College Composition and Communication

Aims & Scope

College Composition and Communication publishes research and scholarship in rhetoric and composition studies that supports college teachers in reflecting on and improving their practices in teaching writing and that reflects the most current scholarship and theory in the field.

The field of composition studies draws on research and theories from a broad range of humanistic disciplines—English studies, rhetoric, cultural studies, LGBT studies, gender studies, critical theory, education, technology studies, race studies, communication, philosophy of language, anthropology, sociology, and others—and from within composition and rhetoric studies, where a number of subfields have also developed, such as technical communication, computers and composition, writing across the curriculum, research practices, and the history of these fields.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.188

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	44

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21909

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	44

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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 Arts and Humanities and 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.

• A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing

  Citation: 336

  Authors: Linda, John R.

• The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued

  Citation: 227

  Authors: A. Suresh

• Ways of Knowing, Doing, and Writing in the Disciplines

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Michael

• Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Lisa

• The Courage to Teach

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Parker J.

• The Classroom and the Wider Culture: Identity as a Key to Learning English Composition

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Fan

• Reliability, Validity, and Holistic Scoring: What We Know and What We Need to Know

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Brian

• Verbal Protocols of Reading: The Nature of Constructively Responsive Reading

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Michael, Peter

• On Students' Rights to Their Own Texts: A Model of Teacher Response

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Lil, C. H.

• Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A Cognitivist Analysis of Writer's Block

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Mike

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