40 Communication journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Social Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espejo de Monografías de Comunicación Social | 2660-4213 | 130 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Question | 1669-6581 | 81 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Key Issues of Contemporary Linguistics | 2949-5059 | 48 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture | 2213-0969 | 48 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies | 1743-8268 | 44 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Virtual Communication and Social Networks | 2782-4799 | 44 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| International Crisis and Risk Communication Association Reports | 3068-6539 | 42 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Linguistics & Polyglot Studies | 2410-2423 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Armenian Folia Anglistika | 1829-0337 | 39 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Armenia |
| Norsk medietidsskrift | 0804-8452 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Norway |
| The Journal of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University Series Foreign Philology Methods of Foreign Language Teaching | 2786-5312 | 36 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Aportes | 2306-8671 | 34 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschappen | 1384-6930 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Hipertext net Revista Académica sobre Documentación Digital y Comunicación Interactiva | 1695-5498 | 29 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Issues of Applied Linguistics | 2306-1286 | 27 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| International Journal of Web Based Communities | 1477-8394 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Kepes | 1794-7111 | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| PAAKAT Revista de Tecnología y Sociedad | 2007-3607 | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| The Journal of Communication and Media Studies | 2470-9247 | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Corporate Communication Review | 3052-6744 | 21 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Zincografía | 2448-8437 | 21 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| Perspectivas de la comunicación | 0718-4867 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Redmarka Revista de Marketing Aplicado | 1852-2300 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| The Pinnacle A Journal by Scholar-Practitioners | 2994-7502 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Comhumanitas | 1390-5619 | 19 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| Facts & Frictions Emerging Debates Pedagogies and Practices in Contemporary Journalism | 2816-2366 | 17 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| RihumSo Revista de investigación del Departamento de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales | 2250-8139 | 17 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Textos y Contextos | 1390-695X | 17 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| Conexión | 2305-7467 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Peru |
| International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics | 1740-8296 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Textual & Visual Media | 1889-2515 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| APPLIED MEDIA STUDIES JOURNAL | 3042-3600 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Serbia |
| Hipertextos | 2314-3916 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Comunica360 | 3028-9165 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Peru |
| Intersecciones en Comunicación | 1515-2332 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Questiones Publicitarias | 1133-6870 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| aDResearch ESIC International Journal of Communication Research | 1889-7304 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| RadioDoc Review | 2203-5176 | 12 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Australia |
| Northern Lights Film and Media Studies Yearbook | 1601-829X | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Southwestern Mass Communication Journal | 0891-9186 | 10 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |