Call for Papers, Iowa Journal of Communication 2024

General Issue: Open to any topic in communication (Volume 56.1)

Special Issue: “Political Rhetoric:  Complexities and Possibilities” (Volume 56.2) 

The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2024.

 Manuscripts may focus on any type of communication, including group, face-to-face, family, health, mediated communication, etc., and may use any methodology for analysis. We are particularly interested in unique, non-standard approaches and voices.        

The Iowa Journal of Communication, an award-winning state journal, publishes the highest quality scholarship on a variety of communication topics. Manuscripts may be either philosophical, theoretical, critical, applied, pedagogical, or empirical in nature. Submissions from all geographic areas are encouraged, and one need not be a member of the Iowa Communication Association to submit.

Author Guidelines:

·  All submissions must conform to the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 

·  Include a blind title page and an abstract of not more than 200 words.

·  Research papers should not exceed 25 double-spaced pages (excluding references and tables/appendixes).  

·  All manuscripts submitted for consideration should be original, unpublished, and should not be under consideration by any other publication. 

·  All documents must be electronically submitted as Microsoft Word attachments.  Tables and figures should be included as images at the end of the document.

Authors should also include the following:

·  A separate cover letter that specifies the issue number for which you wish to have your manuscript considered.   Also include in the cover letter the history of the manuscript, including a description of either any public presentation or publication of any portion(s) of the manuscript, as well as information as to whether the manuscript is part of either a thesis or a dissertation. 

·  A separate title page with author(s) name(s), academic position(s), institutional affiliation(s) and mailing address(es) for all authors. Include a phone number and email address for the corresponding author.

The journal adheres to a double-blind review process that hides the identities of both the reviewers and the authors from one another. Accordingly, authors should remove any identifying information from the manuscript.  See https://tinyurl.com/ydegccb5 for suggestions on making a manuscript anonymous.  

Please address any queries and manuscript submissions to the editor:

Kristen L. Majocha, PhD

majochak2@unk.edu