Communication Research Reports
Communication Research Reports is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering communication studies. It was established in 1984 and is published by Routledge.
Discipline | Communication studies |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Nicholas D. Bowman |
Publication details | |
History | 1984-present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Hybrid | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Commun. Res. Rep. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0882-4096 (print) 1746-4099 (web) |
LCCN | sn85001024 |
OCLC no. | 321019859 |
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The journal specializes in the publication of reports-style manuscripts using social scientific methods (such as quantitative data analysis). The most common type of manuscripts published are research reports, which often feature "scales, causal models, novel correlations, and immediate observations — constitute the 'nuts and bolts' of human communication..."[1]
In 2016, the journal was rated as the third-most central to the field of human communication.[2]
Since April 2019, the journal supports several of the open science initiatives sponsored by the Center for Open Science, including the use of badges on certain articles that allow readers unfettered access to research materials, sharing copies of study materials (questionnaires or stimulus materials used in experiments), as well as sharing data analysis files.[3]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCO databases, PsycINFO,[4] and Scopus.[5]
Editors-in-chief
The founding editor-in-chief of the journal was James C. McCroskey (Pennsylvania State University).[6][7] The current editor (vols. 34-36) is Nicholas David Bowman (West Virginia University). At the April 2019 meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Keith Weber (Chapman University) was named as the editor-elect and will edit vols. 37-39.
Past editors
Years | Editor | Institution (at time of Editorship) |
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1984-1988 | James C. McCroskey | West Virginia University[8] |
1988-1992 | Michael J. Beatty | Cleveland State University[9] |
1995 | James C. McCroskey | West Virginia University |
1996-1998 | Jerry L. Allen | University of New Haven |
1999-2001 | Andrew S. Rancer | University of Akron |
2002-2004 | John C. Sherblom | University of Maine |
2005-2007 | Lisa Sparks | George Mason University |
2008-2010 | Wendy Samter | Bryant University |
2011-2013 | Theodore Avtgis | West Virginia University/Ashland University |
2014-2016 | Don Stacks | University of Miami[10] |
2017-2019 | Nicholas David Bowman | West Virginia University (until August 2019)/Texas Tech University (as of September 2019) |
2020-2022 | Keith Weber | Chapman University |
References
- Bowman, Nicholas (13 April 2016). "Research Reports as the "Nuts and Bolts" of Communication Research". Communication Research Reports. 33 (2): 87. doi:10.1080/08824096.2016.1174536.
- Griffin, Darrin J; Bolkan, San; Holmgrem, Jennifer; Tutzauer, Frank (January 2016). "Central journals and authors in communication using a publication network". Scientometrics. 106 (1): 91–104. doi:10.1007/s11192-015-1774-4.
- "Open Science Badges". Center for Open Science. Center for Open Science. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- "Source details: Communication Research Reports". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- Bolkan, San; Griffin, Darrin; Holmgren, Jennifer; Hickson III, Mark (2012). "Prolific Scholarship in Communication Studies: Five Years in Review". Communication Education. 61 (4): 380–394. doi:10.1080/03634523.2012.699080.
- "In Memoriam: James McCroskey". International Communication Association. February 2013. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- McCroskey, James (1988). "From the editor". Communication Research Reports. 5 (2): 3. doi:10.1080/08824098809359807.
- McCroskey, James (1988). "From the editor". Communication Research Reports. 5 (2): 3. doi:10.1080/08824098809359807.
- Bowman, Nicholas (2017). "The Importance of Effect Size Reporting in Communication Research Reports". Communication Research Reports. 34 (3): 187–190. doi:10.1080/08824096.2017.1353338.