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
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
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
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?
- 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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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
Critical Studies in Media Communication
Journal of Applied Communication Research
Journal of International and Intercultural 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.
To register as a peer reviewer for Communication Education , visit the submission site to create an account. Discover our Peer Reviewer Training Network.
4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Communication Education (1976 - current)
Formerly known as
- The Speech Teacher (1952 - 1975)
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