Communication Research Impact Factor, Indexing, Ranking 2024

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.

实证研究在通信领域始于20世纪，而如今，追求通信问题答案的研究者数量超过任何其他时期。本刊《通信研究》的编审宗旨在于为新世纪提供一种独特的反思与变革的机会。符合发表条件的研究，首先，应明确与某种形式的通信相关联；其次，应具备理论驱动，其结论能够丰富理论；第三，应采用最严格的实证方法，或提供某一研究领域的综述；第四，应直接关联到人类面临的最重要的挑战和问题。评价标准不偏袒任何特定的语境；事实上，我们坚信，人类面临的关键问题存在于紧密的关系、群体、组织和文化中。因此，我们期望发表跨越广泛层次和分析单位的研究成果。