About this journal
Aims and scope
Journalism Practice provides opportunities for reflective, critical and research-based studies focused on the professional practice of journalism. The emphasis on journalism practice does not imply any false or intellectually disabling disconnect between theory and practice, but simply an assertion that Journalism Practice’s primary concern is to analyse and explore issues of practice and professional relevance. Journalism Practice is an intellectually rigorous journal with all contributions being refereed anonymously by acknowledged international experts in the field. An intellectually lively, but professionally experienced, Editorial Board with a wide-ranging experience of journalism practice advises and supports the Editor.
Journalism Practice is devoted to: the study and analysis of significant issues arising from journalism as a field of professional practice; relevant developments in journalism training and education, as well as the construction of a reflective curriculum for journalism; analysis of journalism practice across the distinctive but converging media platforms of magazines, newspapers, online, radio and television; and the provision of a public space for practice-led, scholarly contributions from journalists as well as academics.
Journalism Practice’s ambitious scope includes:
- the history of journalism practice;
- the professional practice of journalism;
- journalism training and education;
- journalism practice and new technology;
- journalism practice and ethics; and
- journalism practice and policy.
Journalism Practice complements current trends to expansion in the teaching and analysis of journalism practice within the academy, reflection on the emergence of a reflective curriculum and thereby helps to consolidate journalism as an intellectual discipline within the landscape of higher education.
All articles in Journalism Practice have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by two anonymous referees. Instructions for Authors can be found here.
"Our field has long needed exactly this journal. Too often, much too often, in other academic journals, the professional practice of journalism is an afterthought - if it is a thought at all. With a distinguished, professionally-oriented, international editorial board, Journalism Practice promises to fill ably the largest void in our field."
Jack Lule, Joseph B. McFadden Distinguished Professor of Journalism, Lehigh University
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 397K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 5.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.494 (2023) SNIP
- 1.118 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 63 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 113 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 33% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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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.
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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-in-Chief
Bonnie Brennen, Marquette University, USA
Associate Editors
Hannah Badr, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria
Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Florida Atlantic University, USA
Jaume Suau Martínez - Ramon Llull University, Spain
Engagement Editor
Mildred Perreault, University of South Florida, USA
Founding Editor
Bob Franklin, Cardiff University, UK
Editorial Board
Omar Al-Ghazzi, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Rasha Allam, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Ingrid Bachmann Cáceres, Pontificia Universidad Cathólia de Chile, Chile
Andrea Baker, Monash University. Australia
Valerie Belair-Gagnon, University of Minnesota, USA
Kalyani Chadha, University of Maryland, USA
Mark Coddington, Washington and Lee University, USA
Irene Costera Meijer, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stephanie Craft, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Katy Culver, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University, UK
Murray Dick, Newcastle University, UK
Jacqui Ewart, Griffith University, Australia
Bob Franklin, Cardiff University, UK
Unni From, Aarhus University, ARTS, Denmark
Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex, UK
Brian Goss, St. Lewis University, Spain
Keith Greenwood, University of Missouri, USA
Naila Hamdy, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Folker Hanusch, University of Vienna, Austria
Summer Harlow, University of Houston, USA
Halliki Harro-Loit, Tartu University, Estonia
Dave Harte, Birmingham City University, UK
Lea Hellmueller, University of Houston, USA
Heloiza G. Herscovitz, California State University Long Beach, USA
Lanier Holt, The Ohio State University, USA
Sallie Hughes, University of Miami, USA
Muhammad Ittefaq, James Madison University, Harrisonburg
Sadia Jamil, The University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
Richard Keeble, Independent Scholar, UK
Danielle Kilgo, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA
Carolyn Kitch, Temple University, USA
Maria Konow-Lund, Cardiff University, UK
Jiayi Lu, Communication University of China, China
Carolyne Luynga, City University, London, UK
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, University of Glasgow, UK
Donald Matheson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Karen McIntyre, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Marian Meyers, Georgia State University, USA
Julianne Newton, University of Oregon, USA
Sarah Niblock, Imperial College London, UK
Joyce Nip, The University of Sydney, Australia
Gunnar Nygren, Sodertorn University, Sweden
Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Perry Parks, Michigan State University, USA
Chris Peters, Roskilde University, Denmark
Angela Phillips, University of London, UK
Juliet Pinto, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Horst Pöttker, University of Dortmund, Germany
Kevin Rafter, Dublin City University, Ireland
Zvi Reich, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Scott Reinardy, University of Kansas, USA
Alissa Richardson, University of Southern California, USA
Sue Robinson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Usha Manchanda Rodrigues, Deakin University, Australia
Erica Salkin, Whitworth University, USA
Richard Sambrook, Cardiff University, UK
Jason Shepard, California State University-Fullerton, USA
Lynette Sheridan Burns, Western Sydney University, Australia
Jane B. Singer, City University London, UK
José Sixto-García, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Nikki Usher, University of San Diego, USA
Fred Vultee, Wayne State University, USA
Melissa Wall, California State University - Northridge, USA
Andrea Wenzel, Temple University, USA
Yan Wu, Swansea University, UK
Ellen Zheng Yue, Jinan University, China
Abstracting and indexing
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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News and offers
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- Bob Franklin Journal Article Award
Society information
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- ICA JSIG
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- EJTA
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