About this journal

Aims and scope

The Atlantic Journal of Communication (AJC) is an academic journal concerned with the study of communication theory, practice, and policy. AJC is philosophically committed to an eclectic approach to scholarship and the publication of articles of the highest quality regardless of their type, orientation, or geographical origin. Contributions devoted to significant problems and issues in communication studies and of wide professional and scholarly interest are welcome.

Peer Review Policy

All manuscripts submitted to this journal undergo editorial screening and anonymized peer review by three anonymous reviewers.

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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 68K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.7 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.0 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 2.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.563 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.421 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 50 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 62 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 8 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 30% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor

Yachao Li
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Public Health
The College of New Jersey, USA

Associate Editors

Deborah J. Borisoff - New York University, USA
Jack Colldeweih - Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
Philip D. Dalton - Hofstra University, USA
Susan Drucker - Hofstra University, USA
Thomas Gencarelli - Manhattan College, USA
James Irwin - Deloitte, USA
Martin Itzkowitz - Rowan University, USA
Susan Jasko - University of Alabama, USA
Anastacia Kurylo - Inform Your Community, NY, USA
William Petkanas - Western Connecticut State University, USA
Marie L. Radford - Rutgers University, USA

Editorial Advisory Board

Robert Albrecht - New Jersey City University, USA
Corey Anton - Grand Valley State University, USA
Eugene Cho - The College of New Jersey, USA
Paul D’Angelo - The College of New Jersey, USA
Stanley Deetz - University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Chad Dell - Monmouth University, USA
Deborah Eicher-Catt - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Vincent Fitzgerald - College of Mt Saint Vincent, USA
Howard Giles - University of California-Santa Barbara/University of Queensland, USA/Australia
Ralph Gigliotti - Rutgers University, USA
Kathleen Haspel - Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
Michael Kent - University of New South Wales, Australia
William Kinsella - North Carolina State University, USA
Jennifer Lehr - Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
Valerie Manusov - University of Washington, USA
Jonathan Millen - University of New England, USA
Diane Millette - University of Miami, USA
Eleanor Novek - Monmouth University, USA
John Pollock - The College of New Jersey, USA
Lance Strate - Fordham University, USA
Maureen Taylor - University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Kurt Wagner - Monmouth University, USA

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted/Indexed in: Emerging Sources Citation Index, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, Scopus, Linguistics Abstracts (Online).

Open access

Atlantic Journal of Communication is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.

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Society information

Atlantic Journal of Communication is published in affiliation with the New York State Communication Association and New Jersey Communication Association.

Members of these associations receive the journal automatically as a benefit of membership.

  AJC was formerly published as The New Jersey Journal of Communication.

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