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Social Media and Societyopen access

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

SJR 2024

2.169 Q1

H-Index

82

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

20563051

Coverage

2015-2025

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

sms@sagepub.com

Scope

Social Media + Society is an open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that focuses on the socio-cultural, political, psychological, historical, economic, legal and policy dimensions of social media in societies past, contemporary and future. We publish interdisciplinary work that draws from the social sciences, humanities and computational social sciences, reaches out to the arts and natural sciences, and we endorse mixed methods and methodologies. The journal is open to a diversity of theoretic paradigms and methodologies. The editorial vision of Social Media + Society draws inspiration from research on social media to outline a field of study poised to reflexively grow as social technologies evolve. We foster the open access of sharing of research on the social properties of media, as they manifest themselves through the uses people make of networked platforms past and present, digital and non. The journal presents a collaborative, open, and shared space, dedicated exclusively to the study of social media and their implications for societies. It facilitates state-of-the-art research on cutting-edge trends and allows scholars to focus and track trends specific to this field of study. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Communication2016Q2
Communication2017Q1
Communication2018Q1
Communication2019Q1
Communication2020Q1
Communication2021Q1
Communication2022Q1
Communication2023Q1
Communication2024Q1
Computer Science Applications2016Q2
Computer Science Applications2017Q1
Computer Science Applications2018Q1
Computer Science Applications2019Q1
Computer Science Applications2020Q1
Computer Science Applications2021Q1
Computer Science Applications2022Q1
Computer Science Applications2023Q1
Computer Science Applications2024Q1
Cultural Studies2016Q1
Cultural Studies2017Q1
Cultural Studies2018Q1
Cultural Studies2019Q1
Cultural Studies2020Q1
Cultural Studies2021Q1
Cultural Studies2022Q1
Cultural Studies2023Q1
Cultural Studies2024Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20160.467
20171.170
20182.083
20191.993
20201.941
20211.813
20221.950
20232.156
20242.169
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201593
201682
201772
2018109
2019115
2020178
2021136
2022133
2023193
2024158
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20161.570
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20172.771
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20184.219
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20194.368
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20205.315
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20216.255
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20226.948
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20237.641
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20248.755
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20161.570
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20172.771
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20184.219
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20194.293
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20204.997
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20215.868
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20226.331
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20236.984
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20247.894
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20161.570
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20172.771
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20183.799
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20194.127
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20204.446
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20214.775
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20225.780
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20235.851
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20246.270
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20150
Self Cites201629
Self Cites201752
Self Cites201887
Self Cites201984
Self Cites2020122
Self Cites2021139
Self Cites2022119
Self Cites2023199
Self Cites2024168
Total Cites20150
Total Cites2016146
Total Cites2017485
Total Cites20181042
Total Cites20191129
Total Cites20201479
Total Cites20212359
Total Cites20222716
Total Cites20233122
Total Cites20243647
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20150
External Cites per document20161.258
External Cites per document20172.474
External Cites per document20183.866
External Cites per document20193.973
External Cites per document20204.584
External Cites per document20215.522
External Cites per document20226.054
External Cites per document20236.539
External Cites per document20247.530
Cites per document20150.000
Cites per document20161.570
Cites per document20172.771
Cites per document20184.219
Cites per document20194.293
Cites per document20204.997
Cites per document20215.868
Cites per document20226.331
Cites per document20236.984
Cites per document20247.894
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20157.53
201615.85
201716.67
201818.35
201920.00
202019.10
202127.94
202222.56
202323.83
202430.38
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20150
Non-citable documents20162
Non-citable documents20173
Non-citable documents20183
Non-citable documents20191
Non-citable documents20202
Non-citable documents20212
Non-citable documents20222
Non-citable documents20230
Non-citable documents20242
Citable documents20150
Citable documents201691
Citable documents2017172
Citable documents2018244
Citable documents2019262
Citable documents2020294
Citable documents2021400
Citable documents2022427
Citable documents2023447
Citable documents2024460
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20150
Uncited documents201635
Uncited documents201753
Uncited documents201843
Uncited documents201942
Uncited documents202041
Uncited documents202148
Uncited documents202250
Uncited documents202345
Uncited documents202431
Cited documents20150
Cited documents201658
Cited documents2017122
Cited documents2018204
Cited documents2019221
Cited documents2020255
Cited documents2021354
Cited documents2022379
Cited documents2023402
Cited documents2024431
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201552.14
201648.97
201748.92
201851.57
201942.99
202057.18
202154.49
202255.86
202352.53
202457.49
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton201533
Overton201627
Overton201730
Overton201844
Overton201947
Overton202070
Overton202130
Overton202216
Overton202324
Overton20244
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201826
SDG201926
SDG202056
SDG202139
SDG202245
SDG202359
SDG202447
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
2015
20162893
20173208
20183464
20193555
20203601
20213710
20223768
20233773
20243785
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
2015
2016237233
2017494107
2018911009
20191343933
20202002229
20212263299
20222528080
20232848464
20243020540
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