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Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1541-3780

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.288

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.295

Total Worksi

1,544

Total Citationsi

10,290

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,544

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1541-3780

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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?

English

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

147

2019

261

2020

192

2021

125

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Communication

Scopus Categories

CommunicationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentRhetoric and Communication StudiesLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionAcademic Writing and PublishingDesign Education and PracticeEmpathy and Medical EducationHistory of Medical PracticeDigital Communication and LanguageInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Is Journal of Technical Writing and Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Technical Writing and Communication: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Journal of Technical Writing and Communication?

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.79.

Is Journal of Technical Writing and Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Technical Writing and Communication?