Communication Monographs

Aims & Scope

Communication Monographs is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association.

Communication Monographs publishes original scholarship that contributes to the understanding of human communication.

Articles in Communication Monographs should endeavor to ask questions about the diverse and complex issues that interest communication scholars.

The journal especially welcomes questions that bridge boundaries traditionally separating scholars within the communication discipline and that address issues of clear theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and/or social importance.

Diverse approaches to addressing and answering these questions, including theoretical argument, quantitative and qualitative empirical research, and rhetorical and textual analysis, as well as acknowledgement of the often tentative and partial nature of any answers, are welcomed.

Approaches to answering questions should be clearly relevant to the questions asked, rigorous in terms of both argument and method, cognizant of alternative interpretations, and contextualized within the wider body of communication scholarship.

In considering the questions and answers posed in submissions to Communication Monographs , a premium will be placed on cogent arguments and on writing that is clear and understandable to readers across the various areas of Communication research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	3.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4692

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	279

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.017

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	88

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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.

• Beyond Baron and Kenny: Statistical Mediation Analysis in the New Millennium

  Citation: 7460

  Authors: Andrew F.

• Putting the fear back into fear appeals: The extended parallel process model

  Citation: 2855

  Authors: Kim

• Partial, conditional, and moderated moderated mediation: Quantification, inference, and interpretation

  Citation: 2340

  Authors: Andrew F.

• On the Nature of Reactance and its Role in Persuasive Health Communication

  Citation: 1145

  Authors: James Price, Lijiang

• Fear control and danger control: A test of the extended parallel process model (EPPM)

  Citation: 1099

  Authors: Kim

• Narration as a human communication paradigm: The case of public moral argument

  Citation: 1062

  Authors: Walter R.

• Goodwill: A reexamination of the construct and its measurement

  Citation: 833

  Authors: James C., Jason J.

• Ambiguity as strategy in organizational communication

  Citation: 828

  Authors: Eric M.

• Rethinking ethnography: Towards a critical cultural politics

  Citation: 587

  Authors: Dwight

• Nonverbal expectancy violations: Model elaboration and application to immediacy behaviors

  Citation: 572

  Authors: Judee K., Jerold L.

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