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Contents
- Mission, Aims & Scope
- General Submission Rules
- Submission and Formatting Requirements
- Rights for Authors and JCP
- Open Access Statement
- Ethics and Disclosures
- Research Misconduct, Corrections, and Post-Publication Review
- Archiving and Preservation
- Print Subscriptions
- General Terms and Conditions of Use
Mission, Aims & Scope
The Journal of Communication Pedagogy (JCP) is a peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the Central States Communication Association. The journal publishes high-quality scholarship that advances communication theory, research, and pedagogical practice.
We seek manuscripts that focus on communication education and instructional communication research situated in a variety of contexts, including (but not limited to) classrooms, health, business and industry, religious settings, risk and crisis contexts, training and leadership, public relations, journalism, forensics, and nonprofit organizations, both within the United States and internationally. We are particularly interested in scholarship addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as the use of technology in instruction.
The journal also welcomes communication pedagogy research that intersects with interdisciplinary and emerging areas of scholarship, including open pedagogy and open educational resources, online and hybrid learning environments, and artificial intelligence. We invite manuscripts employing quantitative, qualitative, rhetorical, critical, narrative, or performative methodologies.
In sum, JCP seeks manuscripts that examine communication pedagogy across subfields within the communication discipline, across disciplines throughout the academy, and in educational and professional contexts beyond the walls of higher education.
Submissions must align with the journal’s mission, aims, and scope. Manuscripts that fall outside the stated aims and scope may be declined without external peer review. The journal does not accept articles that are outside its aims and scope.
General Submission Rules
Anyone may submit an original article for consideration provided the author holds the copyright or has authorization to submit the work. Submissions must not have been previously published or be under consideration elsewhere. By submitting to JCP, authors affirm that the manuscript is not under review by another journal and will not be submitted elsewhere until an editorial decision has been reached.
There are no submission or publication fees. The Journal of Communication Pedagogy does not charge authors for the publication of scholarly research.
All submissions are subject to a fair, unbiased double-anonymous peer review process.
Submission and Formatting Requirements
Submissions must conform to the most recent edition of APA style. References must include accurate and linked Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) where available. Additional formatting requirements are detailed in the Instructions for Authors.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all tables, figures, and images meet formatting standards and that all necessary permissions have been obtained prior to submission.
Rights for Authors and JCP
Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the journal the right to publish the article under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International License .
Open Access Statement
The Journal of Communication Pedagogy is an open access journal. All content is freely available without charge to readers and may be used for lawful purposes in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
Ethics and Disclosures
All submissions may be screened using plagiarism-detection software and are expected to adhere to accepted standards of research and publication ethics. Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their work, proper attribution of sources, and appropriate disclosure of any potential conflicts of interest.
Ethical concerns identified during review or after publication are handled in accordance with the journal’s Research Misconduct, Corrections, and Post-Publication Review policy.
Research Misconduct, Corrections, and Post-Publication Review
The Journal of Communication Pedagogy is committed to preserving the integrity, accuracy, and trustworthiness of the scholarly record. Editors and the Association take reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of work involving research misconduct, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, data fabrication or falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate image manipulation, and undisclosed conflicts of interest.
Submissions may be subject to editorial screening and review both prior to and after publication. When concerns are raised, editors or a representative of the Association may request clarifications, documentation, or access to underlying materials as necessary to evaluate the validity of the work.
Central States Communication Association does not tolerate research misconduct and will not knowingly publish or maintain in the scholarly record, work found to involve serious ethical breaches.
Allegations of misconduct are assessed in a fair, confidential, and timely manner. Although the journal is not a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), it follows COPE guidance as a framework for evaluating concerns and determining appropriate actions.
When errors or ethical issues are substantiated, the journal will take proportionate corrective action to maintain the integrity of the literature. Depending on the severity and impact of the issue, this may include the publication of a correction or corrigendum, the issuance of an expression of concern, or the retraction of the article. Retractions are reserved for cases in which findings are unreliable, ethical standards have been seriously violated, or the scholarly record would otherwise be compromised.
All corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions will be clearly labeled, permanently linked to the original article, and made freely accessible to readers.
The Journal of Communication Pedagogy encourages post-publication scholarly discussion. Substantive concerns raised by readers will be evaluated by the editors and addressed in accordance with the journal’s ethical and editorial policies.
Archiving and Preservation
The Journal of Communication Pedagogy is hosted by Western Michigan University Libraries through ScholarWorks at WMU. The journal is committed to ensuring long-term preservation of and access to its published content.
Journal content is preserved through digital preservation services provided by Western Michigan University Libraries, including participation in Portico. Articles are also at the Internet Archive (Scholar) and Informit.
Articles are maintained on stable landing pages and assigned persistent identifiers, such as DOIs, to support long-term discoverability.
Print Subscriptions
The Journal of Communication Pedagogy is published annually online (Online ISSN: 2578-2568). Although the journal is no longer issued in print, the print ISSN (2640-4524) remains associated with earlier volumes.
General Terms and Conditions of Use
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Publisher: Central States Communication Association
ISSN: Print 2640-4524 | Online 2578-2568
DOI Prefix: 10.31446 (CrossRef)
Last updated: January 2025
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