Journal of Communication

{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Journal of Communications, also sometimes abbreviated "J. Commun."}}

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{{Infobox journal

| title = Journal of Communication

| cover = Journal of Communication.GIF

| editor = R. Lance Holbert

| discipline = Communication studies

| former_names =

| abbreviation = J. Commun.

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| country =

| frequency = Bimonthly

| history = 1951-present

| openaccess =

| license =

| impact = 3.753

| impact-year = 2018

| website = https://academic.oup.com/joc

| link3 = http://www.icahdq.org/pubs/jnlofcomm.asp

| link3-name = Journal page at association's website

| JSTOR =

| OCLC = 01754508

| LCCN = 56046080

| CODEN =

| ISSN = 0021-9916

| eISSN = 1460-2466

}}

The Journal of Communication is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles and book reviews on a broad range of issues in communication theory and research. It was established in 1951 and the current editor-in-chief is R. Lance Holbert (Temple University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2018 impact factor is 3.753. The Journal of Communication is ranked fifth out of 88 journals in the category "Communication".{{cite book |year=2018 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Communication |title=2018 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Communication Association. Previously it was published by Wiley Online Library.{{Cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14602466|doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1460-2466|title=Journal of Communication}}