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College Composition and Communication

National Council of Teachers of English · United States · Est. 1950

ISSN1939-9006

SJR Q1✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.207

H-Indexi

159

SNIPi

0.717

Total Worksi

8,414

Total Citationsi

137,014

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Literature; Literature and Literary Theory; Linguistics and Language; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1950

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications8,414

Publisher OrgNational Council of Teachers of English

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Council of Teachers of English

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-9006

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

413

2019

355

2020

167

2021

158

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.

Literature and Literary TheoryQ1

Linguistics and LanguageQ2

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Literature

Scopus Categories

Literature and Literary TheoryLinguistics and LanguageEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLiteracy, Media, and EducationEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentReflective Practices in EducationWriting and Handwriting EducationRhetoric and Communication StudiesSecond Language Learning and TeachingInnovative Teaching Methodologies in Social SciencesDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about College Composition and Communication

Is College Composition and Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for College Composition 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 College Composition and Communication?

College Composition 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 0.42.

Is College Composition and Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

College Composition and Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of College Composition and Communication?