College Composition and Communication

College Composition and Communication
DisciplineComposition studies, rhetoric
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMalea Powell
Publication details
History1950–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.5 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Coll. Compos. Commun.
Indexing
ISSN0010-096X (print)
1939-9006 (web)
LCCN54041879
JSTOR0010096X
OCLC no.50709729
Links

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.[1] The journal has been described as the "flagship" or "essential" publication in the field of composition studies.[1][2] The editor-in-chief is Malea Powell (Michigan State University).[3]

History

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The journal was first published in 1950 as a quarterly "bulletin" for members of the association.[1][4][5]

Editors

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The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:[citation needed]

  • 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)

Notable articles

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The top 5 most-cited articles published in the journal, As of 2024 the following articles have been cited most according to Web of Science:

  • Kopple, William J. Vande (1985). "Some Exploratory Discourse on Metadiscourse". College Composition and Communication. 36 (1): 82–93. doi:10.2307/357609.
  • Canagarajah, A. Suresh (2006). "The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued". College Composition and Communication. 57 (4): 586–619.
  • Flower, Linda; Hayes, John R.; Carey, Linda; Schriver, Karen; Stratman, James (1986). "Detection, Diagnosis, and the Strategies of Revision". College Composition and Communication. 37 (1): 16–55. doi:10.2307/357381.
  • Lyons, Scott Richard (2000). "Rhetorical Sovereignty: What Do American Indians Want from Writing?". College Composition and Communication. 51 (3): 447–468. doi:10.2307/358744.
  • Sommers, Nancy (1982). "Responding to Student Writing". College Composition and Communication. 33 (2): 148–156. doi:10.2307/357622.

Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 0.5.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Hesse, Douglas (2019). "Journals in Composition Studies, Thirty-Five Years After". College English. 81 (4): 367–396.
  2. ^ Connors, Robert J. (1984). "Journals in Composition Studies". College English. 46 (4): 348–365. doi:10.2307/376941. ISSN 0010-0994.
  3. ^ "College Composition and Communication". Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  4. ^ Bird, Nancy K. (1977). The Conference on College Composition and Communication: A Historical Study of Its Education and Professionalization Activities, 1949-1975 [Dissertation]. Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  7. ^ a b c d "College Composition and Communication". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  8. ^ "Source details: College Composition and Communication". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  9. ^ "College Composition and Communication". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Arts and Humanities ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.
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