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| Journal | Subsubject | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
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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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Peace and Conflict-Journal of Peace Psychology
ISSN 1078-1919 eISSN 1532-7949
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Psychology | 1.500 | 1.300 | 0.470 | Q4 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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Social Psychology
ISSN 1864-9335 eISSN 2151-2590
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Psychology | 1.500 | 2.100 | 0.520 | Q4 | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP |
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Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
ISSN N/A eISSN 2451-8654
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Communication & Media | 1.400 | 1.600 | 0.370 | Q4 | ELSEVIER INC |
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Journal of Social and Political Psychology
ISSN N/A eISSN 2195-3325
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Psychology | 1.400 | 2.000 | 0.550 | Q4 | PSYCHOPEN |
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Natural Product Communications
ISSN 1934-578X eISSN 1555-9475
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Communication & Media | 1.400 | 1.600 | 0.280 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 1618-3169 eISSN 2190-5142
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Psychology | 1.300 | 1.500 | 0.380 | Q4 | HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP |
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Infocommunications Journal
ISSN 2061-2079 eISSN 2061-2125
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Communication & Media | 1.300 | 1.100 | 0.300 | Q4 | SCIENTIFIC ASSOC INFOCOMMUNICATIONS |
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Health Psychology Report
ISSN 2353-4184 eISSN 2353-5571
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.300 | 0.630 | Q4 | TERMEDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD |
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International Journal of Social Psychology
ISSN 0213-4748 eISSN 1579-3680
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.300 | 0.410 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Journal of Cognitive Psychology
ISSN 2044-5911 eISSN 2044-592X
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.400 | 0.420 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
ISSN N/A eISSN 2475-0387
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Psychology | 1.200 | 2.700 | 0.660 | Q4 | WILEY |
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PADAGOGISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE
ISSN 1010-0652 eISSN 1664-2910
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.400 | 0.710 | Q4 | HOGREFE AG-HOGREFE AG SUISSE |
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology
ISSN 2353-4192 eISSN 2353-561X
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.200 | 0.400 | Q4 | TERMEDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD |
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Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
ISSN 1932-4502 eISSN 1936-3567
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.100 | 0.340 | Q4 | SPRINGER |
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AI COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0921-7126 eISSN 1875-8452
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0.220 | Q4 | IOS PRESS |
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International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
ISSN 1754-3916 eISSN 1754-3924
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 0.600 | 0.250 | Q4 | INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD |
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Psychosis-Psychological Social and Integrative Approaches
ISSN 1752-2439 eISSN 1752-2447
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Psychology | 1.000 | 1.100 | 0.330 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Reading Psychology
ISSN 0270-2711 eISSN 1521-0685
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Psychology | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0.400 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Acta Geographica Slovenica-Geografski Zbornik
ISSN 1581-6613 eISSN 1581-8314
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Geography | 0.900 | 1.100 | 0.370 | Q4 | GEOGRAFSKI INST ANTONA MELIKA ZRC SAZU |
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Advances in Cognitive Psychology
ISSN 1895-1171 eISSN 1895-1171
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.200 | 0.360 | Q4 | UNIV ECONOMICS & HUMAN SCIENCES WARSAW |
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0736-7236 eISSN N/A
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.700 | 0.340 | Q4 | GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Acta Crystallographica Section E-Crystallographic Communications
ISSN 2056-9890 eISSN 2056-9890
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.600 | 0.290 | Q4 | INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY |
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0002-9556 eISSN 1939-8298
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.900 | 0.200 | Q4 | UNIV ILLINOIS PRESS |
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ANNEE PSYCHOLOGIQUE
ISSN 0003-5033 eISSN 1955-2580
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Psychology | 0.600 | 1.200 | 0.140 | Q4 | PRESSES UNIV FRANCE |
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Communication Disorders Quarterly
ISSN 1525-7401 eISSN 1538-4837
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 1.000 | 0.320 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN PROBABILITY
ISSN N/A eISSN 1083-589X
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.700 | 0.260 | Q4 | INST MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS-IMS |
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GIO-Gruppe-Interaktion-Organisation-Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Organisationspsychologie
ISSN 2366-6145 eISSN 2366-6218
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.700 | 0.230 | Q4 | SPRINGER VIEWEG-SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH |
