International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking
Last updated ISSN 1942-9010
International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking is published by IGI Global in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Social Media and Politics
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Digital Games and Media
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Multimedia Communication and Technology
- Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies
Key facts
| Publisher | IGI Global |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1942-9010, 1942-9029 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 229 |
| Publishing since | 2009 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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