Canadian Journal of Communication

Aims & Scope

The objective of the Canadian Journal of Communication is to publish Canadian research and scholarship in the field of communication studies.

In pursuing this objective, particular attention is paid to research that has a distinctive Canadian flavour by virtue of choice of topic or by drawing on the legacy of Canadian theory and research.

The purview of the journal is the entire field of communication studies as practiced in Canada or with relevance to Canada.

The Canadian Journal of Communication is a print and online quarterly.

Back issues are accessible with a 12 month delay as Open Access with a CC-BY-NC-ND license.

Access to the most recent year's issues, including the current issue, requires a subscription.

Subscribers now have access to all issues online from Volume 1, Issue 1 (1974) to the most recently published issue.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.279

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	13

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17350

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	105

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Language of New Media

  Citation: 918

  Authors: Lev

• Old Dogs, New Clicks: Digital Inequality in Skills and Uses among Older Adults

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Eszter, Kerry

• Problematizing the Digital Literacy Paradox in the Context of Older Adults’ ICT Use: Aging, Media Discourse, and Self-Determination

  Citation: 195

  Authors: Kathleen, Anabel, Kim

• Looking at Shirley, the Ultimate Norm: Colour Balance, Image Technologies, and Cognitive Equity

  Citation: 163

  Authors: Lorna

• The Postnational Constellation: Political Essays

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Jurgen

• Research-Creation: Intervention, Analysis and “Family Resemblances”

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Owen

• Domestication Analysis, Objects of Study, and the Centrality of Technologies in Everyday Life

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Leslie

• Missing and Murdered Women: Reproducing Marginality in News Discourse

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Yasmin

• Media Performance: Mass Communication and the Public Interest

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Denis

• Networked Publics: The Double Articulation of Code and Politics on Facebook

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Ganaele, Greg, Fenwick, Zachary

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