Western Journal of Communication
Last updated ISSN 1057-0314
Western Journal of Communication is published by Taylor & Francis in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Western Journal of Communication concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Rhetoric and Communication Studies
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Media Studies and Communication
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Media Influence and Health
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1057-0314, 1745-1027 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,183 |
| Publishing since | 1800 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/rwjc20/current |
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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