El JCR 2018 de las revistas de Comunicación sitúa en primera posición al Journal of Computer Mediated Communication con un factor de impacto de 4,896, seguida de New Media Society (4,8) y de Political Communication (4,339).
La revista española mejor posicionada es Comunicar con un factor de impacto de 3,338 situada en la novena posición (primer cuartil) mientras que El profesional de la información, la otra revista española en el ranking, se encuentra en el puesto número 44 (segundo cuartil) con un factor e impacto de 1,505.
Hay que destacar que son 88 las revistas de comunicación en este JCR ya que International Journal of Mobile Communications ha sido expulsada de la clasificación por un alto número de autocitas.
Las últimas posiciones las ocupan las publicaciones británicas African Journalism Studies (puesto 86) y Journal of African Media Studies (87) mientras que la revista holandesa Tijdschrift Voor Communicatiewetenschap se sitúa en la última posición (88) con un factor de impacto de 0.086.
| País | Ranking | Revista | Factor impacto | Cuartil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 1 | JOURNAL OF COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION | 4,896 | Q1 |
| GB | 2 | NEW MEDIA SOCIETY | 4,8 | Q1 |
| US | 3 | POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | 4,339 | Q1 |
| GB | 4 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SOCIETY | 4,124 | Q1 |
| US | 5 | JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 3,753 | Q1 |
| US | 6 | HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 3,534 | Q1 |
| GB | 7 | JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING | 3,518 | Q1 |
| US | 8 | COMMUNICATION THEORY | 3,395 | Q1 |
| ES | 9 | COMUNICAR | 3,338 | Q1 |
| GB | 10 | PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY | 3,31 | Q1 |
| US | 11 | COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 3,087 | Q1 |
| US | 12 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS POLITICS | 3 | Q1 |
| GB | 13 | PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE | 2,754 | Q1 |
| GB | 14 | MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY | 2,736 | Q1 |
| US | 15 | JOURNALISM | 2,691 | Q1 |
| GB | 16 | DIGITAL JOURNALISM | 2,679 | Q1 |
| GB | 17 | ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION A JOURNAL OF NATURE AND CULTURE | 2,469 | Q1 |
| GB | 18 | COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS | 2,365 | Q1 |
| US | 19 | MOBILE MEDIA COMMUNICATION | 2,333 | Q1 |
| GB | 20 | COMMUNICATION METHODS AND MEASURES | 2,306 | Q1 |
| US | 21 | SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | 2,302 | Q1 |
| GB | 22 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING | 2,234 | Q1 |
| GB | 23 | JOURNALISM STUDIES | 2,233 | Q2 |
| GB | 24 | MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY | 2,186 | Q2 |
| GB | 25 | JOURNAL OF PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH | 2,125 | Q2 |
| GB | 26 | JOURNALISM PRACTICE | 2,124 | Q2 |
| GB | 27 | FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES | 2,042 | Q2 |
| US | 28 | JOURNALISM MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY | 2,03 | Q2 |
| GB | 29 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 2,015 | Q2 |
| GB | 30 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY | 2 | Q2 |
| US | 31 | JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH | 1,969 | Q2 |
| GB | 32 | RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION | 1,956 | Q2 |
| US | 33 | POLICY AND INTERNET | 1,927 | Q2 |
| GB | 34 | JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING ELECTRONIC MEDIA | 1,917 | Q2 |
| GB | 35 | MEDIA CULTURE SOCIETY | 1,886 | Q2 |
| GB | 36 | HEALTH COMMUNICATION | 1,846 | Q2 |
| US | 37 | JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION | 1,773 | Q2 |
| GB | 38 | DISCOURSE STUDIES | 1,678 | Q2 |
| GB | 39 | JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | 1,678 | Q2 |
| US | 40 | PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW | 1,616 | Q2 |
| US | 41 | CONVERGENCE THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH INTO NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES | 1,607 | Q2 |
| US | 42 | GAMES AND CULTURE | 1,574 | Q2 |
| DE | 43 | JOURNAL OF MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY THEORIES METHODS AND APPLICATIONS | 1,514 | Q2 |
| ES | 44 | PROFESIONAL DE LA INFORMACION | 1,505 | Q2 |
| GB | 45 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH | 1,484 | Q3 |
| GB | 46 | JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA | 1,388 | Q3 |
| NL | 47 | ARGUMENTATION | 1,3 | Q3 |
| US | 48 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | 1,293 | Q3 |
| GB | 49 | LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION | 1,292 | Q3 |
| GB | 50 | CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION | 1,267 | Q3 |
| US | 51 | TELEVISION NEW MEDIA | 1,245 | Q3 |
| GB | 52 | DISCOURSE SOCIETY | 1,237 | Q3 |
| US | 53 | COMMUNICATION SPORT | 1,22 | Q3 |
| US | 54 | WRITTEN COMMUNICATION | 1,219 | Q3 |
| GB | 55 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | 1,196 | Q3 |
| US | 56 | MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY | 1,193 | Q3 |
| NL | 57 | INTERACTION STUDIES | 1,15 | Q3 |
| US | 58 | IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION | 1,143 | Q3 |
| GB | 59 | ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 1,097 | Q3 |
| US | 60 | PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | 1,096 | Q3 |
| US | 61 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 1,069 | Q3 |
| GB | 62 | CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 1,064 | Q3 |
| GB | 63 | JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 1,033 | Q3 |
| US | 64 | JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 1,014 | Q3 |
| GB | 65 | CRITICAL DISCOURSE STUDIES | 0,984 | Q3 |
| US | 66 | DISCOURSE COMMUNICATION | 0,983 | Q3 |
| GB | 67 | JOURNAL OF MEDIA ETHICS | 0,967 | Q4 |
| GB | 68 | RHETORIC SOCIETY QUARTERLY | 0,956 | Q4 |
| GB | 69 | COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL CULTURAL STUDIES | 0,953 | Q4 |
| US | 70 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE | 0,944 | Q4 |
| US | 71 | JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION | 0,9 | Q4 |
| GB | 72 | JAVNOST THE PUBLIC | 0,86 | Q4 |
| GB | 73 | DISCOURSE CONTEXT MEDIA | 0,815 | Q4 |
| US | 74 | VISUAL COMMUNICATION | 0,767 | Q4 |
| GB | 75 | QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH | 0,758 | Q4 |
| GB | 76 | TRANSLATOR | 0,744 | Q4 |
| GB | 77 | MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA | 0,713 | Q4 |
| DE | 78 | COMMUNICATIONS EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 0,707 | Q4 |
| GB | 79 | SOCIAL SEMIOTICS | 0,704 | Q4 |
| US | 80 | TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION | 0,657 | Q4 |
| US | 81 | COMMUNICATION CULTURE CRITIQUE | 0,653 | Q4 |
| NL | 82 | NARRATIVE INQUIRY | 0,514 | Q4 |
| GB | 83 | CONTINUUM JOURNAL OF MEDIA CULTURAL STUDIES | 0,486 | Q4 |
| GB | 84 | JOURNAL OF MEDIA ECONOMICS | 0,417 | Q4 |
| DE | 85 | TEXT TALK | 0,4 | Q4 |
| GB | 86 | AFRICAN JOURNALISM STUDIES | 0,347 | Q4 |
| GB | 87 | JOURNAL OF AFRICAN MEDIA STUDIES | 0,309 | Q4 |
| NL | 88 | TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR COMMUNICATIEWETENSCHAP | 0,086 | Q4 |
| CH | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS |