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| Journal | Subsubject | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
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Contemporary Politics
ISSN 1356-9775 eISSN 1469-3631
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Political Science & International Relations | 2.000 | 2.200 | 0.840 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Folia Geographica
ISSN 1336-6157 eISSN 2454-1001
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Geography | 2.000 | 1.400 | 0.710 | Q2 | UNIV PRESOV |
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International Journal of Japanese Sociology
ISSN 0918-7545 eISSN 1475-6781
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Sociology | 2.000 | 1.200 | 0.640 | Q2 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0090-4392 eISSN 1520-6629
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Psychology | 2.000 | 2.400 | 0.840 | Q1 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0022-0965 eISSN 1096-0457
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Psychology | 2.000 | 2.500 | 0.710 | Q2 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0893-3200 eISSN 1939-1293
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Psychology | 2.000 | 3.000 | 0.970 | Q2 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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Journal of Palaeogeography-English
ISSN 2095-3836 eISSN 2524-4507
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Geography | 2.000 | 2.600 | 0.870 | Q1 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY
ISSN 1440-7833 eISSN 1741-2978
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Sociology | 2.000 | 2.900 | 0.820 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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Journalism Practice
ISSN 1751-2786 eISSN 1751-2794
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Communication & Media | 2.000 | 2.700 | 1.030 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Research & Politics
ISSN N/A eISSN 2053-1680
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Political Science & International Relations | 2.000 | 3.800 | 0.960 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Review of Philosophy and Psychology
ISSN 1878-5158 eISSN 1878-5166
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Psychology | 2.000 | 2.200 | 0.720 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
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SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL
ISSN 1470-2541 eISSN 1751-665X
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Geography | 2.000 | 1.600 | 0.680 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Social Psychological Bulletin
ISSN N/A eISSN 2569-653X
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Psychology | 2.000 | 0.000 | 0.820 | Q3 | Leibniz Institute Psychology |
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Womens Studies in Communication
ISSN 0749-1409 eISSN 2152-999X
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Communication & Media | 2.000 | 2.100 | 0.550 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0133-3720 eISSN 1788-9170
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Communication & Media | 1.900 | 1.700 | 0.470 | Q2 | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG |
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Chinese Journal of Communication
ISSN 1754-4750 eISSN 1754-4769
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Communication & Media | 1.900 | 3.700 | 0.880 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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COMMUNICATION REVIEW
ISSN 1071-4421 eISSN 1547-7487
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Communication & Media | 1.900 | 1.800 | 0.840 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN 0886-7356 eISSN 1548-1360
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Anthropology | 1.900 | 2.500 | 1.460 | Q1 | SOC CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY |
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EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
ISSN 1687-1472 eISSN 1687-1499
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Communication & Media | 1.900 | 2.200 | 0.490 | Q3 | SPRINGER |
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European Political Science
ISSN 1680-4333 eISSN 1682-0983
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.900 | 2.200 | 0.990 | Q2 | PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD |
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FEMINISM & PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0959-3535 eISSN 1461-7161
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Psychology | 1.900 | 2.700 | 1.060 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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Frontiers in Political Science
ISSN N/A eISSN 2673-3145
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.900 | 2.500 | 1.020 | Q2 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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International Feminist Journal of Politics
ISSN 1461-6742 eISSN 1468-4470
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.900 | 2.600 | 0.950 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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International Journal of Computers Communications & Control
ISSN 1841-9836 eISSN 1841-9844
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Communication & Media | 1.900 | 1.600 | 0.490 | Q3 | CCC PUBL-AGORA UNIV |
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International Journal of Strategic Communication
ISSN 1553-118X eISSN 1553-1198
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Communication & Media | 1.900 | 0.000 | 1.020 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Italian Political Science Review-Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
ISSN 0048-8402 eISSN 2057-4908
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.900 | 1.600 | 0.860 | Q2 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS
ISSN 1068-9583 eISSN 1573-3572
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Psychology | 1.900 | 2.000 | 0.570 | Q3 | SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS |
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Journal of Information Communication & Ethics in Society
ISSN 1477-996X eISSN 1758-8871
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Communication & Media | 1.900 | 2.300 | 0.700 | Q2 | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD |
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MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY QUARTERLY
ISSN 0745-5194 eISSN 1548-1387
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Anthropology | 1.900 | 2.300 | 0.920 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography
ISSN 0029-1951 eISSN 1502-5292
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Geography | 1.900 | 2.000 | 0.560 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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PROFESSIONAL GEOGRAPHER
ISSN 0033-0124 eISSN 1467-9272
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Geography | 1.900 | 1.700 | 0.660 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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PSYCHOLOGY & HEALTH