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Ido Movement for Culture-Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology
ISSN 2084-3763 eISSN 2082-7571
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Anthropology | 0.600 | 0.800 | 0.220 | Q4 | STOWARZYSZENIE IDOKAN POLSKA-IDOKAN POLAND ASSOC |
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IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0916-8516 eISSN 1745-1345
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.500 | 0.160 | Q4 | IEICE-INST ELECTRONICS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0047-0767 eISSN N/A
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.700 | 0.210 | Q4 | EDIZIONI LUIGI POZZI |
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Intersections-East European Journal of Society and Politics
ISSN N/A eISSN 2416-089X
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.600 | 0.800 | 0.220 | Q4 | CENTRE SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUNGARIAN ACAD SCIENCES |
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Konsultativnaya Psikhologiya i Psikhoterapiya-Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
ISSN 2075-3470 eISSN 2311-9446
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.500 | 0.150 | Q4 | MOSCOW STATE UNIV PSYCHOLOGY & EDUCATION |
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Psychotherapy and Politics International
ISSN 1476-9263 eISSN 1556-9195
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.600 | 0.500 | 0.210 | Q4 | Psychotherapy and Politics International |
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STUDIA PSYCHOLOGICA
ISSN 0039-3320 eISSN 2585-8815
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.900 | 0.270 | Q4 | SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES, CTR SOCIAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES, IEP |
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ACM Communications in Computer Algebra
ISSN 1932-2232 eISSN 1932-2240
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Communication & Media | 0.500 | 0.400 | 0.200 | Q4 | ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY |
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ANNALES MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES
ISSN 0003-4487 eISSN 1769-6631
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Psychology | 0.500 | 0.400 | 0.180 | Q4 | MASSON EDITEUR |
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Canadian Journal of Communication
ISSN 0705-3657 eISSN 1499-6642
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Communication & Media | 0.500 | 0.700 | 0.230 | Q4 | UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC |
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Communication Sciences and Disorders-CSD
ISSN 2288-1328 eISSN 2288-0917
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Communication & Media | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.250 | Q4 | KOREAN ACAD SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY |
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CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS
ISSN 0094-3061 eISSN 1939-8638
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Sociology | 0.500 | 0.600 | 0.080 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Czech Journal of International Relations
ISSN 2788-2985 eISSN 2788-2993
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.360 | Q4 | INST INT RELATIONS, PRAGUE |
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Geographical Review of Japan-Series B
ISSN 1883-4396 eISSN 1883-4396
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Geography | 0.500 | 0.600 | 0.060 | Q4 | ASSOC JAPANESE GEOGRAPHERS |
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Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
ISSN 0957-6851 eISSN 1569-9838
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Communication & Media | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.290 | Q4 | JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
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Medijske Studije-Media Studies
ISSN 1847-9758 eISSN 1848-5030
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Communication & Media | 0.500 | 0.900 | 0.150 | Q4 | SVEUCILISTE & ZAGREBU, FAK POLITICKIH ZNANOSTI |
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New Political Science
ISSN 0739-3148 eISSN 1469-9931
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.500 | 0.700 | 0.240 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Polish Sociological Review
ISSN 1231-1413 eISSN 1231-1413
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Sociology | 0.500 | 0.900 | 0.220 | Q4 | POLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO SOCJOLOGICZNE-POLISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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Politeia-Journal of Political Theory Political Philosophy and Sociology of Politics
ISSN 2078-5089 eISSN 2587-5914
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Sociology | 0.500 | 0.300 | 0.110 | Q4 | ZHURNAL POLITICHESKOI FILOSOFII & SOTSIOLOGII POLITIKI POLITIYA |
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Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research
ISSN 2164-8204 eISSN 2325-7342
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Psychology | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.160 | Q4 | Psi Chi - Int Honor Soc Psychology |
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PSYCHOLOGIA
ISSN 0033-2852 eISSN 1347-5916
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Psychology | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.340 | Q4 | Psychologia Editorial Office |
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Psychologie Francaise
ISSN 0033-2984 eISSN 0033-2984
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Psychology | 0.500 | 0.600 | 0.190 | Q4 | ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER |
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Social Psychology and Society
ISSN 2221-1527 eISSN 2311-7052
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Psychology | 0.500 | 0.400 | 0.190 | Q4 | MOSCOW STATE UNIV PSYCHOLOGY & EDUCATION |
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Toxicology Communications
ISSN N/A eISSN 2473-4306
