Journal profile
Communication Professionalisation
ISSN 2566-2171 · Presses universitaires de Louvain · Belgium
Communication Professionalisation: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 32 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Communication Professionalisation is published by Presses universitaires de Louvain. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Media and Communication Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training and Public Relations and Crisis Communication, together about 41.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Longtemps mobilisée dans des approches catégorielles ou gestionnaires, la notion de vulnérabilité connaît aujourd’hui une diffusion croissante dans les sciences humaines et sociales, notamment dans les contextes de travail et d’organisation. Ce numéro propose de situer les enjeux théoriques, politiques et épistémologiques liés aux usages contemporains du concept, en mettant en évidence les tensions entre approches essentialisantes et perspectives critiques, processuelles et relationnelles. En communication organisationnelle, les travaux sur les vulnérabilités demeurent encore relativement peu nombreux, malgré leur pertinence pour analyser les transformations du travail, les dispositifs communicationnels et les dynamiques relationnelles. Ce dossier réunit huit articles fondés sur des enquêtes empiriques variées, qui interrogent la fabrique des vulnérabilités en contexte organisé. Ensemble, ces contributions montrent l’intérêt heuristique du concept de vulnérabilité pour penser les pratiques de communication, les processus de vulnérabilisation et les conditions organisationnelles contemporaines. Les coordinateurs et coordinatrices du numéro Aurélie Laborde, Valérie Carayol, Isabelle Cousserand-Blin Les évaluateurs et évaluatrices des articles de ce numéro François Allard-Huver, Philippe Bonfils, Vincent Brulois, Lucile Desmoulins, Jean-Claude Domenget, David Douyere, Amaia Errecart, Marie-Pierre Fourquet Courbet, François Lambotte, Catherine Loneux, Christian Marcon, Céline Matuszak, Sylvie Parrini-Alemanno, Céline Pascual Espuny, Marcela Patrascu, Yvon Pesqueux, Nathalie Pinède, Anne Piponnier, Aude Seurrat, Nadège Soubiale, Martine Versel, Eloria Vigouroux-Zugasti La Revue Communication & Professionnalisation Dirigée par François Lambotte (UCLouvain – Lasco), Communication & Professionnalisation est une revue scientifique comprenant des articles ayant fait l’objet d’un processus de révision par des pairs en double aveugle. Elle est éditée par le réseau international sur la professionnalisation des communicateurs (Resiproc) qui regroupe des chercheurs et praticiens belges, canadiens et français. Il a été constitué en 2010 afin de comprendre les évolutions des pratiques en communication, d’interroger le rôle des formations universitaires en communication, de renforcer le dialogue entre les communautés professionnelles et universitaires et, in fine, de définir ce qu’il faut entendre par professionnalisation en et de la communication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 59, Canada 25 (84 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences16.3%
- Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSocial Sciences15.1%
- Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationSocial Sciences10%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences5.7%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences5.7%
- Communication Studies and MediaSocial Sciences5.4%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science4.9%
- Ethics in Business and EducationDecision Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 178 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 31 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 86 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 32 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 32 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- APA
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
- Presses universitaires de Louvain
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- French
- ISSN
- 2566-2171
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Communication Professionalisation
How long does peer review take at Communication Professionalisation?
Authors report an average review time of about 32 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Communication Professionalisation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Communication Professionalisation based?
Of the 84 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (59) and Canada (25). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Communication Professionalisation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Communication Professionalisation is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Communication Professionalisation open access, and what is the APC?
Communication Professionalisation is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .