BGSU SSCI Journal Publishing Guide: Communication, Information Studies and Interdisciplinary Journals
This published guide was created by the Bowling Green State University Fall 2021, 2022, and 2023 MC6300 Social Scientific Method Class to serve the communication program scholars and graduate students worldwide interested in publishing communication research. This publishing guide covers 95 SSCI communication journals and 72 selected information studies and interdisciplinary journals which publish communication related studies with Journal Impact Factors, Google H5 index and SCImago SJR scores. We hope this impartial apple to apple comparison will enable you to make a wise choice in selecting your publishing outlets. We know there are many more quality communication journals and hope we can add more to this when we have more resources.
The contributors to this publishing guide are Dr. Louisa Ha and the following BGSU graduate students:
2023 information studies and interdisciplinary journals by PhD students: Halima Ali, Tunde Amosun, Azade Asadi Damavandi, Madison Clatt, Jisha Jacob, Faiswal Kasirye, Ali Raza, Marianne Vanderbeke, Kelsey Zook, Master students: Julia Asamoa, Amaia Ham and Abiola Sobayo.
2022 Communication Journal updates by PhD Students: Ahmad Alsubhi, Zainab Akbar, Hyacinth Bangero, Saadia Farooq, Man Luo, Mac Williams, Master Students: Daniel Awomnab, Kendell Davis, Jillian Hallisey. Shehbaz Kahn, Sara Richter and Guest Student KC Bailey.
2021 Communication Journal Guide by PhD Students: Anna DeGalan, Matt Dorr, Enamul Kabir, Debipreeta Rahut, Jeevani Sammeta, Shudipta Sharma, Nuzaira Tannerum, Amanda Grace Taylor; and Master Students: Chinwendu Akanolu, Felicity Dogbatse, Cole Highhouse, Genesis Jordan, Amir Khan, Michael Ofori, Annase Raji, Alana Ritt, Morgan Rutan, Conner Spencer, Michael Zolciak.
Our team analyzed the total number empirical research articles published in the journal in the most recent year available, excluding editorial essays, commentaries, and book reviews and the research method used in the empirical studies. Then we determined the research orientation of the journal by the methods being used in its published articles with 60% of quantitative methods to determine the journal’s orientation as quantitative, and 60% of qualitative methods to determine the journal’s orientation as qualitative. No dominance of method orientation is classified as open to all.
The complete publishing guide: A) Communication journals and B) Information Studies and Interdisciplinary journals contains 40 items about each journal which can be downloaded here as a spreadsheet you can sort. A shortened sortable version is displayed at the bottom of this page.
- Journal title with journal web site link
- Language of published articles
- Brief Journal Description
- Format (print or online or both)
- Link to journal guideline for authors
- Editor-in-Chief’s name
- Editorial Office contact
- ISSN number of the journal
- eISSN number of the journal
- SSCI subject category
- Total number of citations as per Journal Impact Factor Report
- 2020 Journal Impact Factor
- JIF Quartile
- 2020 JCI
- Google H5 index of the journal
- Scopus SCIMAGO SJR of the journal
- % of Open Access Gold articles (according to JCR)
- Publisher name
- Academic Association affiliation
- Launch Year
- Publication Frequency
- Has onlinefirst/earlycite articles
- Has Book Reviews
- Charge to authors
- Total number of articles published in the most recent year
- Research Methods breakdown in published articles in the most recent year
- Research Orientation of the journal determined by research methods used in published articles in the most recent year (60%+ quantitative method articles are counted as quantitative journal, 60%+ qualitative method articles are counted as qualitative journals, even proportion of quantitative and qualitative methods are counted as open orientation journal).