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Communication & Media | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.180 | Q4 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Visual Communication Quarterly
ISSN 1555-1393 eISSN 1555-1407
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Communication & Media | 0.500 | 0.600 | 0.220 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Anthropology Southern Africa
ISSN 2332-3256 eISSN 2332-3264
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Anthropology | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.450 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Canadian Political Science Review
ISSN 1911-4125 eISSN 1911-4125
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.470 | Q4 | BRITISH COLUMBIA POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOC |
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CESKOSLOVENSKA PSYCHOLOGIE
ISSN 0009-062X eISSN 1804-6436
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Psychology | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.160 | Q4 | ACADEMIA |
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Communicatio-South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research
ISSN 0250-0167 eISSN 1753-5379
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.700 | 0.230 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Communication Teacher
ISSN 1740-4622 eISSN 1740-4630
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.190 | Q4 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY
ISSN 1569-1322 eISSN 1569-1330
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Sociology | 0.400 | 0.600 | 0.290 | Q4 | BRILL |
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Connectist-Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences
ISSN N/A eISSN 2636-8943
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.120 | Q4 | ISTANBUL UNIV, FAC COMMUNICATION |
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Electronics and Communications in Japan
ISSN 1942-9533 eISSN 1942-9541
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.080 | Q4 | WILEY |
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Ethics & Global Politics
ISSN 1654-4951 eISSN 1654-6369
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.400 | 0.600 | 0.160 | Q4 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Geography and Natural Resources
ISSN 1875-3728 eISSN 1875-371X
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Geography | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.110 | Q4 | MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER |
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Hrvatski Geografski Glasnik-Croatian Geographical Bulletin
ISSN 1331-5854 eISSN 1848-6401
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Geography | 0.400 | 0.600 | 0.110 | Q4 | CROATIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOC |
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International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy
ISSN 1577-7057 eISSN 1989-2780
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Psychology | 0.400 | 0.800 | 0.130 | Q4 | ASOC ANALISIS COMPORTAMIENTO |
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Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies
ISSN 2001-0818 eISSN 2049-9531
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.180 | Q4 | INTELLECT LTD |
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JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONICS
ISSN 1064-2269 eISSN 1555-6557
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.300 | 0.080 | Q4 | PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC |
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KOME-An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry
ISSN 2063-7330 eISSN 2063-7330
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.600 | 0.270 | Q4 | Ludovika Univ Press |
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NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0112-109X eISSN 1179-7924
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Psychology | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.100 | Q4 | NEW ZEALAND PSYCHOL SOC |
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Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications
ISSN 1842-6573 eISSN 2065-3824
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.090 | Q4 | NATL INST OPTOELECTRONICS |
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Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations
ISSN 1420-2530 eISSN 1420-2530
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Psychology | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.110 | Q4 | ELSEVIER MASSON SAS EDITEUR |
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Reviews in Anthropology
ISSN 0093-8157 eISSN 1556-3014
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Anthropology | 0.400 | 0.700 | 0.070 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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SOCIOLOGIA
ISSN 0049-1225 eISSN 1336-8613
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Sociology | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.280 | Q4 | INST SOCIOLOGY SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES |
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Sociologija
ISSN 0038-0318 eISSN 0038-0318
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Sociology | 0.400 | 0.300 | 0.130 | Q4 | UNIV BELGRADE, FAC PHILOSOPHY |
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SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING
ISSN 0038-0342 eISSN 0038-0342
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Sociology | 0.400 | 0.700 | 0.220 | Q4 | SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING |
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Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism
ISSN 2308-6203 eISSN 2308-6211
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Communication & Media | 0.400 | 0.200 | 0.220 | Q4 | BAIKAL STATE UNIV |
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Visual Anthropology Review
ISSN 1058-7187 eISSN 1548-7458
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Anthropology | 0.400 | 0.600 | 0.410 | Q4 | WILEY |
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Zeitschrift fur Sportpsychologie
ISSN 1612-5010 eISSN 2190-6300
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Psychology | 0.400 | 0.600 | 0.120 | Q4 | HOGREFE VERLAG |
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American Journalism
ISSN 0882-1127 eISSN 2326-2486
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Communication & Media | 0.300 | 0.200 | 0.170 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
ISSN 1563-0110 eISSN 1531-832X
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Anthropology | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.200 | Q4 | PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC |
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Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies
ISSN 1757-1898 eISSN 1757-1901
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Communication & Media | 0.300 | 0.500 | 0.290 | Q4 | INTELLECT LTD |
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Cuestiones de Sociologia
ISSN 1668-1584 eISSN 2346-8904
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Sociology | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.020 | Q4 | UNIV NAC LA PLATA, FAC HUMANIDADES & CIENCIAS EDUC |
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Current Research in Social Psychology
ISSN 1088-7423 eISSN 1088-7423
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Psychology | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.070 | Q4 | UNIV IOWA, DEPT SOCIOLOGY |
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Galactica Media-Journal of Media Studies - Galaktika Media-Zhurnal Media Issledovanij
ISSN N/A eISSN 2658-7734
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Communication & Media | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.160 | Q4 | LTD CO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE GENESIS FRONTIER SCIENCE |
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IEICE Communications Express
ISSN 2187-0136 eISSN 2187-0136
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Communication & Media | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.080 | Q4 | IEICE-INST ELECTRONICS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS |
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International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems
ISSN 1754-8632 eISSN 1754-8640
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Communication & Media | 0.300 | 0.000 | 0.060 | Q4 | INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD |
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Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders
ISSN 2040-5111 eISSN 2040-512X
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Communication & Media | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.190 | Q4 | EQUINOX PUBLISHING LTD |
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Journal of Map & Geography Libraries
ISSN 1542-0353 eISSN 1542-0361
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Geography | 0.300 | 0.500 | 0.100 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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MGIMO Review of International Relations
ISSN 2071-8160 eISSN 2541-9099
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.150 | Q4 | MGIMO UNIV PRESS |
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Politicka Misao-Croatian Political Science Review
ISSN 0032-3241 eISSN 1846-8721
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.160 | Q4 | SVEUCILISTE & ZAGREBU, FAK POLITICKIH ZNANOSTI |
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Pratiques Psychologiques
ISSN 1269-1763 eISSN N/A
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Psychology | 0.300 | 0.500 | 0.270 | Q4 | ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER |
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PSYCHOLOGIE IN ERZIEHUNG UND UNTERRICHT
ISSN 0342-183X eISSN 0342-183X
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Psychology | 0.300 | 0.500 | 0.130 | Q4 | ERNST REINHARDT GMBH CO VERLAG |
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Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research
ISSN 0035-1121 eISSN 1760-7426
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Geography | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.070 | Q4 | IGA-ASSOC DIFFUSION RECHERCHE ALPINE |
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Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations
ISSN 1454-8100 eISSN 2344-5440
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Communication & Media | 0.300 | 1.200 | 0.270 | Q4 | SCOALA NATL STUDII POLITICE ADM - SNSPA, FAC COMINICARE REALTI PUBLICE |
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RUDN Journal of Sociology-Vestnik Rossiiskogo Universiteta Druzhby Narodov Seriya Sotsiologiya
ISSN 2313-2272 eISSN 2408-8897
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Sociology | 0.300 | 0.400 | 0.130 | Q4 | PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIV RUSSIA |
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Sibirskiy Psikhologicheskiy Zhurnal-Siberian Journal of Psychology
ISSN 1726-7080 eISSN 2411-0809
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Psychology | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.110 | Q4 | TOMSK STATE UNIV |
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SIYASAL-Journal of Political Sciences
ISSN N/A eISSN 2618-6330
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.300 | 0.200 | 0.090 | Q4 | ISTANBUL UNIV |
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Sociologia Nauki i Tehnologij-Sociology of Science & Technology
ISSN 2079-0910 eISSN 2414-9225
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Sociology | 0.300 | 0.200 | 0.170 | Q4 | INST HISTORY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SAINT PETERSBURG BRANCH, RUSS ACAD SCI |
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Sociologia y Tecnociencia
ISSN 1989-8487 eISSN 1989-8487
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Sociology | 0.300 | 0.500 | 0.120 | Q4 | UNIV VALLADOLID, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA & TRABAJO SOCIAL |
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Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie
ISSN 1728-192X eISSN 1728-1938
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Sociology | 0.300 | 0.300 | 0.160 | Q4 | NATL RESEARCH UNIV HIGHER SCH ECONOMICS |
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