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
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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