Discourse and Communication

Aims & Scope

Discourse & Communication is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that pay specific attention to the qualitative, discourse analytical approach to issues in communication research.

Besides the classical social scientific methods in communication research, such as content analysis and frame analysis, a more explicit study of the structures of discourse (text, talk, images or multimedia messages) allows unprecedented empirical insights into the many phenomena of communication.

Since contemporary discourse study is not limited to the account of 'texts' or 'conversation' alone, but has extended its field to the study of the cognitive, interactional, social, cultural, political and historical 'contexts' of discourse, it is also able to be integrated in the broader study of the societal dimensions of communication.

Discourse & Communication publishes substantial research articles, discussion notes as well as reviews and review articles.

Its diversity is also apparent in the variety of its theories, methods and approaches, thus avoiding the frequent limitation to one school, approach or academic sect.

The only criteria will be the quality, the originality and the analytical sophistication of its articles.

Discourse & Communication specifically addresses readers in any field of communication who are interested in qualitative, discourse analytical approaches, on the one hand, and scholars in discourse studies, linguistics, pragmatics, semiotics and related fields who are interested in issues of communication, on the other hand.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5826

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	336

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.886

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	41

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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.

• Legitimation in discourse and communication

  Citation: 675

  Authors: Theo

• The linguistics of self-branding and micro-celebrity in Twitter: The role of hashtags

  Citation: 302

  Authors: Ruth

• Interdiscursivity in professional communication

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Vijay K.

• Appreciating the ‘work’ of discourse: occupational identity and difference as organizing mechanisms in the case of commercial airline pilots

  Citation: 139

  Authors: Karen Lee

• Mediated intimacy and postfeminism: a discourse analytic examination of sex and relationships advice in a women’s magazine

  Citation: 133

  Authors: Rosalind

• Picking the right cherries? A comparison of corpus-based and qualitative analyses of news articles about masculinity

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Paul, Erez

• Towards a pragma-linguistic framework for the study of sensationalism in news headlines

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Katarzyna

• #refugeesnotwelcome: Anti-refugee discourse on Twitter

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Ramona

• Entitled to consume: postfeminist femininity and a culture of post-critique

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Michelle M.

• Address terms in the service of other actions: The case of news interview talk

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Steven E.

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