BGSU SSCI Journal Publishing Guide: Communication, Information Studies and Interdisciplinary Journals
This published guide was created by the Bowling Green State University MC6300 Social Scientific Method Class Fall 2021, 2022, and 2023 and 2025 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:
2025 communication journal updates by PhD students: John Acquaful, Shahla Dyuti, Sandra Frimpong, Carrie King, Rhodalene Odai, Master students: Sierra Cantley, Nilufer Isler, S M Russel Rabbi.
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.
1. Journal title with journal web site link
2. Language of published articles
3. Brief Journal Description
4. Format (print or online or both)
5. Link to journal guideline for authors
6. Editor-in-Chief’s name
7. Editorial Office contact
8. ISSN number of the journal
9. eISSN number of the journal
10. SSCI subject category
11. Total number of citations as per Journal Impact Factor Report
12. 2020 Journal Impact Factor
13. JIF Quartile
14. 2020 JCI
15. Google H5 index of the journal
16. Scopus SCIMAGO SJR of the journal
17. % of Open Access Gold articles (according to JCR)
18. Publisher name
19. Academic Association affiliation
20. Launch Year
21. Publication Frequency
22. Has onlinefirst/earlycite articles
23. Has Book Reviews
24. Charge to authors
25. Total number of articles published in the most recent year
26. Research Methods breakdown in published articles in the most recent year
27. 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).
28. Citation style
29. Open to different citation style in initial submissions
30. Length/word limitations
31. Desk rejection rate
32. Abstract type (structured vs. unstructured)
33. Abstract in other languages
34. Acceptance rate
35. Open data requirement
36. Keyword requirement
37. Submission platform
38. Average first decision turnaround time
39. Online supplement postings
40. Remarks/news about the journal
Communication Journals
| JOURNAL NAME | Journal Web Site | Format | 2024 JIF | Publisher | Asso Affiliation | LaunchYear | Issues Per year | Charge to authors | Number of articles published per year | Orientation | Citation Style | LengthWordlimitations |
| AFRICAN JOURNALISM STUDIES | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/recq21/current | Online only | 1.800 | 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 | No (Pay for open access) | 23 | Qualitative | Chicago Manual Style | 8500 words |
| ARGUMENTATION | https://www.springer.com/journal/10503 | Both print and online | 1.300 | Springer Netherlands | None | 1987 | 5 | No (Pay for open access) | 27 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | APA | between 8000 to 10000 words |
| ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rajc20/current | Both print and online | 1.500 | Taylor & Francis | Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) | 1990 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) | 27 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | APA 6 | Between 6000 to 9000 words |
| CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcjc20/current | Both print and online | 1.900 | Taylor and Francis | NONE | 2010 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 13 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | APA 7 | 8000 words |
| COMMUNICATION & SPORT | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/com | Both print and online | 2.500 | SAGE | IACS | 2012 | 6 | No (Pay for Open Access) | 58 | Open to all orientations | APA Style | 8000 words |
| COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL-CULTURAL STUDIES | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rccc20/current | Both print and online | 1.400 | Taylor & Francis | NCA | 2004 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 39 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | Chicago Endnote only style | 9000 words |
| COMMUNICATION CULTURE & CRITIQUE | https://academic.oup.com/ccc | Both print and online | 1.800 | Wiley | ICA | 2008 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 57 | Qualitative | APA Style | No more than 7000 words |
| COMMUNICATION METHODS AND MEASURES | https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=hcms20 | both print and online | 3.700 | Taylor & Francis | AEJMC CTM Division Journal | 2007 | 4 | No (Pay for Open Acces) | 16 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | Any style | no limitations |
| COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcmm20/current | Both print and online | 1.500 | Taylor and Francis | NCA | 1934 | 4 | No (Pay for color figure in print version) | 17 | Quantitative | APA 7 | 40 pages |
| COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crx | Both print and online | 3.200 | SAGE Publications | None | 1974 | 8 | No (Pay for open access) | 40 | Quantitative | APA Style | 45-page limit |
| COMMUNICATION THEORY | https://academic.oup.com/ct | Both print and online | 6.200 | International Communication Association | ICA | 1991 | 4 | No (Pay for Open Access) | 25 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA Style | 10000 words |
| COMMUNICATIONS-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/comm/html?lang=en | Both print and online | 2.300 | Walter de Gruyter GmbH | Not affiliated | 1976 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 42 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA Style | 7000 words |
| CONTINUUM-JOURNAL OF MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccon20/current | Online only | 0.900 | Taylor & Francis | Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) | 1987 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) but offers open access agreement or membership | 53 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edn) | No more than 6000 words |
| Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies | https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/cona | Both print and online | 2.900 | SAGE | none | 1995 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) but offers open access agreement | 119 | Qualitative (focused on interdisciplinary, critical, and social/cultural studies) | Sage Harvard reference style | about 8000 words. |
| CRITICAL DISCOURSE STUDIES | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcds20/current | Both print and online | 2.100 | Talyor & Francis | International Pragmatics Association | 2004 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) | 36 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | APA Style | No more than 8000 words |
| CRITICAL STUDIES IN MEDIA COMMUNICATION | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcsm20/current | Both print and online | 1.500 | Taylor & Francis | NCA | 1984 | 5 | No (Pay for open access) | 29 | Qualitative | APA Style | No more than 9000 words |
| CYBERPSYCHOLOGY-JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOCIAL RESEARCH ON CYBERSPACE | http://www.cyberpsychology.eu | online only | 2.400 | Masaryk University, Faculty of Social St | none | 2007 | 5 | No | 31 | Quantitative | APA | 11000 words |
| DIGITAL JOURNALISM | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rdij20/current | Both print and online | 5.400 | Taylor & Francis Online | None | 2013 | 10 | No ( with Open Access) | 85 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | Chicago | 7000-9000 words |
| DISCOURSE & COMMUNICATION | https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/discourse-communication | Both print and online | 2.200 | SAGE Publications Ltd. | none | 2007 | 6 | No (pay for open access) | 46 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | Sage Harvard Style | Recommended length: 7000 words |
| DISCOURSE & SOCIETY | https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/discourse-society/journal200873 | Both print and online | 2.700 | SAGE Publications Ltd. | none | 1990 | 6 | Yes (pay for open access) | 42 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | Sage Harvard Style | Recommended length: 7000 words |
| DISCOURSE CONTEXT & MEDIA | https://www.journals.elsevier.com/discourse-context-and-media | Both print and online | 3.100 | Elsevier | none | 2013 | 6 | No (Pay for Open Access) | 55 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | House Style (to be formatted after acceptance) | 6000-8000 words |
| DISCOURSE STUDIES | https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/discourse-studies | Both print and online | 1.700 | SAGE Publications Ltd. | none | 1999 | 6 | No (pay for open access) | 43 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | Sage Harvard Style | Recommended length: 7000 words |
| ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION | https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/renc20 | Both print and online | 4.100 | Taylor & Francis | The International Environmental Communication Association | 2007 | 8 | No (Pay for open access) | 61 | Open to all orientations | APA 7 | 6-9,000 words |
| EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ejc | Print and Online | 2.900 | SAGE Publishing | No | 1986 | 6 | No | 44 | Open to all orientations | Sage Harvard | 7000 words |
| FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfms20/current | Both print and online | 1.700 | Taylor & Francis | "*Feminist Scholarship Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) *Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA)" | 2001 | 8 | No (Pay for open access) | 113 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | APA Style | 6,000-8,000 words |
| GAMES AND CULTURE | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/gaca | Both print and online | 1.600 | SAGE Publications Inc. | None | 2006 | 8 | Yes (pay for open access) | 49 | Qualitative | APA | 8000 words |
| HEALTH COMMUNICATION | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hhth20/current | Print and Online | 2.700 | Taylor and Francis Online | None | 1989 | 14 | No (pay for open access) | 109 | Open to all orientations | Any schorlaly style or format is accecpted | Not more than 6500 words |
| HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | https://academic.oup.com/hcr | print and online | 3.300 | Oxford university press | ICA | 1974 | 4 | No | 18 | Quantitative | APA | Should not exceed 35 pages (double spaced) |
| IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION | https://procomm.ieee.org/transactions-of-professional-communication/ | Online and Print | 1.700 | Institute of Electrical and Electronics | None | 1957 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 40 | Quantitative | IEEE | 6000-8000 |
| INFORMATION COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rics20/current | Both print and online | 3.300 | Taylor & Francis | A0IR, CITAMS, ICA | 1998 | 16 | No (charge for color figures) | 63 | Open to all orientations | APA Style | 8000 words |
| INFORMATION SOCIETY | https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/utis20 | Both print and online | 3.000 | Taylor & Francis | N/A | 1981 | 5 | No (pay for open access) | 17 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | Chicago | no word limits |
