Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Last updated ISSN 0047-2816
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication is published by SAGE Publishing in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,400.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Technical Writing and Communication concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
- Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Academic Writing and Publishing
- Design Education and Practice
- Empathy and Medical Education
- History of Medical Practice
- Digital Communication and Language
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0047-2816, 1541-3780 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,400 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,558 |
| Publishing since | 1971 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/journal-technical-w |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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