BGSU SSCI Communication Journal Publishing Guide

This published guide was created by the Bowling Green State University Fall 2021 and 2022 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 with Journal Impact Factors. 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; 2022 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; originally contribution by 2021 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 of articles published in the journal in the most recent year available (most of them are Oct 2021 to Sept 2022), 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.

The complete publishing guide 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