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Subject Guide for Communications: Journals

Journals

Find below a selection of relevant journal titles.

For an overview and access to available journals, refer to Journal Finder and the Journalism and Communications category.

Recommended Communications Journals

IEEE Multimedia

1994 to Present

IEEE MultiMedia contains technical information covering a broad range of issues in multimedia systems and applications. Articles are expected to discuss research as well as advanced practice in hardware/software, ranging from theory to working systems. The primary goal of the magazine is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to present new findings and discuss experiences with multimedia systems and applications. In addition, the magazine keeps readers informed of the state of the art in the multimedia arena, including technical trends and research directions.

Multimedia Tools and Applications

1995 to Present

Multimedia Tools and Applications publishes original research on multimedia development and system support tools as well as case studies of multimedia applications.

  • Recognized as the first journal in the field of multimedia.
  • Boasts the highest Google h5-index score in the field of multimedia.
  • Features case studies alongside experimental and survey articles.
  • Editorial board comprises the world's top multimedia experts.

The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia

1997 to Present

The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (NRHM) is a world-leading interdisciplinary journal providing a focus for research covering practical and theoretical developments in hypermedia, hypertext, the Web and interactive multimedia.

The NRHM welcomes high-quality, original work that advances our knowledge and understanding of the field. Review articles and surveys which present new insights into the field, will also be considered.

Topics relevant to the NRHM include, but are not limited to, the following key themes:

  • cognitive aspects; hypertext reading practices, navigation and browsing; studies of information seeking behaviour;
  • authoring and design strategies; digital storytelling; authoring hypertext, multimedia authoring tools; automatic authoring; archiving;
  • user interfaces; multi-modal interaction; user experience design; affective design; gamification; usability; accessibility; testing and evaluation;
  • physical hypermedia; mobile and wearable applications; geolocation-based applications; immersive, augmented and virtual environments;
  • hypermedia applications in specific contexts, e.g. education, commerce, health, government, culture; literary and creative hypermedia;

International Communication Gazette

2006 to Present

International Communication Gazette is one of the world's leading communication journals publishing scholarly articles from the international community of communication scholars.

The journal covers all aspects of international communication including the structures and processes of international communication, the regulatory regimes in the field of international communication, the interaction between international and national flows of communication and the complexities of intercultural communication across national borders.

Communication Theory

1996 to Present

Communication Theory is an international forum publishing high quality, original research into the theoretical development of communication from across a wide array of disciplines, such as communication studies, sociology, psychology, political science, cultural and gender studies, philosophy, linguistics, and literature. 

The journal aims to be inclusive in theoretical approaches insofar as these pertain to communication theory.

Discourse & Communication

2007 to Present

Discourse & Communication is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that pay specific attention to the qualitative, discourse analytical approach to issues in communication research.

Discourse & Communication specifically addresses readers in any field of communication who are interested in qualitative, discourse analytical approaches, on the one hand, and scholars in discourse studies, linguistics, pragmatics, semiotics and related fields who are interested in issues of communication, on the other hand.

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

1995 to Present

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ) is the flagship journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). It is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal ranked in the Journal Citation Reports that focuses on research in journalism and mass communication. Established in 1924, JMCQ or the Quarterly is the oldest refereed scholarly journal in mass communication and provides leadership in scholarship for the field.

It serves all the divisions and interest groups of AEJMC and publishes original articles and book reviews on topics including but not limited to 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.

Journalism Studies

1995 to Present

Journalism Studies is a flagship journal in the field of journalism, which provides a forum for the study and critical discussion of journalism as both a subject of academic inquiry and an arena of professional practice. The journal’s editorial board and contributors reflect the intellectual interests of a global community of academics and practitioners concerned with addressing and analysing aspects that seek to provide a stronger foundation of knowledge in the field of journalism.

Journalism Studies’ broad scope includes:

  • Theories and conceptual frameworks of journalism
  • Epistemological concerns in journalism studies
  • Methodological best practices in journalism studies
  • Political dimensions of journalism
  • Ethical and legal concerns and practices in journalism
  • Social and cultural dimensions of journalism
  • Technology and journalism
  • Economic aspects of journalism
  • Journalism and its audiences
  • Historical inquiries into journalism
  • Issues of diversity in journalism
  • Journalism Education

Critical Studies in Media Communication

2000 to Present

Critical Studies in Media Communication (CSMC) is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. CSMC publishes original scholarship in mediated and mass communication from a cultural studies and/or critical perspective. It particularly welcomes submissions that enrich debates among various critical traditions, methodological and analytical approaches, and theoretical standpoints.

CSMC takes an inclusive view of media and welcomes scholarship on topics such as:
• media audiences
• representations
• institutions
• digital technologies
• social media
• gaming
• professional practices and ethics
• production studies
• media history
• political economy