Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication is an open access journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Communication Association, founded in 1995 and publishing six issues a year, indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 7.4Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 是由 Oxford University Press 代表国际传播学会出版的开放获取期刊，1995 年创刊，每年出版 6 期，被社会科学引文索引与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子为 7.4。

Scope

• Social scientific study of communication between people and computer-based media technologies人与计算机中介媒体技术之间传播的社会科学研究。
• Communication, political science, sociology, psychology and information science perspectives传播学、政治学、社会学、心理学与信息科学的跨学科视角。
• Social media, networked communication and online self-presentation社交媒体、网络化传播与在线自我呈现。
• Algorithms and artificial intelligence in communication processes传播过程中的算法与人工智能。
• Original research articles and meta-analyses of communication research传播研究的原创论文与元分析。

History

• The journal was started in 1995 by Margaret L. McLaughlin and Sheizaf Rafaeli该刊由 Margaret L. McLaughlin 与 Sheizaf Rafaeli 于 1995 年创办。
• Its first issue appeared as Volume 1, Number 1 in June 1995 as a free online journal首期为 1995 年 6 月出版的第 1 卷第 1 期，最初为免费在线阅读期刊。
• It became an official journal of the International Communication Association in 20042004 年成为国际传播学会的官方期刊。
• Oxford University Press has published it on behalf of the association since 2018自 2018 年起由 Oxford University Press 代表学会出版。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Nicole Ellison of the University of Michigan and Mike Yao of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign现任主编为美国密歇根大学的 Nicole Ellison 与美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的 Mike Yao。
• Teresa Correa of Diego Portales University and Cuihua Shen of the University of California-Davis also serve as editors-in-chief智利 Diego Portales University 的 Teresa Correa 与美国 University of California-Davis 的 Cuihua Shen 同为联席主编。
• The journal uses a double anonymous peer review policy该刊采用双盲同行评审政策。
• It became fully open access in 2020 and article processing charges are currently waived该刊自 2020 年起转为完全开放获取，目前豁免文章处理费。