期刊名称：JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (JCMC) is a web-based, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its focus is social science research on computer-mediated communication via the Internet, the World Wide Web, and wireless technologies. Within that general purview, the journal is broadly interdisciplinary, publishing work by scholars in communication, business, education, political science, sociology, media studies, information science, and other disciplines. Acceptable formats for submission include original research articles, meta-analyses of prior research, synthesizing literature surveys, and proposals for special issues.
JCMC is one of the oldest web-based Internet studies journals in existence, having been published quarterly continuously since June 1995. The journal was started by Margaret McLaughlin and Sheizaf Rafaeli in response to the growth of CMC scholarship in the early- to mid-1990s. The founding editors had the vision to make JCMC an open-access, online journal. This, combined with high quality standards, proved to be a recipe for success: today JCMC is widely read and cited by CMC scholars around the world. In 2004, JCMC became an official journal of the International Communication Association.
Instructions to Authors
General Guidelines
Topics: The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication is a web-based journal that publishes scholarship on computer-mediated communication. Broadly interdisciplinary in scope, the JCMC publishes mostly empirical research making use of social science methods, which should be presented according to the accepted standards for each method. Although the field of computer-mediated communication research is still young, successful original research submissions are expected to include comprehensive literature reviews, and to be theoretically grounded and methodologically rigorous, in addition to advancing new knowledge in innovative ways. Reviews, syntheses, and meta-analyses of prior research are also welcome, as are proposals for special issues.
When to submit: Articles may be submitted to JCMC for publication at any time. Although we organize some of our articles into special issues, we encourage your contributions and will happily find a place for articles of high quality regardless of topic.
Copyright: The submission of an article to JCMC implies that neither the article nor any of its parts is copyrighted or currently under review for any journal, edited collection, or conference proceedings. If the article, any portion of it, or any other version of it, has appeared, or is scheduled to appear in another publication of any kind, the details of such publication must be made known to the editors at the time of submission. Authors are encouraged to consult the JCMC copyright form to see precisely what sort of assurances they will be required to provide to the Editors.
Manuscript Preparation
Length: Full-length article submissions should be roughly 7,000-10,000 words. This is the most common type of article published in JCMC. In addition, we occasionally publish Research Briefs (1,500-3,500 words) that focus on a single research finding or issue.
Citation Style: The academic citation style used in JCMC follows the most recent American Psychological Association (APA) Manual of Style. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (currently, the 5th Ed.). In addition, authors are encouraged to link their references to online sources, where available. (Note that the copyright notice DOES NOT apply to the incorporation of pointers to publicly available network sources.) Please keep in mind that many networked resources may be ephemeral. Authors should attempt to use "fresh" and long-lasting links.
Formats: Authors are encouraged to take advantage of the expressive possibilities afforded by JCMC's multimodal, web-based format. Articles may contain any combination of text, tables, graphics, animation, or audio components. Innovative forms of expressing research, and/or linking members of the scientific community, are welcome. At present, the preferred format for article submissions is MS-Word. Binary components (graphics, sound files, etc.) may also be provided. JCMC editors will make every possible effort to accommodate presentation formats.
Manuscript Submission
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Electronic Office -click here to submit or review a paper for the journal.
Submitted manuscripts must be anonymized. Articles will be reviewed in a double-blind fashion, shielding authors' and reviewers' identities wherever possible. Authors should take pains to remove all pointers to their own identity or to that of their institution.
Reviewing Procedure
Acknowledgment of receipt will be sent by e-mail. Submitted articles will not be returned. Authors should retain an original copy.
All articles will be reviewed by the editors and two referees. The advice of a third referee will be sought as warranted. The decision of the editors and the referees' reviews will be returned by e-mail unless the author requests response by surface mail at the time of submission. The normal timeframe from acknowledgement of receipt to notification of decision is three to six months.
Criteria used by reviewers: Acceptable articles will most frequently join theoretical analysis with empirical investigation, and/or incorporate demonstration or simulation. The use of introduction, background, methodology, results and conclusion sections is encouraged, and the implications for future work should be discussed. Reviews, synthesis, and meta-analyses of prior research should clearly indicate their original contribution. Research Briefs should make a single point concisely. In all cases, rigorous argumentation and clear, comprehensible, compact and considerate presentation are expected.
Contact Information
Kevin B Wright
Editor Elect, JCMC
Department of Communication
610 Elm Avenue, Room 101
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-2081
Editorial Board
Editor
Kevin B. Wright, University of Oklahoma
Editorial Board
Naomi Baron, American University
Nancy Baym, University of Kansas
Justine Cassell, Northwestern University
David Crystal, University of Bangor
Brenda Danet, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Martin Dodge, University of Manchester
Nicola Doering, Ilmemau University of Technology
Judith Donath, MIT Media Lab
Starr Roxanne Hiltz, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
James Ho, University of Illinois, Chicago
Amy Johnson, University of Oklahoma
Cheris Kramarae, University of Oregon
Margaret McLaughlin, University of Southern California
Miriam Metzger, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ahlam Muhtaseb, California State University, Santa Barbara
Kristine Nowak, University of Connecticut
Jim Query, Jr., University of Houston
Artemio Ramirez, Ohio State University
Ronald Rice, University of California
Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University
Mark Tremayne, University of Texas, Austin
Sonja Utz, VU University of Amsterdam
Joseph Walther, Michigan State University
Connie Yuan, Cornell University
Shanyang Zhao, Temple University
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