| INTERACTION STUDIES | https://benjamins.com/catalog/is | Print and Online | 1.200 | John Benjamins | None | 2004 | 3 | No (Pay for open access) | 14 | quantitative | not stated | should not exceed 8000 words |
| INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION GAZETTE | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/gaz | Both print and online | 1.400 | SAGE | N/A | 1955 | 8 | No (but no open access) | 38 | Open to all orientations | Sage Harvard | 8,000 - 9,000 words |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rina20/40/5?nav=tocList | Print and Online | 5.900 | Taylor and Francis | UK Advertising Association's journal | 1982 | 8 | No (Pay for open access) | 65 | quantitative | Chicago | No more than 9000 words |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/job | Both print and online | 3.100 | SAGE | ABC | 1963 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 29 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | APA 7 | 15-35 double-spaced pages |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION (1=2) | https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc | Online only | 1.500 | USC Annenberg Press | USC School for Communication and Journalism | 2007 | Continuous | No | 109 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | APA 7 | 6,000 to 8,900 words |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1044-4068 | Print and Online | 2.600 | Emerald Publishing | No | 1990 | 4 | Yes | 48 | Quantitative | Havard | 8000 - 12000 in length including abstract |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS | https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijmc | Print and online | 1.100 | Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. | Not affiliated | 2003 | 8 | Yes (pay for open access) | 36 | Quantitative | Harvard | 5000 - 7000 words |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS-POLITICS | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hij | Both print and online | 4.300 | SAGE journals | None | 1996 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 85 | quantitative | APA Style | 7000 words |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH | https://academic.oup.com/ijpor | Both print and online | 1.300 | Oxford University Press | WAPOR | 1989 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 60 | quantitative | APA Prefered | no more than 9000 words |
| JAVNOST-THE PUBLIC | https://javnost-thepublic.org/ | both print and online | 1.500 | Taylor & Francis Online | European Institute for Communication and Culture | 2009 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 37 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | APA | 6000-8000 |
| JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujoa20/current | Online only | 7.000 | Taylor & Francis | AAA (American Academy of Advertising) | 1972 | 5 | Yes (pay for open access) | 27 | Quantitative | House style | Research articles and literature reviews should be no longer than 12,000 words, research notes have a 6,000-word limit. |
| JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH | http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/ | Online only | 2.400 | Cambridge University Press | Advertising Research Foundation | 1965 | 4 | No | 42 | Open to all orientations | House style | No more than 7000 words |
| JOURNAL OF AFRICAN MEDIA STUDIES | https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-african-media-studies | Print and online | 0.800 | Intellect | Not affiliated | 2009 | 3 | No (Pay for open access) | 27 | Open to all orientations | Havard | 6000 words |
| JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjac20/current | both print and online | 1.700 | Taylor & Francis | National Communication Association (NCA) | 1973 | 6 | No (Pay for Open Acces) | 21 | Open to all orientations | APA 7 | 9500 max. |
| JOURNAL OF BROADCASTING & ELECTRONIC MEDIA | https://www.beaweb.org/wp/?page_id=118 | Both print and online | 2.200 | Taylor & Francis | BEA | 1985 | 4 | Yes (pay for open access) | 31 | Quantitative | APA | 7500 words |
| JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jbt | Both print and online | 2.000 | SAGE | none | 1987 | 4 | No (Pay for Open Access) | 17 | Open to all orientations | APA 7 | 6000 to 12000 |
| JOURNAL OF CHILDREN AND MEDIA | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rchm20/current | Online only | 2.100 | Taylor & Francis | ICA | 2007 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 37 | Open to all orientations | APA | No more than 8000 words |
| JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | https://academic.oup.com/joc | both print and online | 5.500 | Oxford University Pres | International Communication Association | 1951 | 6 | No | 37 | Quantitative | APA | Not available |
| JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION | https://academic.oup.com/jcmc | online only | 5.700 | Oxford University Pres | International Communication Association | 1995 | 6 | Yes (In some cases, the fee might be waived) | 21 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA 7 | under 10,000 words |
| JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uhcm20/current | Both print and online | 2.400 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1996 | 12 | No (Pay for open access) | 33 | Quantitative | APA | no more than 5000 words. |
| JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & POLITICS | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/witp20/current | Both print and online | 2.400 | Taylor & Francis | N/A | 2004 | 4 | No | 7 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | APA Style | 9000 words |
| JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jls | Print and Online | 2.300 | SAGE | None | 1982 | 6 | No (Pay for Open Acces) | 50 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | APA | 11,000 words max. |
| JOURNAL OF MEDIA ECONOMICS | https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hmec20 | Print and Online | 1.900 | Taylor & Francis | None | 1988 | 4 | No (Pay for Open Acces) | 8 | Quantitative | APA 7 | 10000 wrods max |
| JOURNAL OF MEDIA ETHICS | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmme21/current | Print and Online | 1.100 | Taylor and Francis | AEJMC Media Ethics Division Journal | 2015 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 15 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | APA Style | No more than 9000 words |
| JOURNAL OF MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY-THEORIES METHODS AND APPLICATIONS | https://www.hogrefe.com/us/journal/journal-of-media-psychology | Print and online | 2.400 | Hogrefe | Not affiliated | 2008 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) | 35 | quatitative | APA 7 | 8000 words |
| JOURNAL OF PUBLIC RELATIONS RESEARCH | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hprr20/current | Print and Online | 3.400 | Taylor and Francis | AEJMC Public Relations Division Journal | 1992 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) | 41 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA Style | </= 45 pages |
| JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/spr | Both print and online | 2.300 | SAGE Publications | Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE) | 1984 | 12 | Yes (pay for open access) | 154 | Quantitative | APA | Full papers and review articles 9,000 words, short reports 3,000 words |
| JOURNALISM | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jou | Both print and online | 2.700 | SAGE | None | 2000 | 12 | No (Pay for open access) | 137 | Open to all orientations | Sage Harvard | 8000 words |
| JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JMQ | Print and Online | 4.050 | SAGE | AEJMC | 1924 | 4 | Yes | 52 | quantitative | Chicago | Anywhere from 6,500 to 9,000 |
| JOURNALISM PRACTICE | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjop20/current | Online only | 2.000 | Taylor and Francis Online | ICA,JSIG, ECREA, AJE, & EJTA | 2007 | 10 | No (Pay for open access) | 72 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | APA | 6000 and 9000 |
| JOURNALISM STUDIES | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjos20/current | Both print and online | 2.900 | Taylor & Francis | N/A | 2000 | 16 | No | 91 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | Chicago | 6000 - 9000 |
| LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION | https://www.journals.elsevier.com/language-and-communication | Both print and online | 1.400 | Elsevier | No | 1981 | 6 volumes/yr | No (Pay for open access) | 64 | Qualitative | Any style | No limit mentioned |
| MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mcq | Both print and online | 2.400 | SAGE | None | 1987 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 13 | Open to all orientations | APA | under 40 pages and under 10000 words |
| MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hmcs20/current | Print and Online | 2.700 | Taylor & Francis, Routledge | AEJMC | 1998 | 6 | No | 36 | Quantitative but open to all orientations | Author-Date | No more than 9000 words |
| MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication | Online only | 3.100 | This journal uses Open Journal Systems 2 | None | 2013 | 12 | Yes (has waiver for institutional members) | 139 | Open to all orientations | APA 7 | 8,500 words |
| MEDIA CULTURE & SOCIETY | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mcs | Both print and online | 3.300 | SAGE Publications Inc. | None | 1979 | 8 | No (Pay for open access) | 92 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | Sage Harvard Style | 6000-8000 words |
| MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/MIA | Both print and online | 2.400 | SAGE | ANZCA | 1976 | 4 | No | 91 | Qualitative but open to all orientations | Sage Harvard | 5000 - 8000 (including notes/references) |
| MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY | https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hmep20 | Both print and online | 2.600 | Taylor & Francis | N/A | 1999 | 6 | Yes (pay for open access) | 35 | Quantitative | APA | 9000 words |
| MOBILE MEDIA & COMMUNICATION | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mmc | Both print and online | 1.800 | SAGE | None | 2013 | 3 | Yes (pay for open access) | 25 | Open to all orientations | APA | 8000 Words |
| NARRATIVE INQUIRY | https://benjamins.com/catalog/ni | Both print and online | 0.900 | John Benjamins Publishing Company | none | 1998 | 2 | No (pay for open access) | 5 | Qualitative | APA | no more than 8000 words |
| NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/nms | Both print and online | 4.300 | SAGE | None | 1999 | 12 | No | 255 | Open to all orientations | APA | 8000 |
| PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14756811 | Both print and online | 2.200 | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | International Association for Relationship Research | 1994 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 31 | Open to all orientations | APA | no more than 9,000 words |
| POLICY AND INTERNET | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19442866 | Print and Online | 3.600 | Wiley | Policy Studies Organization | 2009 | 4 | No (Pay for open access) | 30 | Open to all orientations | APA | Between 6000-8000 words |
| POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/upcp20/current | Both print and online | 5.100 | Taylor & Francis | APSA, ICA | 1980 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) | 38 | Quantitative | APA | 8000 |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF POPULAR MEDIA | https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ppm | Both print and online | 1.6 | APA | APA | 2011 | 4 | No | 52 full articles, 16 brief reports | Quantitative but open to all orientations | APA 7 | No longer than 30 pages double-spaced |
| PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY | https://academic.oup.com/poq | Both print and online | 2.800 | Oxford Academic | AAPOR | 1937 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 33 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA, MLA, or Chicago | no more than 6500 words |
| PUBLIC RELATIONS REVIEW | https://www.journals.elsevier.com/public-relations-review | Both print and online | 3.400 | Elsevier BV | none | 1975 | 5 | No (pay for open access) | 118 | Open to all orientations | Author-Date | none |
| PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/pus | Print and Online | 3.300 | SAGE Publications Ltd | Not affiliated to any association | 1992 | 8 | No (pay for open access) | 72 | Open to all orientations | Sage Harvard reference style | max. 8,000 words and 5 figures or tables |
| QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SPEECH | https://nca.tandfonline.com/toc/rqjs20/current | Print and Online | 1.500 | Taylor & Francis | NCA (National Communication Association) | 1915 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 13 | Qualitative | Chicago | Between 9000-11000 words |
| RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/current | Both print and online | 2.100 | Taylor & Francis | N/A | 1969 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 24 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | APA 7 | no more than 10000 words |
| RHETORIC SOCIETY QUARTERLY | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rrsq20/current | both print and online | 0.600 | Taylor & Francis | Rhetoric Society of America | 1968 | 5 | No (Pay for open access) | 26 | Qualitative | MLA 8th edition | Not available |
| SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/scx | Both print and online | 4.100 | SAGE | N/A | 1979 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) | 23 | APA 7 | 7000-9000 words | |
| SIGNS AND SOCIETY | https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/loi/sas | both print and online | 1.200 | The University of Chicago press journals | Semiosis Research Center at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies | 2013 | 4 | No | 14 | Qualitative | Chicago | No more than 8000 words |
| SOCIAL MEDIA + SOCIETY | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/sms | Online only | 4.900 | SAGE | None | 2015 | 4 | Yes (with open access) | 207 | Quantitative | APA | 8000 words preferred |
| SOCIAL SEMIOTICS | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csos20/current | both print and onilne | 1.200 | Taylor & Fransis Online / Routledge | none | 1991 | 5 | No (Pay for open access) | 43 | qualitative | APA Style | Up to 8,000 |
| TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY | https://www.journals.elsevier.com/telecommunications-policy | Both print and Online | 6.400 | Elsevier | Could not find any. | 2002 | 6 | No (Pay for open access) | 107 | Open to all orientations | APA | Could not find any. |
| TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/tvn | Both print and online | 1.900 | SAGE Publications | None | 2000 | 8 | Yes (pay for open access) | 40 | Qualitative | Chicago | 7500 words |
| TEXT & TALK | https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/text/html | Both print and online | 0.900 | De Gruyter Mouton | ICA | 1981 | 6 | Yes (pay for open access) | 28 | Qualitative | De Gruyter Mouton house style (Author–Date) | 6000 - 8000 words |
| TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR COMMUNICATIEWETENSCHAP | https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/13846930 | Both print and online | 0.400 | 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 Filmm | 2004 | 4 | Yes (pay for open access) | 17 | Open to all orientations | APA | 6000 - 8000 words |
| TRANSLATOR | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtrn20/current | both print and online | 0.700 | Taylor & Francis | none | 1995 | 4 | Yes (pay for open access) | 29 | Qualitative | Chicago | 6000 words |
| VISUAL COMMUNICATION | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/vcj | Both print and online | 1.400 | SAGE Publications | none | 2002 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 19 | Qualitative but open to other orientations | Author-Date | none |
| WRITTEN COMMUNICATION | https://journals.sagepub.com/home/wcxa | both print and online | 2.200 | SAGE Publications | none | 1984 | 4 | No (pay for open access) | 21 | Quantitative but open to other orientations | APA | none |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTION RESEARCH | 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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