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.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
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
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
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?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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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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Currently known as:
- Atlantic Journal of Communication (2004 - current)
Formerly known as
- New Jersey Journal of Communication (1993 - 2003)
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