Communication Research
Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick | Technische Universität Berlin, Germany |
Stephen A. Rains | University of Arizona, USA |
For over three decades researchers and practitioners have depended on Communication Research for the most up-to-date, comprehensive and important research on communication and its related fields.
Important, In-Depth Research and Scholarship
Communication processes are a fundamental part of virtually every aspect of human social life. Communication Research publishes articles that explore the processes, antecedents, and consequences of communication in a broad range of societal systems. Although most of the published articles are empirical, we also consider overview/review articles. These include the following:
- mass media
- interpersonal
- health
- political
- entertainment
- advertising/persuasive communication
- new technology, online, computer-mediated and mobile communication
- organizational
- intercultural
- group
- family
Communication Research takes you to the cutting-edge of research and theory in all areas within the field of communication. It serves as the international forum aimed at the academic or professional interested in current research in communication and its related fields. Why you need Communication Research
Empirical research in communication began in the 20th century, and there are more researchers pursuing answers to communication questions today than at any other time. The editorial goal of Communication Research is to offer a special opportunity for reflection and change in the new millennium. To qualify for publication, research should, first, be explicitly tied to some form of communication; second, be theoretically driven with conclusions that inform theory; third, use the most rigorous empirical methods OR provide a review of a research area; and fourth, be directly linked to the most important problems and issues facing humankind. Criteria do not privilege any particular context; indeed, we believe that the key problems facing humankind occur in close relationships, groups, organizations, and cultures. Hence, we hope to publish research conducted across a wide variety of levels and units of analysis.
Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick | Technische Universität Berlin, Germany |
Stephen Rains | University of Arizona, USA |
Jennifer Gibbs | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
Pamela Shoemaker | Syracuse University, USA |
Michael E. Roloff | Northwestern University, USA |
Charles R. Berger | University of California, Davis, USA |
Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach | University of Southern California, USA |
Peter R. Monge | University of Southern California, USA |
Steven H. Chaffee | Stanford University, USA |
F. Gerald Kline | University of Minnesota, USA |
Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn | University of Georgia, USA |
Michael R. Allen | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA |
Lindsey Aloia | University of Arkansas, USA |
Eran Amsalem | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
Julie Andsager | University of Tennessee, USA |
Florian Arendt | University of Vienna, Austria |
Erica Weintraub Austin | Washington State University, USA |
Christian Baden | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach | University of Southern California, USA |
William Barley | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA |
Matthew Barnidge | University of Alabama, USA |
Anne Bartsch | University of Leipzig, Germany |
Michael Beam | Kent State University, USA |
Christopher Beaudoin | Boston University, USA |
Charles R. Berger | University of California, Davis, USA |
Andrew Billings | University of Alabama, USA |
Robin Blom | Ball State University, USA |
Bradley Bond | University of San Diego, USA |
Robert Bond | The Ohio State University, USA |
James Bonus | The Ohio State University, USA |
Porismita Borah | Washington State University, USA |
Shelley Boulianne | MacEwan University, Canada |
Hans-Bernd Brosius | Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany |
Tricia Burke | University of Arizona, USA |
Daniel J. Canary | University of Utah, USA |
Scott Caplan | University of Delaware, USA |
Joseph N. Cappella | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
Michael X. Delli Carpini | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
John Caughlin | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
Stella C. Chia | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Hichang Cho | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
Hyunyi Cho | The Ohio State University, USA |
Jaeho Cho | University of California - Davis, USA |
Drew Cingel | University of California, Davis, USA |
Jason Coronel | The Ohio State University, USA |
Glenn Cummins | Texas Tech University, USA |
Claes de Vreese | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Amy Delaney | Millikin University, USA |
James P. Dillard | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Travis L. Dixon | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
Sharon Dunwoody | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
Morgan Ellithorpe | University of Delaware, USA |
William P. Eveland Jr. | The Ohio State University, USA |
Thomas Feeley, PhD | University of Buffalo, USA |
Lauren Feldman | Rutgers University, USA |
Bo Feng | University of California, Davis, USA |
Edward L. Fink | Temple University, USA |
Sophia Fu | Rutgers University, USA |
Yuki Fujioka | Georgia State University, USA |
Stefan Geiß | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
Darren Gergle | Northwestern University, USA |
Amy Gonzales | University of California Santa Barbara, USA |
Melanie Green | University at Buffalo, USA |
Jacob Groshek | Kansas State University, USA |
Lei Guo | Fudan University, China |
M Hameleers | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Tilo Hartmann | Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Andrew High | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Itai Himelboim | University of Georgia, USA |
Jay Hmielowski | University of Florida, USA |
Cynthia A. Hoffner | Georgia State University, USA |
R. Lance Holbert | Temple University, USA |
Amanda J. Holmstrom | Michigan State University, USA |
Traci Hong | Boston University, USA |