ISSN 0887-0446 eISSN 1476-8321
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Psychology | 1.900 | 2.700 | 0.710 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Psychology & Sexuality
ISSN 1941-9899 eISSN 1941-9902
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Psychology | 1.900 | 3.100 | 0.680 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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RURAL SOCIOLOGY
ISSN 0036-0112 eISSN 1549-0831
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Sociology | 1.900 | 3.000 | 1.100 | Q2 | WILEY |
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THEORY & PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0959-3543 eISSN 1461-7447
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Psychology | 1.900 | 1.500 | 0.570 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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African Journalism Studies
ISSN 2374-3670 eISSN 2374-3689
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 2.300 | 0.590 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH
ISSN 1532-673X eISSN 1552-3373
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.800 | 2.300 | 0.800 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0888-4080 eISSN 1099-0720
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Psychology | 1.800 | 2.300 | 0.690 | Q3 | WILEY |
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BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0197-3533 eISSN 1532-4834
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Psychology | 1.800 | 2.500 | 0.560 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Canadian Journal of School Psychology
ISSN 0829-5735 eISSN 2154-3984
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Psychology | 1.800 | 3.000 | 1.060 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Chinese Journal of Sociology
ISSN 2057-150X eISSN 2057-1518
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Sociology | 1.800 | 0.000 | 0.720 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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Communication Culture & Critique
ISSN 1753-9129 eISSN 1753-9137
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 2.100 | 0.650 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
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Contemporary Italian Politics
ISSN 2324-8823 eISSN 2324-8831
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.800 | 0.000 | 1.100 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Cultural Sociology
ISSN 1749-9755 eISSN 1749-9763
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Sociology | 1.800 | 2.200 | 0.860 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN 0011-3204 eISSN 1537-5382
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Anthropology | 1.800 | 3.300 | 1.450 | Q1 | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
ISSN 1074-5351 eISSN 1099-1131
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 1.600 | 0.430 | Q3 | WILEY |
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Journal of Computer Networks and Communications
ISSN 2090-7141 eISSN 2090-715X
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 1.800 | 0.390 | Q3 | WILEY |
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JOURNAL OF FAMILY COMMUNICATION
ISSN 1526-7431 eISSN 1532-7698
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 1.800 | 0.960 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY
ISSN 0022-1341 eISSN 1752-6868
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Geography | 1.800 | 2.200 | 0.190 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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Mobile Media & Communication
ISSN 2050-1579 eISSN 2050-1587
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 4.300 | 1.250 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication
ISSN 0167-8507 eISSN 1613-3684
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 1.800 | 1.290 | Q1 | DE GRUYTER MOUTON |
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Popular Communication
ISSN 1540-5702 eISSN 1540-5710
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 1.900 | 0.660 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS
ISSN 1049-0965 eISSN 1537-5935
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.800 | 2.500 | 0.700 | Q2 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
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Psychological Services
ISSN 1541-1559 eISSN 1939-148X
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Psychology | 1.800 | 2.600 | 0.740 | Q3 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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PSYCHOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU
ISSN 0033-3042 eISSN 2190-6238
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Psychology | 1.800 | 1.600 | 0.620 | Q2 | HOGREFE VERLAG |
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Quarterly Journal of Political Science
ISSN 1554-0626 eISSN 1554-0634
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.800 | 2.300 | 0.960 | Q2 | NOW PUBLISHERS INC |
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School Psychology
ISSN 2578-4218 eISSN 2578-4226
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Psychology | 1.800 | 3.100 | 1.140 | Q3 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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SOCIAL POLITICS
ISSN 1072-4745 eISSN 1468-2893
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.800 | 2.300 | 0.880 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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Spanish Journal of Psychology
ISSN 1138-7416 eISSN 1988-2904
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Psychology | 1.800 | 2.700 | 0.890 | Q2 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
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SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0039-7911 eISSN 1532-2432
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 1.900 | 0.490 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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Technical Communication Quarterly
ISSN 1057-2252 eISSN 1542-7625
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Communication & Media | 1.800 | 2.100 | 0.800 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST
ISSN 0002-7294 eISSN 1548-1433
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Anthropology | 1.700 | 2.700 | 1.370 | Q1 | WILEY |
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Cogent Psychology
ISSN 2331-1908 eISSN 2331-1908
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Psychology | 1.700 | 1.900 | 0.630 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Communication & Society-Spain
ISSN 2386-7876 eISSN 2386-7876
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 1.600 | 0.790 | Q2 | UNIV NAVARRA, SERVICIO PUBLICACIONES |
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COMMUNICATIONS IN PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ISSN 0360-5302 eISSN 1532-4133
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 2.300 | 1.350 | Q1 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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Critical Sociology
ISSN 0896-9205 eISSN 1569-1632
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Sociology | 1.700 | 2.200 | 0.790 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Feminist Media Studies