- Citation style
- Open to different citation style in initial submissions
- Length/word limitations
- Desk rejection rate
- Abstract type (structured vs. unstructured)
- Abstract in other languages
- Acceptance rate
- Open data requirement
- Keyword requirement
- Submission platform
- Average first decision turnaround time
- Online supplement postings
- Remarks/news about the journal
Communication Journals
| JOURNAL NAME | Format | 2021 JIF | Publisher Name | Asso affiliation | Launch Year | Publication Freq. | Charge to authors | # of articles per year | Orientation | Citation Style | Length/Word limitations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICAN JOURNALISM STUDIES | Online only | 1.673 | Taylor and Francis | The Journalism Research and Education Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), The African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), The South African Communication Association (Sacomm) | 1980 | 4 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 30 | Qualitative but open to other orientation | Chicago Style | 6000 and 800 | |
| ARGUMENTATION | Both print and online | 1.172 | Springer Netherlands | None | 1987 | 5 per year | No (Pay for open access) | 14 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA | between 8000 to 10000 words | |
| ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 2.074 | Taylor & Francis | Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) | 1990 | 6 issues a year | No (Pay for open access) | 27 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA | Between 6000 to 9000 words | |
| CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 3.698 | Taylor and Francis | NONE | 2010 | 4 issues per year | No | 12 | quantitative but open to other orienatation | APA | 8000 words | |
| COMMUNICATION & SPORT | Both print and online | 3.183 | SAGE | IACS | 2012 | 6 bi-monthly isues | No (Pay for Open Access) | 38 | quantitative | APA | 5000-7000 words | |
| COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL-CULTURAL STUDIES | Both print and online | 2.426 | Taylor & Francis | NCA | 2004 | 4 times a year | No | 48 | Qualitative | Chicago | 9000 words | |
| COMMUNICATION CULTURE & CRITIQUE | Both print and online | 2.052 | Wiley | ICA | 2008 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 49 | Qualitative | APA | No more than 7000 words | |
| COMMUNICATION METHODS AND MEASURES | both print and online | 8.044 | Taylor & Francis | AEJMC CTM Division Journal | 2007 | 4 times a year | No | 10 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA | no limitations | |
| COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS | Both print and online | 2.695 | Taylor and Francis | NCA | 1934 | 4 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 15 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA | 40 pages | |
| COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | Both print and online | 6.300 | SAGE Publications | None | 1974 | 6 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 56 | Quantitative | APA | 40-page limit | |
| COMMUNICATION THEORY | Both print and online | 4.111 | International Communication Association | None | 1991 | quartly | No (Pay for Open Access) | 25 | open | APA | 9000 words | |
| COMMUNICATIONS-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | Both print and online | 1.339 | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | None | 1976 | 4 per year | No (Pay for open access) | 17 | Mostly quantitative | APA | 8000 words | |
| COMUNICAR | Both print and online | 5.725 | Grupo Communicar Ediciones | None | 1993 | 4 times a year | No (with open access) | 40 | Open | APA 7th edition | 5,000- 6,700 words | |
| CONTINUUM-JOURNAL OF MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES | Online only | 2.139 | Taylor & Francis | Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) | 1987 | 6 times a year | No | 64 | Quantitative | Chicago | No more than 6000 words | |
| CONVERGENCE- THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH INO NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES | Both print and online | 2.268 | SAGE | None | 1995 | 6x a year | No (Pay for Open Access) | 60 | open | APA | 8000 words | |
| CRITICAL DISCOURSE STUDIES | Both print and online | 1.632 | Talyor & Francis | International Pragmatics Association | 2004 | 6 issues per year | No | 66 | Qualitative | Format-free (they will do it for you, just keep things consitent); APA recommended | No more than 8000 words | |
| CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 1.328 | Taylor & Francis | NCA | 1984 | 5 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 59 | Cross-diciplinary journal for critical media and mass communication | Format-free (they will do it for you, just keep things consitent); APA recommended | No more than 7000 words | |
| CYBERPSYCHOLOGY-JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RESEARCH ON CYBERSPACE | online only | 3.708 | Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies | None | 2007 | Four issues per year | no | 35 | quantitative but opent to other orientations | APA 7th | 11000 words | |
| DIGITAL JOURNALISM | Both print and online | 6.847 | Taylor & Francis Online | None | 2013 | 10x a year | No (Pay for Open Access) | 20 | open | APA | 8000 words | |
| DISCOURSE & COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 1.647 | SAGE Publications Ltd. | None | 2007 | 4 times a year (quarterly) | Yes (pay for open access) | 39 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | SAGE Harvard | Recommended length: 7000 words | |
| DISCOURSE & SOCIETY | Both print and online | 1.507 | SAGE Publications Ltd. | None | 1990 | 6 times a year (bimonthly) | Yes (pay for open access) | 34 | Open, but heavy focus on qualitative orientations | SAGE Harvard | Recommended length: 7000 words | |
| DISCOURSE CONTEXT AND MEDIA | Both print and online | 1.858 | Elsevier | None | 2013 | quartly | No (Pay for Open Access) | 59 | open | APA | 6000-8000 words | |
| DISCOURSE STUDIES | Both print and online | 1.871 | SAGE Publications Ltd. | None | 1999 | 6 times a year (bimonthly) | Yes (pay for open access) | 33 | Open, but heavy focus on qualitative orientations | SAGE Harvard | Recommended length: 7000 words | |
| ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION-A JOURNAL OF NATURE AND CULTURE | Both print and online | 3.389 | Taylor & Francis | The International Environmental Communication Association | 2007 | 8 issues per year | No | 72 | Mostly quantitative but open to qualitative and mixed approaches | APA | 6000-8000 words | |
| EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 2.463 | SAGE Publishing | None | 1986 | 6 times a year | No | 32 | Open to all orientation | MLA) Style given but not conventional | not more than 7000 words | |
| FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES | Both print and online | 1.953 | Taylor & Francis Online, Routledge | *Feminist Scholarship Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) *Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA) | 2001 | 8 issues a year | No (Pay for open access) | 67 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | APA | Not more than 8000 words | |
| GAMES AND CULTURE | Both print and online | 2.180 | SAGE Publications Inc. | None | 2006 | 6-8 issues a year | No (only to subscribers); SAGE CHOICE Fee | 77 | Critical studies, Media Studies | APA (Fifth Edition) | No more than 8000 words | |
| HEALTH COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 3.501 | Taylor and Francis Online | None | 1989 | 14 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 26 | Qualitative but open to other orientation | APA | 5000 words in text | |
| HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | Both print and online | 5.333 | Oxford university press | ICA | 1974 | 4 issues per year | no | 20 | quantitative | APA 7 | 30 double spaced pages | |
| IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION | Online and Print | 1.447 | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. | None (Professional body) | 1957 | 4 (Quarterly) | Yes | 18 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | TPC Citation Style | 10000 | |
| INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY | Both print and online | 5.054 | Taylor & Francis | A0IR, CITAMS, ICA | 1998 | 16 issues per year | No (charge for color figures) | 125 | Mixed (40% quantitative, 40% qualitative, 20% conceptual/exploratory paper with no method) | APA 7th | no more than 8000 words | |
| INFORMATION SOCIETY | Both print and online | 2.522 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1981 | 5 times a year | No (but pay for open access) | 21 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | Taylor & Francis US Chicago (B) author-date style | no word limits | |
| INTERACTION STUDIES | Print and Online | 1.512 | John Benjamins | None | 2004 | 3 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 12 | Quantitative | APA | should not exceed 8000 words | |
| INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE | Both print and online | 1.863 | SAGE | None | 1955 | 8 times a year | No (but no open access) | 38 | Open to all orientations | SAGE Harvard reference style | 8,000 - 9,000 words | |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING | Online only | 5.888 | Taylor and Francis | UK Advertising Association's journal | 1982 | 8 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 45 | Quantitative | Chicago | No more than 9000 words | |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 2.625 | SAGE | ABC | 1963 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 31 | Open | APA | 15-35 double spaced pages | |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | Online only | 1.637 | USC Annenberg Press | USC School for Communication and Journalism | 2007 | Continuously | No | 218 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA 6th Ed | 8,900 | |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | Both print and online | 2.551 | Emerald Publishing | None | 1990 | 5 times a year | Yes | 46 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | Harvard Styles | not more than 12000 | |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | Both print and online | 1.522 | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | Not affiliated | 2003 | 6 per year | No (Pay for open access) | 29 | Quantitative | APA | 5000 to 7000 words | |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS-POLITICS | Both print and online | 4.495 | SAGE journals | None | 1996 | 4 issues per year | No (pay for open access) | 37 | Quantitative but open to other orientation | any style but encouraged to follow SAGE house style | 6000-8000 | |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH | Both print and online | 1.872 | Oxford University Press | WAPOR | 1989 | 4 issues per year | no | 36 | Quantitative but open to other orientation | APA 7th | no more than 9000 words | |
| JAVNOST-THE PUBLIC | Both print and online | 1.164 | Taylor & Francis Online | European Institute for Communication and Culture | 2009 | 4 issues per year | No | 28 | Mostly rhetoric based analysis but quantitative, qualitative, mixed and multi methods are also there | APA | no more than 8000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING | Online only | 6.528 | Taylor & Francis | AAA (American Academy of Advertising) | 1972 | 5 times a year | No (pay for open access) | 39 | Open, but heavy focus on quantitative orientations | APA | not more than 12,000 words for research article, 6000 for research note, 12,000 words for literature review | |
| JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH | Online only | 3.031 | Cambridge University Press | Advertising Research Foundation | 1965 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 34 | Quantitative | APA | No more than 7000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF AFRICAN MEDIA STUDIES | Print and online | 0.641 | Intellect | Not affiliated | 2009 | 3 per year | No (Pay for open access) | 26 | Open to all orientation | APA | 6000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | Both print and online | 2.462 | Taylor & Francis | National Communication Association (NCA) | 1973 | 6 issues per year | No (pay for open access) | 36 | Though majority of the articles were qualitative but a lot of quantitaive oriented articles were also there. I would say open to both | APA | no more than 9,000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA | Both print and online | 2.985 | Taylor & Francis | BEA | 1985 | Quarterly | No (no open access) | 30 | Quantitative | APA | no more than 7500 words, including references, tables, appendices, etc. | |
| JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 2.109 | Iowa state university | None | 1987 | Quarterly (jan, apr, jul, oct) | no | 32 | quantitative but open to other orienatation | APA 7th | 6000 to 12000 | |
| JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA | Online only | 2.716 | Taylor & Francis | ICA | 2007 | 4 issues a year | No (Pay for open access) | 28 | Quantitative | APA | No more than 8000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | Both print and online (Book reviews online only) | 5.750 | Oxford University Pres | International Communication Association | 1951 | 6 issues per year | No (Pay for open access fiigures reproduced in colour after article is accepted for publication) | 42 | Most of the articles used multi-method , experiment and content analysis. However, some were qualitative too. I would say though largely quantitative but open for qualitative and mixed method. | APA | The main document should be a maximum of 35 pages in length (including the abstract, main text, references, tables, figures, and endnotes). | |
| JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 7.432 | Oxford University Pres | International Communication Association | 1995 | 6 issues per year | No | 25 | Open | APA | All manuscripts, including revision and resubmission, should be BOTH under 10,000 words AND within 30 pages in length (including the abstract and all references, tables, figures, appendices, and endnotes). Both requirements should be met. | |
| JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 2.742 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1996 | 12 times per year | No (Pay for open access) | 92 | Quantitative and Qualititive | Not available | ||
| JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & POLITICS | Both print and online | 2.710 | Taylor & Francis | None | 2004 | 4 times a year | No | 31 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | APA 7th edition | 9000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | Print and Online | 2.098 | SAGE | None | 1982 | 4 times per year | No (Pay for open access) | 25 | Quantitative | APA 7th. Ed | No more than 25 double-spaced pages | |
| JOURNAL OF MEDIA ECONOMICS | Both print and online | N/A | Talyor & Francis | N/A | 4 times a year | No (Pay for Open Acces) | 9 | Quantitative | APA 7th. Ed. | No page limit | ||
| JOURNAL OF MEDIA ETHICS | Print and Online | 1.150 | Taylor and Francis | AEJMC Media Ethics Division Journal | 2015 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 15 | Open | APA | No more than 9000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY-THEORIES METHODS AND APPLICATIONS | Print and online | 2.310 | Hogrefe | None | 2008 | quarterly | No (Pay for open access) | 10 | Quantitative | APA | 8000 words | |
| JOURNAL OF PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH | Print and Online | 4.167 | Taylor and Francis | AEJMC Public Relations Division Journal | 1992 | 6 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 9 | Quantitative | APA | Not available | |
| JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | Both print and online | 2.681 | SAGE Publications | Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE) | 1984 | 11-12 times a year | No | 146 | Mostly quantitative | APA | maximum of 9,000 words for Full Papers/ 3,000 words for short reports | |
| JOURNALISM | Both print and online | 3.194 | SAGE | None | 2000 | 12 times per year | No (Pay for open access) | 112 | Qualitative | SAGE Harvard | 8,000 words | |
| JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY | Print and Online | 3.431 | SAGE | AEJMC | 1924 | 4 times per year | No | 52 | Quantitative | APA 7th. Ed | Typically 5,000-6,500, but up to 10,000 with justification in cover letter | |
| JOURNALISM PRACTICE | Online only | 2.328 | Taylor and Francis Online | ICA,JSIG, ECREA, AJE, & EJTA | 2007 | 10 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 72 | Qualitative | Can be in any format | 6000 and 9000 | |
| JOURNALISM STUDIES | Both print and online | 3.604 | Taylor & Francis | None | 2000 | 16 times a year | No | 91 | Open | N/A | 6000 - 9000 | |
| LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 1.890 | Elsevier | None | 1981 | 6 issues a year | No (Pay for open access) | 64 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | House style with specific requirement on citations | 6000-8000 (no upper limit) | |
| MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY | Both print and online | 2.175 | SAGE | None | 1987 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 23 | Open | APA | under 40 pages and under 10000 words | |
| MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY | Print and Online | 3.256 | Taylor & Francis, Routledge | AEJMC | 1998 | 6 times a year | No | 36 | Quantitative | APA 7th. Ed | No more than 9000 words | |
| MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION | both print and online | 3.043 | This journal uses Open Journal Systems 2.4.8.0, which is open source journal management and publishing software developed, supported, and freely distributed by the Public Knowledge Project under the GNU General Public License | None | 2013 | 10 times per year | Yes (with open access) | 87 | Quantitative and Qualititive | APA | maximum length of 6,000 words (the word count limit includes title, abstract, tables, figures, and references list). During a potential revisions stage, after peer-review, authors can extend the article length to a maximum of 8,000 words to better address the reviewers and editors’ comments. | |
| MEDIA CULTURE & SOCIETY | Both print and online | 3.248 | SAGE Publications Inc. | None | 1979 | 6-8 issues a year | No | 122 | Cross-diciplinary journal for media culture | SAGE Harvard reference style (https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/sage_harvard_reference_style_0.pdf?_gl=1*1qfy3zy*_ga*NzkyMzU1NzQuMTYzMDU0MDI4OA..*_ga_60R758KFDG*MTYzNTk1NTA3My42LjEuMTYzNTk1NzI0Ni4w) | 6000-8000 words | |
| MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA | Both print and online | 2.441 | SAGE | ANZCA | 1976 | 4 times a year | No | 16 | Open | Harvard | 5000 - 8000 (including notes/references) | |
| MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY | Both print and online | 3.912 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1999 | 6 times a year | No | 31 | Quantitative | APA-7 | no more than 9000 | |
| MOBILE MEDIA & COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 3.859 | SAGE | None | 2013 | 3 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 28 | Quantitative and Qualitative/open | APA | 8000 Words | |
| NARRATIVE INQUIRY | 
| 1.289 | John Benjamins Publishing Company | None | 1998 | 2 issues a year | No (Pay for open access) | 20 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | APA | 8000 | |
| NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY | Both print and online | 5.310 | SAGE | None | 1999 | 12 times a year | No | 118 | Open | Harvard | 8000 | |
| POLICY AND INTERNET | Print and Online | 4.510 | Wiley | Policy Studies Organization | 2009 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 25 | Open | Harvard | Between 6000-8000 words | |
| POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 6.176 | Taylor & Francis | APSA, ICA | 1980 | 6 issues per year | No (pay for open access) | 33 | Quantitavive | APA 7th | no more than 30 pages | |
| PROFESIONAL DE LA INFORMACION | Online | 3.596 | EPI | None | 1992 | 6 times a year | No (Pay for open access 890 euros) | 79 | Quantitative | Style manual of "Information Professional" version 21. | Any length as long as its justified | |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF POPULAR MEDIA | Both print and online | 2.900 | Taylor & Francis | APA | 2017 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 41 | Quantitative | APA 7th Ed. | no longer than 8,000 words, inclusive of references and appedices | |
| PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY | Both print and online | 4.616 | Oxford Academic | AAPOR | 1937 | 4 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 33 | Quantitative but open to other orientation | Chicago | no more than 6500 words | |
| PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW | Both print and online | 4.636 | Elsevier BV | None | 1975 | 4 times a year (quarterly) | No (pay for open access) | 118 | Open | APA | none | |
| PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE | Both print and online | 3.702 | SAGE Publications Ltd | Not affiliated to any association | 1992 | 8 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 67 | Quantitative orientation, but open to qualitative | Harvard reference style | 8000 | |
| QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH | Both print and online | 2.313 | Taylor & Francis | NCA (National Communication Association) | 1915 | 4 times a year | No (but charge for colour figures in print) | 16 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | The Chicago Notes System | not more than 12,000 words | |
| RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION | Both print and online | 4.158 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1969 | 4 times a year | No (pay for open access) | 22 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | APA | no more than 10000 words | |
| RHETORIC SOCIETY QUARTERLY | both print and online | 0.878 | Taylor & Francis | Rhetoric Society of America | 1968 | 5 times per year | No (with open access) | 25 | Qualitative | MLA | ||
| SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 7.441 | SAGE | None | 1979 | 6 times a year | No (but no open access) | 23 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA 7th edition | 7000-9000 words | |
| SIGNS AND SOCIETY | Both print and online | 0.600 | The University of Chicago press journals. | Semiosis Research Center at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies | 2013 | 3 issues/year | No (Pay for open access) | 17 | More of Quanlitative than Quantitative | Chicago Manual of Style | The normal length of published manuscripts is a maximum of 8,000 words. A manuscript should begin with an abstract of 100–150 words. It should be submitted as a MS Word file. The entire manuscript (the body of the text, footnotes, and references) should be double-spaced and in a standard 12-point font. | |
| SOCIAL MEDIA + SOCIETY | Online only | 4.636 | SAGE | None | 2015 | 4 times a year | Yes (with open access) | 130 | Open | APA | 8000 words preferred | |
| SOCIAL SEMIOTICS | Both print and online | 1.568 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1991 | 5 issues per year | No (pay for open access) | 82 | No journals for the time given. | Chicago An EndNote output style is also available to assist you.https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=csos20#style | Please include a word count for your paper. A typical paper for this journal should be no more than 8000 words, inclusive of tables, references, figure captions, footnotes, endnotes. | |
| TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 0.875 | Society for Technical Communication | Society for Technical Communication | 1973 | 4 times a year | No (only charge to readers/members of the STC) | 20 | Quantitative with minimal qualitative | APA | 5000-8000 | |
| TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY | Both print and Online | 4.497 | Elsevier | None | 2002 | 6 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 25 | More of Quantitative than Qualitative | APA | Could not find any. | |
| TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA | Both print and online | 3.252 | SAGE Publications | None | 2000 | 8 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 51 | Qualitative | Chicago Manual of Style | maximum of 7500 words | |
| TEXT & TALK | Both print and online | 0.776 | De Gruyter Mouton | ICA | 1981 | 6 issues per year | Depends (but limited open access) | 36 | Open | APA | between 6000 to 8000 words | |
| TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR COMMUNICATIEWETENSCHAP | Both print and online | 0.111 | Amsterdam University Press | 1. Amsterdam Centre for the Study of the Golden Age 2. Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture 3. Arc Humanities Press 4. Association of European University Presses 5. Association of University Presses 6. CLUE+ (The Interfaculty Research Institute for Culture, Cognition, History and Heritage) 7. Eye Filmmuseum 8.Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies 9. International Institute for Asian Studies 10. KNAW 11. LeidenAsiaCentre 12. TECHNÈS (The International Research Partnership on Cinema Technology) 13. Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (TUCEMEMS) 14. Van Gogh Museum | 2004 | 4 numbers per year | No (with open access) | 30 | Quantitative than Qualitatve. | Could not find this | ||
| TRANSLATOR | both print and online | 0.744 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1995 | 4 times a year | No (with open access) | 33 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | Not available | ||
| VISUAL COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 1.790 | SAGE Publications | None | 2002 | 4 issues a year | No (Pay for open access) | 19 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | Harvard Reference Style | 5000-7000 words | |
| WRITTEN COMMUNICATION | Both print and online | 2.447 | SAGE Publications | None | 1984 | 4 issues per year | No (pay for open access) | 21 | More qualitative than quantitative | APA | include an abstract of 100-150 words and 5-7 keywords (which do not appear in the title) to facilitate electronic search. • follow the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) and should not exceed 10,000 words (including all appendices, tables, and references). Manuscripts that do not use APA style and conventions or manuscripts that far exceed the 10,000-word maximum may be turned back without review. |
Information Studies and Interdisciplinary Journals
Journal Name | Format | 2022 JIF | Publisher Name | Asso affiliation | Launch Year | Publication Freq. | Charge to authors | Number of articles published per year | Orientation | Citation Style | Length/Word limitations |
Both print and online | 1.9 | SAGE Publications | None | 2003 | Quarterly | No (Pay for open access) | 14 | Open to all orientation | APA | 5,000 and 7,000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 4.7 | Springer International Publishing | N/A | 2016 | Quarterly | No (pay for Open Access) | 23 | Quantitative | APA 7th | 25-30 pages of text, excluding references, tables, appendicies, and figures. | |
Print and online | 1.9 | Elsevier | None | 1996 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 35 | Open | APA | 2500 | |
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE | Both print and Online | 2.8 | Sage Publications, Inc | The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) | 1889 | Bi-monthly | No (Pay for open access) | 54 | Open to all orientations | Chicago (5th Edition) | Not more than 9500 including references |
Both Print and Online | 8.5 | Sage Publications | None | 2014 | 2 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 83 | Open | APA | Research articles of up to 10,000 word | |
Print and online | 2.543 | Sage Publications | European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) | 1993 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 28 | Qualitative | Harvard | 8,000 words, including abstract and references | |
Both print and online | 9.9 | Elsevier Ltd. | None | 1985 | Bimonthly | No (with open access) | 131 | Quantitative | APA | Not more than 8,000words | |
Both print and online | 2.3 | Sage Publications Ltd | None | 1981 | 4 times a year | Yes (pay for open access) | 32 | Qualitative | Sage Harvard reference style. | Between 6000-8000 words including abstract, keywords, references, tables, diagrams and endnotes | |
Both print and online | 2.5 | Sage Publications Inc. | Human Relations Area, Society for Cross-Cultural Research | 1966 | 5 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 18 | Quantitative | APA 5th edition or higher | 26-30 pages | |
Both Print and Online | 3.1 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1989 | 5 issues a year | Yes (Pay for open access) | 34 | Open to all orientation | APA | No more than 8,000 words including references | |
print and online | 4.7 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1986 | Monthly 10 issues a year | No (pay for open access) | 81 | Qualitative | Chicago author-date | 6000-8000 | |
Online | 1.8 | Elsevier | None | 2018 | Quarterly | No (Pay for open access) | 24 | Qualitative | All products that support Citation Style Language styles, such as Mendeley. Using citation plug-ins from these products, authors only need to select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article, after which citations and bibliographies will be automatically formatted in the journal's style. | 8000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 3.6 | Springer Netherlands | None | 1999 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 68 | Qualitative | APA | 8000 words maximum. | |
Both print and Online | 9.5 | Taylor & Francis | The Operational Research Society | 1991 | Bi-monthly | No (Pay for open access) | 29 | Quantitative | APA 7th edition | Not more than 10,000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 1.7 | Sage Publications | None | 1989 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 18 | Quantitative | APA | 3000 to 6000 words | |
Online | 2.5 | Elsevier | No | 2004 | 8 times per year | No (Pay for open access) | 34 | Qualitative | Any citation style: "References can be in any style or format, so long as a consistent scholarly citation format is applied." | No more than 10,000 words | |
Both print and online | 7.8 | Elsevier Ltd. | None | 1984 | Quarterly | No (with open access) | 43 | Quantitative | APA | 25-30 pages in length, double-spaced, not more than 8,000words | |
Online | 3.4 | Springer | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and its Section on Group Decision and Negotiation | 1992 | Bi-monthly, 6 issues | No (reduced or free for open access) | 45 | Open | APA | 7000-8000 | |
