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College Composition and Communication

{{Short description|Academic journal}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = College Composition and Communication

| cover = CCC 75.4 front cover no cropmarks (1).png

| former_name =

| abbreviation = Coll. Compos. Commun.

| discipline = Composition studies, rhetoric

| editor = Matt Davis, Kara Taczak

| publisher = National Council of Teachers of English

| country = United States

| history = 1950–present

| frequency = Quarterly

| openaccess =

| license =

| impact = 0.5

| impact-year = 2023

| ISSN = 0010-096X

| eISSN = 1939-9006

| CODEN =

| JSTOR = 0010096X

| LCCN = 54041879

| OCLC = 50709729

| website = https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/ccc

| link1 = https://publicationsncte.org/content/journals/ccc/browse

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = https://publicationsncte.org/content/journals/ccc/browse?page=previous-issues

| link2-name = Online archive

}}

College Composition and Communication is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1950. It covers research and scholarship in the field of rhetoric and composition studies. The journal is published by the National Council of Teachers of English and is the official journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication.{{Cite journal |last=Hesse |first=Douglas |date=2019 |title=Journals in Composition Studies, Thirty-Five Years After |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26773433 |journal=College English |volume=81 |issue=4 |pages=367–396}} The journal has been described as the "flagship" or "essential" publication in the field of composition studies.{{Cite journal |last=Connors |first=Robert J. |date=1984 |title=Journals in Composition Studies |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/376941 |journal=College English |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=348–365 |doi=10.2307/376941 |issn=0010-0994|url-access=subscription }} The editors-in-chief are Matthew Davis (University of Massachusetts Boston) and Kara Taczak (University of Central Florida). {{Cite web |title=College Composition and Communication |url=https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/ccc |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Conference on College Composition and Communication}}

History

The journal was first published in 1950 as a quarterly "bulletin" for members of the association.{{Cite book |last=Bird |first=Nancy K. |title=The Conference on College Composition and Communication: A Historical Study of Its Education and Professionalization Activities, 1949-1975 [Dissertation] |date=1977 |publisher=Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |year= |location=Blacksburg, Virginia}}Goggin, Maureen Daly. "Composing a discipline: The role of scholarly journals in the disciplinary emergence of rhetoric and composition since 1950." Rhetoric Review 15.2 (1997): 322-348. p.326.

=Editors=

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:{{cn|date=November 2024}}

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  • Charles Roberts (1950–1952)
  • George W. Wykoff (1953–1955)
  • Francis E. Bowman (1956–1958)
  • Cecil B. Williams (1959–1961)
  • Ken Macrorie (1962–1964)
  • William Irmscher (1965–1973)
  • Edward Corbett (1974–1979)
  • Richard Larson (1980–1986)
  • Rick Gebhardt (1987–1993)
  • Joe Harris (1994–1999)
  • Marilyn Cooper (1999–2004)
  • Deborah Holstein (2005–2009)
  • Kathleen Yancey (2009–2014)
  • Jonathan Alexander (2015–2020)
  • Malea Powell (2020–2024)
  • Matt Davis and Kara Taczak (2025–present)

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Notable articles

{{As of|2024}} the following articles have been cited most according to Web of Science:

  • {{Cite journal |last=Kopple |first=William J. Vande |date=1985 |title=Some Exploratory Discourse on Metadiscourse |journal=College Composition and Communication |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=82–93 |doi=10.2307/357609}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Canagarajah |first=A. Suresh |date=2006 |title=The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued |journal=College Composition and Communication |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=586–619}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Flower |first=Linda |last2=Hayes |first2=John R. |last3=Carey |first3=Linda |last4=Schriver |first4=Karen |last5=Stratman |first5=James |date=1986 |title=Detection, Diagnosis, and the Strategies of Revision |journal=College Composition and Communication |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=16–55 |doi=10.2307/357381}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Lyons |first=Scott Richard |date=2000 |title=Rhetorical Sovereignty: What Do American Indians Want from Writing? |journal=College Composition and Communication |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=447–468 |doi=10.2307/358744}}
  • {{Cite journal |last=Sommers |first=Nancy |date=1982 |title=Responding to Student Writing |journal=College Composition and Communication |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=148–156 |doi=10.2307/357622}}

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 0.5.{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=College Composition and Communication |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Arts and Humanities |via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/ccc}}

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