Original refereed research articles in both brief and full format as well as book reviews. As an online-only journal, JoCTEC follows the most stringent standards of double-blind peer review, and encourages cutting edge and innovative scholarship that is of great use to field at large. This therefore includes not only research articles but also commentary on software and practices for doing research. We encourage engaged, civil, debate on topics and issues that are of practically applied and more theoretically driven outcomes.
The Journal of Communication Technology is and will remain a cross-cutting interdisciplinary media studies journal, which is thus interested in contributions from disciplines related to or impacted by innovations in media, such as political science, sociology, medicine, and philosophy, among others.
For Regular Research Paper and Rapid Research Report, please read the guidelines below then submit your manuscript here.
JoCTEC invites four types of submissions. As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission’s compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
Please find submission guidelines and information below.
Regular Research Paper Submission:
Prepare the manuscript using APA (7th ed) citation style, with text of no more than 9,000 words (inclusive of abstract, figures/tables, and references). Further information about APA 7th ed. can be found HERE.
Submit the manuscript in Word format with all author-identifying information omitted to allow for blind peer review.
Include a separate title page with detailed author information.
Confirm manuscript is not before another journal for consideration, and that the manuscript has not been previously published, including in a language other than English.
Rapid Researh Paper Submission:
Prepare the manuscript using APA (7th ed) citation style, with text of no more than 3,000 words (exclusive of abstract, figures/tables, references and appendices). Further information about APA 7th ed. can be found HERE.
Submit the manuscript in Word format with all author-identifying information omitted to allow for blind peer review.
Include a separate title page with detailed author information.
Confirm manuscript is not before another journal for consideration, and that the manuscript has not been previously published, including in a language other than English.
Industry Opinion Piece Submission:
The Journal of Communication Technology would like to invite leading lights from industry professionals to submit a 2,500 word thought article about how technology has currently impacted the communication fields (social media, public relations, advertising, journalism). We encourage submissions that can help bridge the gap in knowledge with their counterparts in academia. This special track does not require peer-review processes. For questions and submissions, please contact editor@joctec.net before submission.
Book Review Submission:
JoCTEC welcomes reviews of recently published books that contribute to the fields of communication and information technologies. Reviews should provide a concise summary of the book’s content, a critical evaluation of its contribution to the discipline, and its relevance to contemporary research or practice. Submissions should typically be no longer than 2,000 words (inclusive of all), written in clear academic English, and follow APA style for citations and references. Reviewers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest and should not have a personal or professional connection with the author(s) of the book under review. All submissions will be subject to editorial review prior to publication.
Submit the material in .Word format (not a PDF document) with all author-identifying information omitted to allow blinded peer review.
Please include a title page with detailed author information.
Confirm submission is not before another journal for consideration, and that the manuscript has not been previously published, including in a language other than English.
All manuscripts are published under a Creative Commons license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY).
Authors retain the copyrights of their published works and allow others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are free to use, reuse and share their articles without any embargo period, provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original venue of publication. This freedom includes, for example, posting the article in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book.
Authors are also permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to, during, and after the submission process and publication of the article.
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
