Public Relations Inquiry (PRI)

Public Relations Inquiry is a scholarly forum that prioritises critical, conceptual, and interdisciplinary research into public relations and related communication practices. Launched in 2012, the journal is published three times a year by SAGE Publications, and it offers a space for academically rigorous explorations of how public relations functions within social, cultural, and political contexts. Unlike some more practitioner-focused journals, Public Relations Inquiry emphasises theoretical innovation and reflexive scholarship, welcoming research that challenges conventional understandings of public relations and communication. Its scope spans public relations theory and history, political communication, strategic communication practices, media systems, organisational communication, cultural implications of PR, and the intersections of public relations with issues such as diversity, migration, governance, digital media, and societal change. The journal encourages a range of methodological approaches, but places particular value on work that is theoretically informed and critically engaged. It is recognised internationally through indexing in Scopus and the Web of Science: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), making it a visible venue for scholars in communication, media, cultural studies, and allied disciplines. Through its editorial leadership and global contributions, Public Relations Inquiry contributes to ongoing debates about the nature and impact of public relations in contemporary societies.

Public Relations Inquiry (PRI) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Public Administration, cultural studies, anthropology, political communication, sociology, organisational studies, development communication, ritical and qualitative work, to deepen scholarly understanding of the role of public relations in societal change, institutional power, cultural life, political discourse , Online or Print , Triennially Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 2046-147X, E-ISSN: 2046-1488, Established: 2012, Impact Factor: 1.7
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE