About this journal
Aims and scope
The Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is a scholarly publication aimed at elevating Chinese communication studies along theoretical, empirical, and methodological dimensions, while contributing to the understanding of media, information, and communication phenomena around the world. This fully refereed journal is an important international platform for students and scholars in Chinese communication studies to exchange ideas and research results, both with each other and globally. Interdisciplinary in scope, it examines subjects in all Chinese societies in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, and the global Chinese diaspora, which, in total, account for a quarter of humanity.
The CJoC welcomes scholarly works using social scientific or humanistic approaches on such topics as mass communication, journalism studies, telecommunications, rhetoric, cultural studies, media effects, new communication technologies, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, advertising and public relations, political communication, communications law and policy, and so on. Articles employing historical and comparative analysis focused on traditional Chinese culture as well as contemporary processes such as globalization, deregulation, and democratization are also welcome.
In addition to research articles, CJoC includes reviews of the field and subfields in Chinese communication studies as well as key issues in the Chinese media industry including film, Internet, mobile communication, creative industry, to mention just a few. A particular section is devoted to book reviews on various communication processes in Chinese societies.
Peer Review Integrity
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Authors: Jack Lunchuan Qiu and Saskia Witteborn
Volume 1, 2008, Issue 2
Journal metrics
Usage
- 92K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 3.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.322 (2023) SNIP
- 0.870 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 2 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 74 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 7% 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
Francis L. F. Lee - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Associate Editors:
Hsuan-Ting Chen - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shu-Chuan (Kelly) Chu - DePaul University, USA
Chih-Hui Lai - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Jingrong Tong - University of Sheffield, UK
Saskia Witteborn - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Angela Xiao Wu - New York University, USA
Lin Zhang - University of New Hampshire, USA
Book Review Editor:
Oliver N. K. Chan - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Editorial Assistants:
Daisy Xiaoxuan Cheng - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Fangyu Qing - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Manxin Xu - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Editorial Advisory Board Members:
Peng Hwa Ang - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Wei Bu - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
Manuel Castells - University of Southern California, USA
Julie Yujie Chen - University of Toronto, Canada
Nick Couldry - London School of Economics, UK
William Dutton - University of Leeds, UK
Lei Guo - Fudan University, China
Louisa Ha - Bowling Green State University, USA
David Hesmondhalgh - University of Leeds, UK
Yu Hong - Zhejiang University, China
Yong Hu - Peking University, China
Chen-Ling Hung - National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Ki Deuk Hyun - Akita International University, Japan
Crystal Li Jiang - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jianbin Jin - Tsinghua University, China
Yonghwan Kim - Dongguk University, Korea
Jeroen de Kloet - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chin-Chuan Lee - National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Hongtao Li - Fudan University, China
Luzhou Nina Li - Monash University, Australia
Jhih-Syuan (Elaine) Lin - National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Shih-diing Liu - University of Macau, Macau
Shuning Lu - North Dakota State University, USA
Yanqin Lu - Bowling Green State University, USA
Tom McDonald - The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Toby Miller - University of California, Riverside, USA
Yi Mou - Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Ji Pan - Fudan University, China
Wenjing Pan - Renmin University of China, China
Maria Repnikova - Georgia State University, USA
Todd Lyle Sandel - University of Macau, Macau
Saif Shahin - Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Bo Shan - Wuhan University, China
Fei Shen - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lijiang Shen - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Daniela Stockmann - Hertie School of Governance, Germany
Chris Chao Su - Boston University, USA
Yue Tan - National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Harsh Taneja - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Ingrid Volkmer - The University of Melbourne, Australia
Cara Wallis - University of Michigan, USA
Song-In Wang - National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Lars Willnat - Syracuse University, USA
Guobin Yang - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Fanxu Zeng - Tsinghua University, China
Guoliang Zhang - Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Jingwen Zhang - University of California Davis, USA
Mingxin Zhang - Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Xinzhi Zhang - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Zhijin Zhong - Sun Yat-sen University, China
Baohua Zhou - Fudan University, China
Shuhua Zhou - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Zhiqiu Benson Zhou - NYU Shanghai China
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
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