The Journal of Public Interest Communications
Last updated ISSN 2573-4342
The Journal of Public Interest Communications is published by George A. Smathers Libraries in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Public Interest Communications concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Media Studies and Communication
- Social Media and Politics
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Media Influence and Health
- Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
Key facts
| Publisher | George A. Smathers Libraries |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2573-4342 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 119 |
| Publishing since | 2017 |
| Journal website | journals.flvc.org/jpic/index |
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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