Both Print and Online | 3.8 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | N/A | 1984 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 33 | Open to all orientations | APA 7th | Orginal articles must be 3000-5000 words, excluding references, the abstract, tables, and illustrations. The main text should include a background, objectives, methods, resutls, discussion, and conlcusion. A review article must be 10,000 words max excluding references, the abstract, tables, illustrations, key messages and appendicies. | |
Both Print and Online | 5.7 | Sage Publications Ltd. | N/A | 1947 | Monthly | No (pay for open access) | 63 | Open to all orientations | SAGE Harvard | 40 pages, double spaced, 12pt. Time New Roman font, one figure or table per page. | |
Both Print and Online | 6.3 | Elsevier Ltd. | N/A | 1990 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 19 | Qualitative | APA 7th | No guidelines regardinling word or page limit listed. | |
Both Print and Online | 9.9 | Elsevier Ltd. | N//A | 1968 | 8 times a year | No (pay for Open Access) | 77 | Quantitative | APA 7th | No guidelines regarding word or page limit listed. | |
Print and online | 5.408 | Elsevier | Association for Computing Machinery | 1963 | Monthly | No (pay for open access) | 120 | Quantitative | APA | No strict limitations | |
Both online and print | 1.9 | Sage Journals | None | not available | 5 Times/Year | No (pay for open access) | 57 | Quantitative | APA | Between 3000 and 10000 words in length | |
Both print and online | 6.4 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Association for Information Systems | 1991 | 6 times a year | Yes (pay for open access) | 36 | Qualitative | American Psychological Association (6th edition). | 10,000 words excluding references and appendices | |
Both print and online | 4.9 | INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | 1990 | 4 issues per year | No (with open access) | 85 | Quantitative | APA | Maximum of 8 pages of figures and tables (pages of text and no more than 38 pages including all material) | |
Both Print and Online | 2.4 | Springer | None | 2005 | Quartely | Optional open access (paid) | 27 | Open to all | APA | Manuscripts, including the abstract and references, should be no longer than 32 (8.5 x 11-inch) pages, with one-and-a-half-space, a font size of 11, and one-inch margins on all four sides of the page. | |
Both print and online | 4.4 | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | None | 1992 | 8 issues per year | No (with open access) | 200 | Quantitative | APA | Maximum of 10000 words in length | |
Both Print and Online | 4.8 | Taylor and Francis | The Commonwealth Secretariat | 2009 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 27 | Quantitative | APA | 5000 to 8000 words | |
Both print and online | 1.8 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1994 | 12 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 55 | Qualitative | Chicago | 8000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 21.0 | Elseiver Ltd. | None | 1981 | 6 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 78 | APA 7th edition | No specification | ||
Both print and online | 2.8 | Elsevier Ltd | International Academy for Intercultural Research | 1977 | 6 times a year | Yes (pay for open access) | 129 | Quantitative | American Psychological Association 7th edition | 8,000 words excluding tables | |
Both print and Online | 5.4 | Sage Journals | International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM) | 2002 | Quarterly | Yes (with open access) | 104 | Qualitative | APA 7th edition | 3,500 and 7,500 words excluding references and abstract | |
Online | 2 | Routledge | None | 1988 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 31 | Quantitative | References can be in any style or format, so long as a consistent scholarly citation format is applied. | No word limits | |
Both Print and Online | 3.3 | Taylor & Francis Ltd | No Association | 1998 | 6 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 61 | Open to all orientation | APA | Up to 8000 words | |
Online only | 3.698 | Emerald Publishing Limited | None | 1991 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 87 | Quantitative | APA | No strict limits | |
Online | 1.7 | Routledge | None | 1991 | Quarterly | No (Pay for open access) | 8 | Open to both | APA seventh edition (2020) | No more than 7000 words | |
Print and online | 0.765 | Taylor & Francis | Association for Information Systems | 1998 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 15 | Quantitative | APA | 8,000 words | |
Both print and online | 4.7 | IGI Global | Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Jilin University, National Chung Cheng University | 1993 | Quaterly | Yes (pay for open access) | 96 | Quantitative | APA | Between 5,000-7,000 words | |
Both print and online | 4.6 | Springer Netherlands | International Society for Quality of Life Studies | 2000 | 8 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 134 | Quantitative | APA 7th edition | 5000-10000 words | |
Online only | 2.6 | Routledge | Not available | 1976 | 14 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 145 | Open to All | APA 7th edition | 10000 words | |
Both print and online | 5.6 | SAGE | None | 1987 | Quartely | Yes (Pay for open access) | 17 | Open to all orientation | APA | 6,000-9,000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 3.7 | Elsevier BV | No Association | 2007 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 101 | Quantitative | APA | up to 10000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 7.0 | Emerald Group | No Association | 1997 | 11 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 111 | Quantitative | Havard blue book | 7000 to 10000 words | |
Both print and online | 3.9 | SAGE Publications Inc. | Mixed Methods International Research Association | 2007 | 4 times a year | No (Pay for Open Access) | 17 | Open to All (Mixed Method Prefered) | APA 7th edition | >10000 words for empirical research manucripts, 8000 words methodological manuscripts, 1500-3500 words for research notes, and 1000-2000 words for commentaries | |
Both Print and Online | 5.1 | Taylor & Francis | Harvard Center Risk Analysis, Society of Risk Analysis Japan | 1998 | Monthly | Yes (pay for open access) | 39 | Open to all orientation | APA | No more than 8,000 words including references | |
Both print and online | 3.6 | Taylor and Francis | Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality | 1965 | 9 times a year | No, unless using color figures are needed in the print version (Pay for open access) | 93 | Quantitative | APA 7th edition | No word limits | |
Both print and online | 6.4 | Oxford University Press | American Medical Informatics Association | 1994 | Bimonthly | No (Pay for open access) | 104 | Quantitative | MEDLINE format | 4000 words. | |
Online | 5.8 | AIS eLibrary | AIS Doctoral student college, AIS college of Senior Scholars | 2000 | Bimonthly | No | 52 | Open to all orientation | APA | 10000 to 15000 words | |
JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Both Print and Online | 3.5 | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | Association of Information Systems (AIS) | 1950 | 4 times a year | No | 82 | Quantative | APA | Up to 7,000 words |
Both print and online | 1.9 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1998 | Bimonthly | No (Pay for open access) | 74 | Qualitative | Chicago | 8000 words limit | |
Both print and online | 2.8 | Wiley-Blackwell | Society for Scholarly Publishing | 1999 | Quarterly | No (Pay for open access) | 47 | Quantitative | APA 7th edition | 3000-6000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 2.9 | Elseiver Ltd. | N/A | 1979 | Quarterly | No (Pay for open access) | 44 | Quantitative | APA 7th edition | Regular, full length manuscripts must be 5000-6000 words in length and describe orginal research or systematic reviews including meta-synthesis or analyses. Research agendas should be 3000-6000 words depending on the topic and proposed research directions. Book reviews are considerd for books addressing aspects of the research process such as methods or theoretical frameworks. | |
Print and online | 3.1 | Emerald Group Publishing | University of the West Of England, UK | 1977 | 8 issues per year | No (pay for open access) | 71 | Quantitative | Harvard | No strict word limits, but authors are encouraged to be concise. | |
Both print and Online | 5.3 | Springer Science+Business Media | Society of Policy Scientists | 1970 | Quarterly | Yes (with open access) | 37 | Open to all orientations | APA 7th edition | Not more that 9000 | |
Online | 8.5 | Sage | No | 1991 | Monthly | No (reduced or free for open access) | 110 | Qualitative | APA 7 | 8000 words | |
Both print and Online | 2 | Sage Publications Inc. | None | 1995 | 8 issues a year | Yes (with open access) | 90 | Qualitative | APA 6th edition | Ordinarily, manuscripts will not exceed 30 pages (double-spaced), including tables, figures, and references | |
Online | 2.8 | Sage Publications Inc. | No | 2001 | Bi-monthly, 6 issues | No (reduced or free for open access) | 90 | Qualitative | Sage Harvard Style | Articles: 7500-8500 Notes: 2000-4000. Reviews: 800-1000 | |
Both print and online | 2.6 | SAGE Publications Ltd (on behalf of Institute of Race Relations | Institute of Race Relations | 1959 | 4 times a year | Yes (pay for open access) | 19 | Qualitative | House style based on Oxford University Press styling (https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/RAC) | 5,000-10,000 words | |
Both print and online | 3.1 | Springer Science+business media | Center for Race and Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh | 2009 | 4 times years | Yes (pay for open access) | 30 | Quantitative | American Psychological Association, 7th edition | Specific range (about 25 pages of text, plus references, tables and figures) | |
Both Print and Online | 3.8 | Russell Sage Foundation | None | 2015 | 4 times a year (at a minimum) | No (with open access) | 72 | Open | The Chicago Manual of Style | Specific range (no longer than 35 pages) | |
Both Print and Online | 3.9 | springer | No Association | 1978 | 12 times a year | No (pay for open access) | 357 | Quantitative | APA | 7000 to 10000 words | |
Print and online | 1.9 | Springer | No | 2008 | Quarterly | No (pay for open access) | 141 | Quantitative | APA 6 | >40 pages double spaced, inclusive of refrences, lists and tables | |
Both print and online | 1.7 | Taylor & Francis | Society for Social Studies of Science and The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology | 1987 | 6 issues per year | No (Pay for open access) | 38 | Qualitative | Chicago | 6000 - 8000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 3.1 | Springer Netherlands | None | 1974 | 8 times a year | No (Pay for open access) | 137 | Quantitative | APA | No shorter than 5,000 words and no longer than 10,000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 4.1 | Sage publications inc. | None | 1983 | Bimonthly | Yes (pay for open access) | 134 | Quantitative and qualitative | APA 7th edition | Not more than 8000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 1.9 | Taylor & Francis Ltd | Western Social Science Association | 1964 | 4 times a year | No (pay for Open Access) | 90 | Quantitative | APA | Up to 10000 words | |
Print and online | 9.2 | Elsevier | International Association for the Study of Popular Music | 1978 | 6 issues per year | No (pay for open access) | 241 | Quantitative | APA | Articles should range from 4000 to 8000 words | |
Both Print and Online | 8.5 | Elsevier BV | None | 1984 | 10 Volume per year | No (pay for Open Access) | 80 | Quantitative | APA | 8000 but in case of systematic review and meta-analysis it could be 10000 words | |
Online | 2 | Sage | None | 1992 | Quarterly | No (Pay for open access) | 22 | Open to both | Harvard refernce style | 6000 - 9000 words | |
Both print and Online | 2.1 | Sage Publications Inc. | None | 1993 | 5 issues a year | Yes (with open access) | 40 | Qualitative | APA 7th edition | 5000-8000 words | |
Print and online | 2 | Sage | None | 1969 | Quarterly | No. But authors may be charged for excessive alterations to the proofs. | 78 | Open to both | American Psychological Association (most recent edition) | 7000 words |
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