An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and discussion of research. They nearly universally require peer review or other scrutiny from contemporaries competent and established in their respective fields. Content typically takes the form of articles presenting original research, review articles, or book reviews. The purpose of an academic journal, according to Henry Oldenburg, is to give researchers a venue to "impart their knowledge to one another, and contribute what they can to the Grand design of improving natural knowledge, and perfecting all Philosophical Arts, and Sciences."
SIGCOMM is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Data Communications, which specializes in the field of communication and computer networks. It is also the name of an annual 'flagship' conference, organized by SIGCOMM, which is considered to be the leading conference in data communications and networking in the world. Known to have an extremely low acceptance rate (~10%), many of the landmark works in Networking and Communications have been published through it.
The British Journal of Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Psychological Society. It publishes original papers on subjects like social cognition, attitudes, group processes, social influence, intergroup relations, self and identity, nonverbal communication, and social psychological aspects of affect and emotion, and of language and discourse. The journal was established in 1962 as the British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and obtained its current title in 1981. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 6.920.
RadCom is the monthly magazine published by the Radio Society of Great Britain and is provided to all corporate members of the society. Typically 100 pages, it includes a mixture of news, theory, construction and technical articles of interest to the amateur radio community. RadCom is the largest circulation amateur radio-related magazine in the United Kingdom.
Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) was a quarterly, peer-reviewed, journal on Middle East issues founded by the late Barry Rubin and edited by Dr. Jonathan Spyer. The journal is no longer active; the last published issue was Vol. 21, No. 3. MERIA was published by the Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs formerly known as Global Research in International Affairs Center (GLORIA) of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel.
Scholarly communication involves the creation, publication, dissemination and discovery of academic research, primarily in peer-reviewed journals and books. It is “the system through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use." This primarily involves the publication of peer-reviewed academic journals, books and conference papers.
The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social psychology. It is published by Elsevier on behalf of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 3.532.
IEEE Transactions on Communications is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Communications Society that focuses on all aspects of telecommunication technology, including telephone, telegraphy, facsimile, and point-to-point television by electromagnetic propagation. The editor-in-chief is Tolga M. Duman. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 5.69.
The Journal of Communication is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles and book reviews on a broad range of issues in communication theory and research. It was established in 1951 and the current editor-in-chief is R. Lance Holbert. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2018 impact factor is 3.753. The Journal of Communication is ranked fifth out of 88 journals in the category "Communication". It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Communication Association. Previously it was published by Wiley Online Library.
Political Communication is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political communication. It was established in 1980 and is published by Routledge on behalf of the American Political Science Association and the International Communication Association. The editor-in-chief is Claes de Vreese. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.339.
Communication Education is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association published by Taylor & Francis. Communication Education publishes original scholarships that advance understanding of the role of communication in the teaching and learning process in diverse spaces, structures, and interactions, within and outside of academia. Communication Education welcomes scholarships from diverse perspectives and methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, and critical/textual approaches. All submissions must be methodologically rigorous and theoretically grounded and geared toward advancing knowledge production in communication, teaching, and learning.
The Journal of Business and Technical Communication is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on communication best practices, problems, and trends in business and academic venues. The journal was established in 1987 and is published by SAGE Publishing. The editor-in-chief is Jo Mackiewicz Article types include research articles, commentaries, book and software reviews, and comments and responses.
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of communication and journalism. The editor-in-chief is Daniela Dimitrova. The journal was established in 1924 as the Journalism Bulletin, the flagship journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. It is published by SAGE Publishing in association with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. It publishes original articles and book reviews on topics including theoretical and methodological developments in journalism and mass communication, international communication, media technologies and society, advertising, public relations, journalism history, media law and policy, media management and economics, political communication, and health communication.
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering communication management. The editor-in-chief is Melinda Knight. It was established in 1969 as Business Communication Quarterly, obtaining its current title in 2014, and is published by SAGE Publishing in association with the Association for Business Communication.
The International Journal of Business Communication is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of business communication. The editors-in-chief are Jacqueline and Milton Mayfield. It was established in 1963 and is published by SAGE Publishing in association with the Association for Business Communication.
The International Journal of Communication is an open access peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies on communication. The editor-in-chief is Larry Gross and it is published by the USC Annenberg Press. The journal was established in 2007 and is abstracted and indexed by the Social Sciences Citation Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and EBSCOhost.
Communication, Culture & Critique is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the role of communication and cultural criticism, spanning the fields of communication, media, and cultural studies. It was established in 2008 with Karen Ross as the founding editor-in-chief. Since 2014, the editor-in-chief has been Radhika Parameswaran. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Communication Association.
Feminist Media Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering media and communication studies from a feminist perspective. Established in March 2001, United Kingdom publisher Routledge publishes eight issues a year. This journal advocates for original submissions based on the social experiences of society and the intersectionality of feminism. The editors-in-chief are Cynthia Carter and Isabel Molina-Guzmán. The editorial board consists of authors and researchers from institutions around the world, including universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and other universities around Asia. This academic journal provides a forum for researchers with feminist approaches to the field of communication studies. The journal has over 400,000 downloads and views each year, and invites contributions from all fields, whether related to communications or not.
Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation is a peer-reviewed academic journal of conservation science and practice, published bimonthly by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Fauna & Flora International.
Information, Communication & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the role of digital media in the Information Age. It was established in 1998 and is published by Routledge. The editor-in-chief is Brian Loader. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.124, ranking it 4th out of 88 journals in the category "Communication" and 5th out of 148 journals in the category "Sociology".