J. Brian Houston | University of Missouri, USA |
Myiah Hutchens | University of Florida, USA |
Yoori Hwang | Myongji University, South Korea |
Leo Jeffres | Cleveland State University, USA |
Jakob Jensen | University of Utah, USA |
Yan Jin | University of Georgia, USA |
Benjamin Johnson | University of Florida, USA |
Susanne M. Jones | University of Minnesota, USA |
Jennifer Kam | University of California - Santa Barbara, USA |
Kate Kenski | University of Arizona, USA |
Young Yun Kim | University of Oklahoma, USA |
Spiro Kiousis | University of Florida, USA |
Jan Kleinnijenhuis | Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Tetsuro Kobayashi | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Thomas Koch | Johannes Gutenberg University at Mainz, Germany |
Ascan Koerner | University of Minnesota, USA |
Matt Koschmann | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
Nicole Krämer | University Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
Chih-Hui Lai | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan |
Sophie Lecheler | University of Vienna, Austria |
Andrew Ledbetter | Texas Christian University, USA |
Andrew M. Ledbetter | Texas Christian University, USA |
Chul-joo Lee | Seoul National University, South Korea |
Eun-Ju Lee | Seoul National University, South Korea |
Francis Lee | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Siyue Li | Zhejiang University, China |
Marie-Louise Mares | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
Dana Mastro | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
Gina M. Masullo | University of Texas, Austin, USA |
Jorg Matthes | University of Vienna, Austria |
Patrick C. Meirick | University of Oklahoma, USA |
Jingbo Meng | Michigan State University, USA |
Miriam Metzger | University of California Santa Barbara, USA |
Peter R. Monge | University of Southern California, USA |
Patricia Moy | University of Washington, USA |
Xiaoli Nan | University of Maryland, USA |
German Neubaum | University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
Katherine Ognyanova | Rutgers University, USA |
Mary Beth Oliver | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Zhongdang Pan | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
Charles Pavitt | University of Delaware, USA |
Jochen Peter | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Andrew Pilny | University of Kentucky, USA |
Bruce E. Pinkleton | Washington State University, USA |
Brian Quick | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
Stephen Rains | University of Arizona, USA |
Nancy Rhodes | Michigan State University, USA |
Rajiv N. Rimal | George Washington University, USA |
Emma Rodero | Pompeu Fabra University, Spain |
Hernando Rojas | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
Michael Elwood Roloff | Northwestern University, USA |
Patricia Rossini | University of Glasgow, Scotland |
Ann Rousseau | KU Leuven, Belgium |
Erica Scharrer | University of Massachusetts, USA |
Paul Schrodt | Texas Christian University, USA |
Chris Segrin | University of Arizona, USA |
Liesel Sharabi | Arizona State University, USA |
Cuihua Shen | University of California, Davis, USA |
Lijiang Shen | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Pamela J. Shoemaker | Syracuse University, USA |
Patricia Sias | University of Arizona, USA |
Marko Skoric | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Michael Slater | The Ohio State University, USA |
Dongyoung Sohn | Hanyang University, South Korea |
Denise Solomon | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Michael T. Stephenson | Texas A&M University, USA |
S. Shyam Sundar | Pennsylvania State University, USA |
Alex Susskind | Cornell University, USA |
David Tewksbury | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA |
Jennifer A. Theiss | Rutgers University, USA |
Catalina Toma | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
Patti M. Valkenburg | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Brandon Van Der Heide | James Madison College, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA |
Toni van der Meer | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Lyn Van Swol | University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
Vincent R. Waldron | Arizona State University, USA |
Nathan Walter | Northwestern University, USA |
Joseph B. Walther | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
Matthew Weber | University of Minnesota USA |
Brian Weeks | University of Michigan, USA |
Ran Wei | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Steven Wilson | University of South Florida, USA |
Stephan Winter | University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany |
Janet Yang | State University of New York at Buffalo, USA |
Sung-Un Yang | Indiana University, USA |
Y. Connie Yuan | Cornell University, USA |
Manuscripts for consideration in Communication Research should be submitted electronically via Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/commresearch). Authors will be required to set up an online account in the SageTRACK system at this site. For general inquiries, please contact the Communication Research editorial office (email com.research@medienwissenschaft.tu-berlin.de).
The co-editors and editorial board make every effort to review manuscripts thoroughly and promptly. One of the co-editors initially determines whether the content of the manuscript is appropriate for the journal and whether there is sufficient publication potential to proceed with anonymous reviews. Manuscripts that do not pass this initial screening are returned immediately. If a manuscript is sent out for the review process it is typically completed in eight to ten weeks. Authors are encouraged to obtain and incorporate editorial advice of their colleagues prior to submitting their work to Communication Research.
Submissions should consist of a cover file and separate manuscript file.
The cover file should include:
- The manuscript title.
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Author(s), affiliation, contact information, and e-mail address.
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Any acknowledgments.
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Author biographies (100 words maximum for all authors).
The manuscript file should:
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Include an abstract of no more than 150 words.
