Transcript Doctoral Breakfast–ISI–2010

CCA/ISI Sub-Committee
• Council of Communication Association—
umbrella organization for 8 communication
associations
• Institute for Scientific Information —
Thomson Reuters
• Purpose of sub-committee—to nominate
communication journals for ISI list; increase
the numbers in the communication list
Linda Putnam
Update on ISI Journals
• Statistics on the Communication List
– 60 total journals; 52 journals 5 yr. ago
– Average impact factor 1.064
– Average no. of citations per year 2400
Linda Putnam
Status of Journals
• New Journals Added to ISI Communication
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Discourse & Communication
Environmental Communication
Journalism Studies
New Media & Society
• Journals under Review
– Journal of Interactive Advertising
– Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
Linda Putnam
ISI New Guidelines on Reevaluation
• New Journals (Vol. 1-3)
– 1st reevaluation within 2 years (or sooner)
– 2nd reevaluation in 4 years
– 3rd and final reevaluation in 8 years
• Existing journals (Vol. 4 or older)
– 1st reevaluation in 3 years (or sooner)
– 2nd reevaluation in 6 years
– 3rd and final reevaluation in 9 years
Linda Putnam
Goals for CCA/ISI Committee
• Diversifying the communication list
• Working with publishers to develop strategies
for nominating journals
• Finding ways to increase citations to
candidate journals
• Developing criteria or ways to assess quality
and impact of humanities journals
Linda Putnam
Diversification of ISI
Communication List
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Gender, race, ethnicity
Argumentation and rhetoric
International and intercultural
Broadcast and journalism
Mass communication
Communication law
Communication education
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Journals CCA/ISI Committee
Considering for Spring 2011
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Communication, Culture & Critique
International Communication Gazette
Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism
Popular Communication
Journalism & Communication Monographs
Argumentation—International Society for the
Study of Argument
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