Journal of Family Communication
Volumes 24-26 (2024-2026)
Editor: Sylvia L. Mikucki-Enyart, University of Iowa ([email protected])
The Journal of Family Communication (JFC) publishes original, theoretically grounded and methodologically rigorous scholarship that advances the understanding of the communication processes within or about families as well as research that addresses issues related to the intersection between family communication and social systems, such as mass media, education, health care, and law and policy. Scholarship centering diversity within families (e.g., racial-ethnic, family form) are especially encouraged. JFC is methodologically inclusive and welcomes quantitative, qualitative, rhetorical, and critical research as well as multidisciplinary scholarship from related fields, such as family studies, social psychology, and sociology.
JFC Volumes 24-26 will publish three types of articles: Original Research Articles, Replication Articles, and Brief Research Reports.
Original Research articles are 8000-word articles, excluding references, tables, figures, and appendices. (Authors of Original Research Article submissions that require an additional word allowance should contact the editor prior to submitting the article through the ScholarOne system.)
· Original research articles, including articles that focus on measurement development and validation, should adhere to the traditional research study format (i.e., an Introduction that presents a rationale for the study followed by a Literature Review/Theoretical Background, Method, Results, Discussion, and Practical Implications sections). Please note, measurement development and validation pieces must focus solely on family communication.
· The practical implications section should provide several practical or social contributions or implications for audiences outside academia (e.g., preK-12 instruction, counselors, social service agencies) as a way to apply the study results to “real” families or “real” family situations.
Replication articles are 8000-word articles, excluding references, tables, figures, and appendices that replicate important findings in the field of family communication. Ideally, replications will be direct or statistical replications with identical measures, samples, and procedures (Hunter, 2001), but conceptual replications (e.g., adding an additional variable) will be considered. Replication articles should:
· Contain a strong warrant for the replication, including why it is necessary and important to the field.
· Summarize how the original study was carried out and detail how the current study will adhere to and/or deviate from the original (e.g., additional variable as a mediator or moderator; more sophisticated analyses).
· Discuss how findings replicate, fail to replicate, or extend the original results.
Brief Research reports are 4000 to 5500-word articles, including references, tables, figures, and appendices. The research report is an abbreviated version of a traditional research article, with a focus on the interpretation and explication of the results. The research report does not require an extensive literature review and is ideal for scholarship that is grounded in or based on content with which JFC readers are highly familiar. Research reports are suitable for original research studies or studies with pilot data or small sample sizes.
All submissions should conform to the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2020). Submissions must not be under editorial review at any other journal or have been published elsewhere. All submissions will undergo anonymized peer review by at least two members of the journal’s editorial board. Submissions that fail to either conform to APA guidelines or meet the requirements for its article type will be desk-rejected and returned to the author(s). The decision not to publish a manuscript is fina
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Editor
Sylvia L. Mikucki-Enyart – University of Iowa, USA
Past Editors
Thomas J. Socha - Old Dominion University (2001 - 2005)
Kory Floyd - University of Arizona (2006 - 2008)
Caryn E. Medved - Baruch College, City University of New York (2009 - 2011)
Loreen Olson - University of North Carolina Greensboro (2012 - 2014)
Jordan Soliz - University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2015 - 2017)
Jeffrey T. Child - Kent State University (2018 - 2020)
Scott Myers - West Virginia University (2021 - 2023)
Editorial Board
Tony Adams – Bradley University, USA
Tamara Afifi – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Analisa Arroyo – University of Georgia, USA
Ahmet Atay – College of Wooster, USA
Erin Basinger – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Quinten S. Bernhold – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Leah E. Bryant – DePaul University, USA
Patrice M. Buzzanell – University of South Florida, USA
Kristen Carr – Texas Christian University, USA
John P. Caughlin –
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Jeffrey T. Child – University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Colleen Warner Colaner – University of Missouri, USA
Jenny Crowley – University of Tennessee, USA
René Dailey – University of Texas at Austin, USA
Shardé M. Davis– University of Connecticut, USA
Sara Docan-Morgan – University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, USA
Kory Floyd – University of Arizona, USA
Craig Fowler – Massey University, New Zealand
Lisa M. Guntzviller – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Meredith Marko Harrigan – SUNY Geneseo, USA
Jake Harwood – University of Arizona, USA
Colin Hesse – Oregon State University, USA
Haley Kranstuber Horstman – University of Missouri, USA
Darvelle Hutchins – New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, USA
Jody Koenig Kellas – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Carrie D. Kennedy-Lightsey – West Virginia University, USA
Leanne K. Knobloch – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Christine E. Kunkle – West Virginia University, USA
Pamela J. Lannutti – Widener University, USA
Andrew M. Ledbetter – Texas Christian University, USA
Helen M. Lillie – University of Iowa, USA
Katheryn Maguire – Wayne State University, USA
Kelly McAninch – University of Kentucky, USA
Rachel M. McLaren – University of Iowa, USA
Michelle Miller-Day – Chapman University, USA
Aimee E. Miller-Ott – Illinois State University, USA
Mary Claire Morr Loftus – University of Denver, USA
Leslie R. Nelson – California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA
Erin Sahlstein Parcell – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Joshua R. Pederson – University of Alabama, USA
Jonathan Pettigrew – Arizona State University, USA
Kaitlin E. Phillips – Baylor University, USA
Valerie Rubinsky – University of Maine at Augusta, USA
Kristina M. Scharp – Rutgers University, USA
Paul Schrodt – Texas Christian University, USA
Allison M. Scott – University of Kentucky, USA
Chris Segrin – University of Arizona, USA
Thomas J. Socha – Old Dominion University, USA
Jordan Soliz – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Elizabeth A. Suter – University of Denver, USA
Jennifer Theiss – Rutgers University, USA
Lindsey J. Thomas – Illinois State University, USA
Charee M. Thompson – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Allison R. Thorson – University of San Francisco, USA
Lindsay M. Timmerman – Texas State University, USA
April Trees – Saint Louis University, USA
Lynn H. Turner – Marquette University, USA
Maria K. Venetis – Rutgers University, USA
China Billotte Verhoff – Ohio University, USA
Vincent R. Waldron – Arizona State University, USA
Richard West – Emerson College, USA
Steven R. Wilson – University of South Florida, USA
Christina Granato Yoshimura– University of Montana, USA
Journal of Family 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.
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