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List 4 to 5 keywords.
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Be de-identified: It is important that authors’ names do not appear anywhere other than on the cover file (if questions arise in specific circumstances, when de-identification might be more revealing than including the authors’ names, please contact the editorial office).
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Be submitted as MS Word files (Windows Vista users, please save files down to the pre-2007, “.doc” versions).
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Be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition.
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In particular, the entire manuscript should be double spaced, and manuscripts should have 1 inch margins on all four sides.
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References should be carefully edited to ensure consistency with APA guidelines and include DOI numbers.
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Statistics and statistical analyses should be reported in line with APA guidelines including standard deviations and effect sizes when applicable. Confidence intervals must be reported when bootstrapping is utilized. Further, inclusion of correlation matrices as online appendix is strongly recommended (as this information facilitates meta-analyses).
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Figures and tables should be placed at the end of the manuscript file and numbered in the order they appear in text. Tables should be editable, formatted in line with APA guidelines, and have a clear title.
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An in-text callout (example: “[Figure 1 here]”) should be inserted on a separate line just after the paragraph where each figure or table appears.
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All figures should be submitted in the original program in which they were created (JPG, TIFF, or EPS; Microsoft Application Files are acceptable for line art).
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Any scanned images should be set at 1200 dpi for line art and 300 dpi for color or grayscale.
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Appendices should be used sparingly and should be lettered to set them apart from numbered tables/figures.
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Online appendices can now be used and do not count towards the 12,800 word count limit. They are hosted on the Communication Research site and linked to the article metadata and viewable in the TOC and article page itself. Upon submission, authors can denote appendices as "Online Appendix" and otherwise simply include them in the submission files, while following APA guidance for appendices.
- It is recommended that the paper is below 12,800 words in length; authors may provide supplementary materials to be published later as online appendices
Previously copyrighted material:
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Authors are responsible for gaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted material in their submissions, including images and quotations of more than 300 words.
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If another manuscript drawing on the same dataset has been submitted or published previously, please explain how it differs from this manuscript in your cover letter.
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Permission in email format is acceptable.
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Authors may also submit a Copyright Permission Request Form completed by the copyright holder.
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Payment of any fees the copyright holder may request is the author’s responsibility.
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Because obtaining reprint permission can be time consuming, it is recommended that authors begin this process as soon as possible.
Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal:
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Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal.
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Authors should not submit manuscripts that have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content.
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If another manuscript drawing on the same dataset has been submitted or published previously, please explain how it differs from this manuscript in your cover letter.
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Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the Communication Research editorial office (email com.research@medienwissenschaft.tu-berlin.de).
Language editing support:
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Authors who want to refine the use of English in their manuscripts might consider utilizing the services of SPi, a non-affiliated company that offers Professional Editing Services to authors of journal articles in the areas of science, technology, medicine or the social sciences.
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SPi specializes in editing and correcting English-language manuscripts written by authors with a primary language other than English.
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Visit http://www.prof-editing.com for more information about SPi’s Professional Editing Services, pricing, and turn-around times, or to obtain a free quote or submit a manuscript for language polishing. Please be aware that Sage has no affiliation with SPi and makes no endorsement of the company.
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An author’s use of SPi’s services in no way guarantees that his or her submission will ultimately be accepted.
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Any arrangement an author enters into will be exclusively between the author and SPi, and any costs incurred are the sole responsibility of the author.
Open Science Badges:
Articles submitted to Communication Research and accepted for publication after 7/1/2019 are eligible to earn badges that recognize open scientific practices: publicly available data, material, or preregistered research plans. You can also find information on the Open Science Framework at https://osf.io/tvyxz/wiki/home/
To apply for one or more badges acknowledging open practices, please check the box(es) corresponding to the desired badge(s) in the online submission form and provide the information requested in the relevant sections. To qualify for a badge, you must provide a URL, doi, or other permanent path for accessing the specified information in a public, open-access repository. Qualifying public, open-access repositories are committed to preserving data, materials, and/or registered analysis plans and keeping them publicly accessible via the web in perpetuity. Examples include the Open Science Framework (OSF) and the various Dataverse networks. Hundreds of other qualifying data/materials repositories are listed at http://re3data.org/. Preregistration of an analysis plan must take place via a publicly accessible registry system (e.g., OSF, ClinicalTrials.gov or other trial registries in the WHO Registry Network, institutional registration systems). Personal websites and most departmental websites do not qualify as repositories.
Authors who wish to publicly post third-party material in their data, materials, or preregistration plan must have the proper authority or permission agreement in order to do so.
There are circumstances in which it is not possible or advisable to share any or all data, materials, or a research plan publicly. For example, there are cases in which sharing participants’ data could violate confidentiality. If you would like your article to include an explanation of such circumstances and/or provide links to any data or materials you have made available—even if not under conditions eligible to earn a badge—you may write an alternative note that will be published in a note in the article.
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