ISSN 1468-0777 eISSN 1471-5902
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 2.400 | 0.860 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology
ISSN 0920-1297 eISSN 1558-5263
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Anthropology | 1.700 | 1.400 | 1.040 | Q1 | BERGHAHN JOURNALS |
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Geographies
ISSN N/A eISSN 2673-7086
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Geography | 1.700 | 1.600 | 0.540 | Q2 | MDPI |
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International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications
ISSN 1947-315X eISSN 1947-3168
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 1.100 | 0.360 | Q4 | IGI GLOBAL |
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
ISSN 0090-9882 eISSN 1479-5752
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 2.600 | 0.780 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Journal of Communication in Healthcare
ISSN 1753-8068 eISSN 1753-8076
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 0.000 | 0.820 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Journal of Information and Telecommunication
ISSN 2475-1839 eISSN 2475-1847
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 2.300 | 0.570 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0022-4545 eISSN 1940-1183
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Psychology | 1.700 | 2.500 | 0.600 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
ISSN 2282-1619 eISSN 2282-1619
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Psychology | 1.700 | 1.400 | 0.660 | Q3 | UNIV STUDI MESSINA |
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MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0959-9436 eISSN 1364-551X
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 1.300 | 0.300 | Q3 | ELSEVIER |
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PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 1387-974X eISSN 1572-8188
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 1.600 | 0.440 | Q3 | SPRINGER |
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PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
ISSN 0033-3085 eISSN 1520-6807
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Psychology | 1.700 | 2.400 | 0.710 | Q3 | WILEY |
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RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY
ISSN 0951-4198 eISSN 1097-0231
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Communication & Media | 1.700 | 1.700 | 0.580 | Q3 | WILEY |
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SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
ISSN 1069-4404 eISSN 1759-8818
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Sociology | 1.700 | 2.500 | 2.650 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
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Translational Issues in Psychological Science
ISSN 2332-2136 eISSN 2332-2179
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Psychology | 1.700 | 2.200 | 0.780 | Q2 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 1367-2223 eISSN 1467-839X
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Psychology | 1.600 | 2.200 | 0.590 | Q3 | WILEY |
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ISSN 0743-4618 eISSN 1477-3848
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Communication & Media | 1.600 | 2.800 | 0.890 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0004-9530 eISSN 1742-9536
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Psychology | 1.600 | 4.000 | 0.900 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE
ISSN 1196-1961 eISSN 1878-7290
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Psychology | 1.600 | 1.500 | 0.480 | Q3 | CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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Communication Reports
ISSN 0893-4215 eISSN 1745-1043
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Communication & Media | 1.600 | 2.500 | 0.600 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Communication Research Reports
ISSN 0882-4096 eISSN 1746-4099
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Communication & Media | 1.600 | 1.400 | 0.810 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Communication Today
ISSN 1338-130X eISSN 1338-130X
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Communication & Media | 1.600 | 1.300 | 0.640 | Q2 | UNIV SS CYRIL & METHODIUS TRNAVA |
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Couple and Family Psychology-Research and Practice
ISSN 2160-4096 eISSN 2160-410X
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Psychology | 1.600 | 2.000 | 0.850 | Q2 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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CRITIQUE OF ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN 0308-275X eISSN 1460-3721
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Anthropology | 1.600 | 1.600 | 0.980 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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CURRENT SOCIOLOGY
ISSN 0011-3921 eISSN 1461-7064
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Sociology | 1.600 | 2.500 | 0.860 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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Discover Psychology
ISSN N/A eISSN 2731-4537
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Psychology | 1.600 | 1.700 | 0.470 | Q2 | SPRINGERNATURE |
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Fennia-International Journal of Geography
ISSN 0015-0010 eISSN 1798-5617
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Geography | 1.600 | 1.800 | 0.720 | Q2 | GEOGRAPHICAL SOC FINLAND |
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Frontiers in Communication
ISSN N/A eISSN 2297-900X
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Communication & Media | 1.600 | 2.300 | 0.770 | Q2 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
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IET Communications
ISSN 1751-8628 eISSN 1751-8636
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Communication & Media | 1.600 | 1.200 | 0.330 | Q3 | INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0020-7594 eISSN 1464-066X
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Psychology | 1.600 | 2.500 | 0.850 | Q2 | JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING
ISSN 1542-0973 eISSN 1542-0981
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Communication & Media | 1.600 | 1.700 | 0.370 | Q2 | WILEY |
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INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
ISSN 0192-5121 eISSN 1460-373X
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.600 | 2.700 | 1.100 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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International Review of Social Psychology
ISSN 2397-8570 eISSN 2397-8570
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Psychology | 1.600 | 3.200 | 0.610 | Q3 | UBIQUITY PRESS LTD |
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Journal of Criminal Psychology
ISSN 2009-3829 eISSN 2009-3829
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Psychology | 1.600 | 1.500 | 1.200 | Q2 | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD |
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