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Focus and Scope

The Communication Center Journal (CCJ) is a national, peer-reviewed journal that features research and perspectives relevant to communication centers in higher education.

CCJ offers four general sections: Research, Praxis, Book Reviews, and Excellence in the Center (student submissions). The journal also features thematic special sections that focus on broad-based topics.

CCJ manuscripts submitted for consideration in these sections are limited to 5,000 words, but shorter submissions are welcome. Manuscripts should follow conventions of APA 7th edition.

 

Section Policies

Editorials

Editors
  • Russell Carpenter
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Research

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Praxis

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Communicating Science at the Center

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  • Paul Mabrey III
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Book Review

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Excellence in the Center

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Special Section

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Social Media and Communication Centers

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within Communication Center Communities

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Crossing Communication Center Boundaries: External Approaches to Communication Center Work

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Peer Review Process

The Communication Center Journal (CCJ) is a national, double-unidentifide peer-reviewed publication. The full review process usually takes about four weeks. The list of Editorial Board members can be found at commcenters.org/journal/editors. 

 

Publication Frequency

CCJ issues are published annually. Articles will be released in the volume for which they were accepted.

 

Open Access Policy

CCJ provides immediate open access to its published content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge among scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

About CCJ

Welcome to CCJ!

The Communication Center Journal (CCJ) is a national, peer-reviewed journal that features research and perspectives relevant to communication centers in higher education.

CCJ offers four general sections: Research, Praxis, Book Reviews, and Excellence in the Center (student submissions). The journal also features thematic special topic sections that focus on broad-based topics.

CCJ manuscripts submitted for consideration in these sections are limited to 5,000 words, but shorter submissions are welcome. Manuscripts should follow the conventions of the current APA edition.

Research

Articles published in CCJ’s Research section focus on communication centers and their situatedness in a larger academic environment of colleges, departments, programs, and student-support and faculty development centers and their situatedness in the larger community. Articles should be sufficiently informed by theory drawn from communication and cognate disciplines and should reflect an awareness of extant scholarship.

Praxis

CCJ also publishes manuscripts describing “best practices” in all aspects of a communication center’s operation and raising communication center issues in the journal’s Praxis section. Essays should be of general interest and significance, and they should be supported by relevant theory and reflect an awareness of extant contributions to center praxis.

Format of Submissions

All submissions must be the original work of the author/s and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Information about the manuscript’s provenance (e.g. where previously presented) and acknowledgments will appear on “About the Authors” pages and need not be submitted prior to peer review.

Please send inquiries to Adria Goldman agoldma3@umw.edu  or Kim Cuny kmcuny@uncg.edu, Co-Editors.

CCJ Ongoing Sections

Book Reviews

CCJ invites book reviews and scholarly reviews of 750-1,000 words. We welcome inquiries and suggestions regarding potential books to review or titles of particular interest. Thorough reviews will usually include the following:

  • A brief description of the book’s contents.
  • A scholarly evaluation of the book–including its contribution and relation to existing literature and trends in the field, its strengths and weaknesses, and its unique qualities (if any).
  • A brief description of the appropriate audience for the book.
    Please forward all book review communication and submissions to Sean Fourney <sfourney@citadel.edu>

CCJ - Excellence in the Center
 
Student staff members (Tutors, Consultants, Coaches) working in communication centers are invited to submit to the Excellence in the Center section of the Communication Center Journal.
 
Manuscript submissions for this section should be 800-1000 words and should build on arguments rooted in literature while offering new approaches, interpretations, or extensions of communication center consulting practices. Manuscripts should conform to the journal’s publication guidelines for formatting and style. Only student authors will be featured in this section.
 
Please send manuscripts and inquiries to Lauren Beard at ldbeard@gmail.com.

 

Anti-Racist Statement

http://commcenters.org/journal/statement-of-anti-racist-scholarly-review-practices