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Technical Communication

Society for Technical Communication · United States

ISSN0049-3155

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.294

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.851

Total Worksi

226

Total Citationsi

1,787

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications226

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society for Technical Communication

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0049-3155

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2000

207

2001

2002

2003

187

2022

2023

2024

2025

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

CommunicationQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Communication

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesDesign Education and PracticeInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsVisual and Cognitive Learning ProcessesEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningOnline and Blended LearningSemantic Web and OntologiesData Visualization and AnalyticsKnowledge Management and SharingDigital Storytelling and Education

Frequently asked questions about Technical Communication

Is Technical Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Technical Communication: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Technical Communication?

Technical Communication is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.294.

Is Technical Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Technical Communication is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Technical Communication?