About this journal
Aims and scope
Women's Studies in Communication ( WSIC ) provides a feminist forum for diverse research, reviews, and commentary addressing the relationships between communication and gender. WSIC invites contributions that advance our understanding of the intersections of gender and race, ethnicity, nationality, ability, sexuality, and class, as well as the articulations between gendered performances, power, and representation in public culture. Topically and methodologically inclusive, WSIC publishes quantitative, qualitative, and critical communication scholarship drawing from a variety of areas including but not limited to interpersonal, organizational, performance, rhetoric, media, and cultural studies. The editor is committed to promoting the best work that falls within these parameters and also to encouraging the development of new voices and new projects that challenge conventions guiding communication scholarship. Feminist studies concerning queer and transgender politics, masculinity, dis/ability, labor, transnationalism, postcolonialism, and critical race theory are especially encouraged at this time.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 72K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.867 (2023) SNIP
- 0.315 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 17 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 111 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 41 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 15% 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
Marissa Doshi, Hope College, USA
Book and Media Review Editor
Lydia Huerta, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Conversation and Commentary Editor
Loretta LeMaster, Arizona State University, USA
Editorial Assistant
Hailey Schumann, Hope College, USA
The Organization for Research on Women and Communication (ORWAC)
President
Diane Keeling, University of San Diego, USA
Vice President
Jenna Hanchey, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Immediate Past President
Leslie Harris, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
Treasurer
Alyssa Samek, California State University, Fullerton, USA
Membership Officer
Tiffany Lewis, Baruch College, CUNY, USA
Editorial Board
Tony Adams, Bradley University
Godfried Asante, San Diego State University
Ahmet Atay, College of Wooster
Lamiyah Bahrainwala, Southwestern University
Jeffrey Bennett, Vanderbilt University
Barbara A. Biesecker, University of Georgia
Robin Boylorn, Unversity of Alabama
Caitlin Bruce, University of Pittsburgh
Patrice M. Buzzanell, University of South Florida
Bernadette Calafell, Gonzaga University
Andre Cavalcante, University of Virginia
Devika Chawla, Ohio University
Karma R. Chávez, The University of Texas at Austin
E Cram, University of Iowa
Michelle Colpean, Miami University - Hamilton
Lisa Corrigan, University of Arkansas
Satarupa Dasgupta, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Sarah De Los Santos Upton, The University of Texas at El Paso
Sarah E. Dempsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Aisha Durham, University of South Florida
Katherine J. Denker, Ball State University
Tasha Dubriwny, Texas A&M University
Rosa A. Eberly, Penn State University
Stine Eckert, Wayne State University
Suzanne Enck, University of North Texas
Shinsuke Eguchi, University of New Mexico
Sandra L. Faulkner, Bowling Green State University
Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, University of Iowa
Lisa Flores, University of Colorado Boulder
Karen A. Foss, University of New Mexico
Sonja K. Foss, University of Colorado Denver
Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University
Haneen Ghabra, Kuwait University
Ashley Hall, Illinois State University
Jenna N. Hanchey, Arizona State University
Leslie Ann Hahner, Baylor University
Lynn O'Brien Hallstein, Boston University
Leslie J. Harris, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Sara Hayden, University of Montana
Radha S Hegde, New York University
Leandra Hernandez, University of Utah
Kristen Hoerl, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Michelle A. Holling, California State University San Marcos
Sarah J Jackson, University of Pennsylvania
Robin E. Jensen, University of Utah
Paul Elliott Johnson, University of Pittsburgh
Diane Keeling, University of San Diego
Casey Kelly, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sarah Kornfield, Hope College
Claire Sisco King, Vanderbilt University
Marina Levina, University of Memphis
Ziyu Long, Colorado State University
Ashley Mack, Louisiana State University
Jimmie Manning, University of Nevada, Reno
Amanda R. Martinez, Davidson College
Joan Faber McAlister, Drake University
Bryan McCann, Louisiana State University
Lucy J. Miller, West Chester University
Leigh Moscowitz, University of South Carolina
Ali Na, Queen's University
Marnel Niles Goins, Marymount University
Gloria Pindi Nziba, California State University San Marcos
Catherine Helen Palczewski, University of Northern Iowa
Valerie Palmer-Mehta, Oakland University
Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University Bloomington
Kyra Pearson, Loyola Marymount University
Kendall R. Phillips, Syracuse University
Gloria Pindi, California State University San Marcos
Kristan Poirot, Texas A&M University
Erin J. Rand, Syracuse University
Srividya Ramasubramanian, Syracuse University
Valerie Renegar, Southwestern University
Alyssa Samek, California State University Fullerton
Danielle Stern, Christopher Newport University
Raka Shome, Villanova university
Stacey Sowards, University of Texas at Austin
Cara Wallis, Texas A&M University
Myra Washington, University of Utah
Isaac West, Vanderbilt University
Carly Woods, University of Maryland
Amy Young, Pacific Lutheran University
Stephanie Young, University of Southern Indiana
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: Canada in Context, ESCI, Web of Science, EBSCOhost, Scopus, Gale General OneFile, Gale World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean, OCLC Humanities Index (Online), ProQuest online research databases, University of Wisconsin at Madison Feminist Periodicals (Online).
4 issues per year
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