Journal profile · Social Sciences-Communication
Review of Communication
ISSN 1535-8593 · Taylor & Francis
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Review of Communication: subscription journal; median 192 days to acceptance (51 articles, last 24 months); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Review of Communication is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Rhetoric and Communication Studies, Communication Studies and Media and Media Studies and Communication, together about 48.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Communication. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board The Review of Communication is a peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association. The Review of Communication publishes original scholarship that advances the discipline and practice of communication through the study of major themes that cross disciplinary subfields. Following the intellectually and academically cosmopolitan tradition of the journal, we invite substantive essays that not only review controversies and trajectories in communication scholarship, but also contribute to the major issues that span our discipline. Such macro-interpretive studies may be historical, theoretical, philosophical, qualitative, quantitative, rhetorical, or syncretic. The Review of Communication welcomes essays that build theory, advance our understanding of a method, extend or challenge a current paradigm, bridge a divide, clarify a term or concept, or demonstrate a pragmatic function. To accomplish this mission, beginning with Vol. 20, Review of Communication will publish four themed issues a year. Future submissions to the journal should either respond to a call for articles for one of the upcoming themed issues, or should consist of proposals to guest edit an issue with a detailed rationale for the issue, a 20–25 item bibliography of relevant works on the theme, and a draft of a call for papers inviting authors to address the proposed theme. For more details about how to submit your research to Review of Communication , please review our Instructions for Authors. A list of all current calls for upcoming themes issues can be found here. 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 sections are discussion pieces typically invited and reviewed by the forum editor and journal editor only. Read full aims and scope
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Communication
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rhetoric and Communication StudiesArts and Humanities22.8%
- Communication Studies and MediaSocial Sciences15.3%
- Media Studies and CommunicationSocial Sciences10.8%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities9.2%
- Media and Communication StudiesSocial Sciences5.6%
- Media and Digital CommunicationComputer Science3.2%
- Journalism and Media StudiesSocial Sciences3.2%
- Cultural and political discourse analysisSocial Sciences2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication | Q2 | 182/541 | 66th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 131OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.79OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 925 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 6 | 556 |
| 2025 | 22 | 3 | 655 |
| 2024 | 20 | 4 | 675 |
| 2023 | 32 | 6 | 752 |
| 2022 | 26 | 2 | 622 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4 | 595 |
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
192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 105 days – 294 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (51 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 224 days
- Sample
- 51 articles with submission and acceptance dates (52 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
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Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to Review of Communication
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Rhetoric and Communication Studies, Communication Studies and Media.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Submission rules
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4Expected review time192 days · Median, submission to acceptance · 51 articles, last 24 months · CrossrefReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1535-8593
- Society / sponsor
- National Communication Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Review of Communication
How long does peer review take at Review of Communication?
Based on the dates recorded on 51 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 192 days (interquartile range 105–294 days). 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.
Which databases index Review of Communication?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Review of Communication is indexed in Scopus.
Is Review of Communication open access, and what is the APC?
Review of Communication is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .