Communication Theory

SJR Rank #817H-index: 108SJR: 2.794Best quartile: Q1APC: US$4,235
Journal website: aims, scope and author guidelines
Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Country

United States

Type

journal

SJR by Edition

2022202500.71.42.12.8

Subject Categories

  • CommunicationQ1
  • Linguistics and LanguageQ1

Areas: Social Sciences

Most published research topics

Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsRhetoric and Communication StudiesLanguage, Discourse, Communication StrategiesDiscourse Analysis in Language StudiesPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationCommunication in Education and HealthcareMedia Influence and HealthManagement and Organizational StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition

Source: OpenAlex

Publication Statistics

2025 Docs3-Year DocsCitable Docs020406080

Documents per Year

2022202508162432

Detailed Information

ISSN

1468-2885, 1050-3293

SJR Best Quartile

Q1

Region

Northern America

Citations per Document (2 years)

9.48

References per Document

99.84

Coverage

1991-2026

Scope

Communication Theory is an international forum publishing high quality, original research into the theoretical development of communication from across a wide array of disciplines, such as communication studies, sociology, psychology, political science, cultural and gender studies, philosophy, linguistics, and literature. A journal of the International Communication Association, Communication Theory especially welcomes work in the following areas of research, all of them components of ICA: Communication and Technology, Communication Law and Policy, Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Feminist Scholarship, Global Communication and Social Change, Health Communication, Information Systems, Instructional/Developmental Communication, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Journalism Studies, Language and Social Interaction, Mass Communication, Organizational Communication, Philosophy of Communication, Political Communication, Popular Communication, Public Relations, Visual Communication Studies, Children, Adolescents and the Media, Communication History, Game Studies, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies, and Intergroup Communication. The journal aims to be inclusive in theoretical approaches insofar as these pertain to communication theory.

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