time of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

Submission to acceptance287 daysmedian

Acceptance to online26 daysmedian

Papers counted59Oct 2024 to Sep 2026

How long papers in this journal took to be accepted

Fastest 10% accepted within 3 daysMiddle half of the papers: 5–360 daysMedian: 287 daysSlowest 10% took over 413 days

Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.

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Half of the research articles Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies published between Oct 2024 and Sep 2026 were accepted within 287 days of submission, and the middle half took between 5 and 360 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.

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Source, method and date. For each of the 59 research articles published from Oct 2024 to Sep 2026 that carry both dates, ScholarsColab counted the days from received to accepted, then took the median and the middle 50% of those values; articles with impossible dates were left out. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Review times of individual papers vary with the field, the editor, the reviewers and the number of revisions, and the journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with this journal; check the journal’s website for its own figures.

Need a faster review? Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies takes a median of 287 days; the fastest journals in Communication take 5.

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APC waivers and discounts for Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

Taylor & Francis: 100% waiver for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request. Authors in 24 countries get a full waiver.

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03Funders

Who funds research published in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

Articles naming a funder8%of 63 recent articles

Funders named most often

Microsoft Research1

UCF Research Foundation1

University of Central Florida1

Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California1

Charles Phelps Taft Research Center1

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

04Indexing

Indexing of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Not listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	✓ Listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	✓ Listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 1479-1420
eISSN: 1479-4233
Publisher: Routledge all its journals →
Country: United States
Language: English
Scopus source type: Journal
Web of Science categories: Cultural Studies, Communication

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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05How to submit

How to submit to Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

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06Reviewer comments

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07Same subject

Cultural Studies journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies when the 66 journals of Cultural Studies in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
20	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies	1.14	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription
21	Journal of African Cultural Studies	1.12	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription
22	Journal of Consumer Culture	1.10	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription
23	Cultural Studies	1.01	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription
25	Journal of Material Culture	0.75	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription
26	Critical Inquiry	0.71	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription
27	Journal for Cultural Research	0.71	ESCI	Subscription
28	Critical Arts	0.68	AHCI, SSCI	Subscription

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 157,240 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated by ScholarsColab, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time is the median days from submission to acceptance (not every publisher publishes these dates). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.

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08Questions

Frequently asked questions

How long is the review time of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies?

Based on 59 research articles Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies published from Oct 2024 to Sep 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 287 days, and half of them were accepted between 5 and 360 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 26 days. Data updated October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.

What is the impact factor of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies is 0.89: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 0.89 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies?

The h-index of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies is 49 (October 2026): 49 of its papers have each been cited at least 49 times. Its i10-index is 260.

What is the quartile of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies?

Is Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies an SCIE journal?

Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies is listed in SSCI and AHCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

Does Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies offer an APC waiver?

Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies follows the policy of Taylor & Francis: 100% waiver for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Who funds research published in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies?

8% of 63 recent research articles in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies name a funder; the funders named most often are Microsoft Research, UCF Research Foundation, University of Central Florida.