About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The International Journal of Communication is an online, multi-media, academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world. The International Journal of Communication is an interdisciplinary journal that, while centered in communication, is open and welcoming to contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that meet at the crossroads that is communication study. We are interested in scholarship that crosses disciplinary lines and speaks to readers from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives. In other words, the International Journal of Communication will be a forum for scholars when they address the wider audiences of our many sub-fields and specialties, rather than the location for the narrower conversations more appropriately conducted within more specialized journals.

According to the latest statistics from Google Scholar, IJoC ranks 6th among all Humanities, Literature & Arts journals, and 9th among Communication journals.

USC Annenberg Press

USC Annenberg Press is housed at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Since 2007, the USC Annenberg Press and the journals it publishes, including IJoC, Information Technologies & International Development (ITID, archived in 2020), and The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Journal, have pioneered in a vital area of open access research with its increased academic relevance and ever-widening global presence in the field of communication study. USC Annenberg Press serves as a reliable and innovative resource for students, professionals, and the academic community, and is among the first to deliver journal content online free of charge, and devoted to the wide dissemination of its content. Annenberg Press continues to offer scholars and readers a forum that meets the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world.

Mission Statement

USC Annenberg Press is committed to excellence in communication scholarship, journalism, media research, and application. To advance this goal, we edit and publish prominent scholarly publications that are both innovative and influential, and that chart new courses in their respective fields of study.

Author Fees

IJoC does not charge fees for new submissions or registration. However, at the acceptance stage, authors might be charged a copyediting overage fee, if they choose to exceed the max word count of 9,000 words (for accepted articles only). The journal is only budgeted for 9,000 words per article and so must charge $30 for every 250 words over 9,000. Please note that international wire fees might also apply (international authors might also incur a $50.00 bank fee for wires) in determining the overall copyediting overage charge. Authors are invoiced at the proofing stage, once final word counts are determined. Additionally, authors who choose to review more than three proofs are charged $60 for each additional proof, and line changes are $10/line. This is due to strict budget limitations, and authors are strongly encouraged to just follow the word count guidelines and approve their second or third proof throughout the editorial process, to prevent them from incurring fees. Additionally, Special Sections, including Forums, are not budgeted and must be funded in full by guest editors. See the Special Section guidelines for more information. We are unable to offer fee waivers at this time, due to strict budget limitations.

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