Journal profile · COMMUNICATION
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
ISSN 0049-3155 · Society For Technical Communication · UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · Quarterly · Founded 1953
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: CAS Zone 3 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.34; subscription journal; 4 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION is published by Society For Technical Communication and is in Zone 3 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Usability and User Interface Design, Open Education and E-Learning and Semantic Web and Ontologies, together about 24.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): COMMUNICATION
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Usability and User Interface DesignComputer Science8.8%
- Open Education and E-LearningComputer Science8.2%
- Semantic Web and OntologiesComputer Science7.6%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology6.3%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities5.7%
- Team Dynamics and PerformancePsychology4.8%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences4.5%
- Engineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentEngineering4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Communication | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in SSCI on 15 December 2025. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 1.34LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.58OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 382 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 49 |
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | 67 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1 | 191 |
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Society For Technical Communication
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1953
- ISSN
- 0049-3155
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
What CAS zone is TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION is in Zone 3 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Communication. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.34; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 23.
Which databases index TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION is indexed in Scopus.
Is TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION open access, and what is the APC?
TECHNICAL 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; 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: .