Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Aims & Scope

Rhetoric Society Quarterly , the official journal of the Rhetoric Society of America, features original articles on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy.

The journal addresses an interdisciplinary audience of scholars and students of rhetorics who work in communication studies, English studies, philosophy, politics, and other allied fields.

Submissions: Rhetoric Society Quarterly is published five times a year.

Article-length manuscripts on all areas of rhetorical studies including theory, history, criticism, and pedagogy are invited.

Contributions should exhibit high standards for professional scholarship, and should offer new knowledge or advance the discussion on significant issues in the field of rhetoric in ways that address the work and common interests of rhetoricians who reside in a variety of disciplines.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.368

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	29

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14628

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	74

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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.

• Unframing models of public distribution: From rhetorical situation to rhetorical ecologies

  Citation: 214

  Authors: Jenny

• Between Archive and Participation: Public Memory in a Digital Age

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Ekaterina

• What Can Automation Tell Us About Agency?

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Carolyn R.

• Reproducing civil rights tactics: The rhetorical performances of the civil rights memorial

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Carole, Neil

• Aristotle on epideictic: The formation of public morality

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Gerard A.

• How ought we to understand the concept of rhetorical agency? Report from the ARS

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Cheryl

• Joe's rhetoric: Finding authenticity at starbucks

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Greg

• “Ouija board, are there any communications?” Agency, ontotheology, and the death of the humanist subject, or, continuing the ARS conversation

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Christian, Ioshua

• Rhetorical spaces in memorial places: The cemetery as a rhetorical memory place/space

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Elizabethada A.

• Messy Rhetoric: Identity Performance as Rhetorical Agency in Online Public Forums

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Jeffrey T., Stacey

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