Journal profile · COMMUNICATION
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
ISSN 1751-3057 · eISSN 1751-3065 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication: CAS Zone 2 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 434 days to acceptance (55 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are International Student and Expatriate Challenges, Rhetoric and Communication Studies and Social Media and Politics, together about 22.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of International and Intercultural Communication (JIIC) is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. JIIC publishes original scholarship that expands understanding of international, intercultural, and cross-cultural communication. Widely interdisciplinary, JIIC features diverse perspectives and methods, including qualitative, quantitative, critical, and textual approaches to intellectual inquiry. For more details about how to submit your research to JIIC , 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.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION
Editor-in-chief Mahuya PalPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- International Student and Expatriate ChallengesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Rhetoric and Communication StudiesArts and Humanities7.3%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences7.2%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities6%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences5.5%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Communication Abstracts, Communication and Mass Media Complete, Current Abstracts, MLA Bibliography, Proquest Central, ProQuest Social Sciences, WorldCat
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
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.99Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.69Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 201OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 60,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 419 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4 | 24 |
| 2024 | 22 | 3 | 55 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4 | 228 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1 | 268 |
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 · to
434 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 333 days – 521 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 480 days
- Sample
- 55 articles with submission and acceptance dates (64 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 154 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 28 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 accepted4
- forumForum submissions are reviewed by the journal editor (and forum editor if applicable for that forum), not by double anonymized peer review as with reseach artic…Length not stated
- forum submissionsForum submissions are reviewed by the journal editor (and forum editor if applicable for that forum), not by double anonymized peer review as with reseach artic…Length not stated
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
- research articlesall research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous refereesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 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?…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: research articles undergo rigorous peer review including editor screening and review by at least two anonymous referees; forum submissions reviewed by editor(s) only. Model summary
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
- 1751-3057
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-3065
- Society / sponsor
- National Communication Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
What CAS zone is Journal of International and Intercultural Communication in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication is in Zone 2 of Literature, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Communication. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of International and Intercultural Communication?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Journal of International and Intercultural Communication?
Based on the dates recorded on 55 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 434 days (interquartile range 333–521 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. 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 Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 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 2 of Literature.
Which databases index Journal of International and Intercultural Communication?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of International and Intercultural Communication open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 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: .