About this journal

Aims and scope

Communication Education is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. Communication Education publishes original scholarship that advances understanding of the role of communication in the teaching and learning process in diverse spaces, structures, and interactions, within and outside of academia. Communication Education welcomes scholarship from diverse perspectives and methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, and critical/textual approaches. All submissions must be methodologically rigorous and theoretically grounded and geared toward advancing knowledge production in communication, teaching, and learning.

Scholarship in Communication Education addresses the intersections of communication, teaching, and learning related to topics and contexts that include but are not limited to:

• student/teacher relationships
• student/teacher characteristics
• student/teacher identity construction
• student learning outcomes
• student engagement
• diversity, inclusion, and difference
• social justice
• instructional technology/social media
• the basic communication course
• service learning
• communication across the curriculum
• communication instruction in business and the professions
• communication instruction in civic arenas

In addition to articles, the journal will publish occasional scholarly exchanges on topics related to communication, teaching, and learning, such as:

• Analytic review articles: agenda-setting pieces including examinations of key questions about the field
• Forum essays: themed pieces for dialogue or debate on current communication, teaching, and learning issues

For more details about how to submit your research to Communication Education , please review our Instructions for Authors.

Unless specifically indicated otherwise, articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 134K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 2.2 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 3.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.280 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.610 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 5 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 38 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 41 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 17% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor
Kyle C. Rudick - University of Northern Iowa, USA

Consulting Editors

Yea-Wen Chen - San Diego State University

Ashley R. Hall - Illinois State University

Angela M. Hosek - Ohio University

Sergio Fernando Juarez - Loyola Marymount University

Lore/retta LeMaster - Arizona State University

Jessalyn I. Vallade - University of Kentucky


Editorial Review Board

Drew Ashby-King - University of Maryland

Ahmet Atay - College of Wooster

Kristen Blinne - SUNY-Oneonta

San Bolkan - Long Beach State University

Maria Brann - IUPUI

Allison Brenneise - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Mick Brewer - Lincoln University

Melissa Broeckleman-Post - George Mason University

Catherine Brooks - University of Arizona

Patrice M. Buzzanell - University of South Florida

Bernadette Marie Calafell - Gonzaga University

Deanna Dannels - North Carolina State University

Autumn Edwards - Western Michigan University

Chad Edwards - Western Michigan University

Deanna Fassett - San Jose State University

T. Kody Frey - University of Kentucky

Brandi Frisby - University of Kentucky

Zachary Goldman - University of Louisville

Kathryn B. Golsan - University of Northern Iowa

Alan Goodboy - West Virginia University

Robert Gutierrez - California State University, San Marcos

Rona Halualani - San Jose State University

Tina M. Harris - University of Tennessee

Liliana Herakova - University of Maine

Leandra Hernandez - Utah Valley University

Jon A. Hess - University of Dayton

Sean Horan - Fairfield University

Aubrey Huber - University of South Florida

Zac D. Johnson - California State University, Fullerton

David H. Kahl Jr. - Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

Renee Kaufmann - University of Kentucky

Jeff Kerssen-Griep - University of Portland

Jeff Kuznekoff - Miami University

Sara LaBelle - Chapman University

Brandi Lawless - University of San Francisco

Andrew Ledbetter - Texas Christian University

Li Li - University of Wyoming

Daniel H. Mansson - Penn State Hazleton

Amin Makkawy - Fresno State University

Meggie Mapes - University of Kansas

Matthew M. Martin - West Virginia University

Joseph Mazer - The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Kathleen McConnell - San Jose State University

Christopher McCrae - University of South Florida

Kevin R. Meyer - Illinois State University

Juliane Mora - Gonzaga University

Shane Moreman - Fresno State University

Stevie Munz - Utah Valley University

Scott Myers - West Virgina University

Andrea Patterson-Masuka - Winston-Salem State University

Tracey Owens Patton - University of Wyoming

Sandra (Sandy) L. Pensoneau-Conway - Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Angela Putman - Penn State Brandywine

Valerie Rubinsky - University of Maine

Kristina Ruiz-Mesa - California State University, Los Angeles

Rico Self - North Carolina State University

Robert Sidelinger - Oakland University

Cheri J. Simonds - Illinois State University

Michael Strawser - University of Central Floria

Nicholas T. Tatum - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Ana Isabel Terminal Iberri - Arizona State University

Candice Thomas-Maddox - Ohio University Lancaster

Scott Titsworth - Ohio University

Michael Tristano - Towson University

Caroline Waldbuesser - Sam Houston State University

Tiffany R. Wang - University of Montevallo

Damion Waymer - The University of Alabama

David Westerman - North Dakota State University

Cicely Wilson - The University of Memphis

Anna Wright - Illinois College

David Yastremski - Ridge High School

Former editors of Communication Education

Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted/ Indexed in: Australian Education Index (AEI); Children's Book Review Index; Communication Abstracts; Communication and Mass Media Complete; Current Abstracts; ERIC; Education Index; Education Research Index; Educational Administration Abstracts; Electronic Collections Online' Expanded Academic Index; Film Literature Index; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; M L A International Bibliography; National Database for Research into International Education (NDRI); OCLC; Periodicals Index Online; PsycINFO and SCOPUS.

Open access

Communication Education 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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Association information

The National Communication Association advances Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and aesthetic inquiry.

The National Communication Association publishes 12 journals:

Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

Communication and Democracy

Communication and Race

Communication Education

Communication Monographs

Communication Teacher

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Review of Communication

Text and Performance Quarterly

NCA members receive online access to all current and archive content from each of the National Communication Association journals. Members also receive online access to a selection of four additional Routledge, Taylor & Francis journals.

To explore the whole NCA journals portfolio, visit the NCA Online Journals Platform.

Communication Education is a peer-reviewed publication of the NCA. For more details about how to submit your research to  Communication Education please review our Instructions for Authors.

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