Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Communication Education
ISSN 0363-4523 · eISSN 1479-5795 · Taylor & Francis
Communication Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 33 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Communication Education is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Communication in Education and Healthcare, Online and Blended Learning and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies, together about 46.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Communication Education is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. Communication Education publishes original scholarship that advances understanding of the role of communication in and/or about teaching and learning processes in diverse spaces, structures, and interactions, within and outside of academia. Communication Education welcomes scholarship from all paradigmatic orientations (e.g., functionalist, interpretative, critical, and/or cultural) and methodological approaches (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, rhetorical/textual, and performative/creative). All submissions must advance knowledge production about communication, teaching, and learning in ways that are methodologically rigorous, theoretically grounded, and ethically responsible. Scholarship in Communication Education addresses the intersections of communication, teaching, and learning related to topics and contexts that include but are not limited to: student/teacher communication student learning outcomes, including learning, engagement, and retention culture, diversity, inclusion, difference, and/or social justice communication pedagogy of disciplinary significance communicative rituals and social structures communication technology/social media use in education communication and instruction in professional, civic, community, or family contexts social media or media about or as teaching and/or learning public communication/discourse regarding teaching and/or learning museums, libraries, or other spaces of public pedagogy In addition to articles, the journal will publish occasional scholarly exchanges on topics related to communication, teaching, and learning, such as: Analytic review articles: agenda-setting pieces including examinations of key questions about the field Forum essays: themed pieces for dialogue or debate on current communication, teaching, and learning issues For more details about how to submit your research to Communication Education , please review our Instructions for Authors.Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees. Forum submissions are reviewed by the journal editor (and forum editor if applicable for that forum), not by double anonymized peer review as with reseach articles. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief C. Kyle RudickPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 72 (72 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Communication in Education and HealthcarePsychology29.6%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences10%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities6.9%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities5%
- Rhetoric and Communication StudiesArts and Humanities5%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: OCLC, Australian Education Index (AEI), Children's Book Review Index, Communication Abstracts, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Current Abstracts, Education Index, Education Research Index, Educational Administration Abstracts, Electronic Collections Online, Expanded Academic Index, Film Literature Index, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, M L A International Bibliography, Periodicals Index Online
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.98Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 120OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 984OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 27.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 105,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,520 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 36 | 4 | 72 |
| 2024 | 29 | 5 | 187 |
| 2023 | 42 | 4 | 157 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2 | 216 |
| 2021 | 25 | 0 | 255 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (27% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- analytic review articlesAnalytic review articles: agenda-setting pieces including examinations of key questions about the fieldLength not stated
- forum essaysForum essays: themed pieces for dialogue or debate on current communication, teaching, and learning issuesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Model summary
Communication Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: research articles undergo rigorous peer review including editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, all research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0363-4523
- Electronic ISSN
- 1479-5795
- Society / sponsor
- National Communication Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 75, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Communication Education
What CAS zone is Communication Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Communication Education is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Communication / Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Communication Education?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 120.
How long does peer review take at Communication Education?
The publisher reports about 33 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Communication Education in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of Communication Education based?
Of the 72 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (72). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Communication Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Communication Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Communication Education open access, and what is the APC?
Communication Education is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .