Discourse and Communication

Discourse & Communication is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles that pay specific attention to the qualitative, discourse analytical approach to issues in communication research. Besides the classical social scientific methods in communication research, such as content analysis and frame analysis, a more explicit study of the structures of discourse (text, talk, images or multimedia messages) allows unprecedented empirical insights into the many phenomena of communication. Since contemporary discourse study is not limited to the account of 'texts' or 'conversation' alone, but has extended its field to the study of the cognitive, interactional, social, cultural, political and historical 'contexts' of discourse, it is also able to be integrated in the broader study of the societal dimensions of communication. Discourse & Communication publishes substantial research articles, discussion notes as well as reviews and review articles. Its diversity is also apparent in the variety of its theories, methods and approaches, thus avoiding the frequent limitation to one school, approach or academic sect. The only criteria will be the quality, the originality and the analytical sophistication of its articles. Discourse & Communication specifically addresses readers in any field of communication who are interested in qualitative, discourse analytical approaches, on the one hand, and scholars in discourse studies, linguistics, pragmatics, semiotics and related fields who are interested in issues of communication, on the other hand.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Communication	2009	Q3
Communication	2010	Q3
Communication	2011	Q1
Communication	2012	Q1
Communication	2013	Q1
Communication	2014	Q1
Communication	2015	Q1
Communication	2016	Q1
Communication	2017	Q2
Communication	2018	Q2
Communication	2019	Q1
Communication	2020	Q1
Communication	2021	Q1
Communication	2022	Q1
Communication	2023	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2009	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2010	Q2
Linguistics and Language	2011	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2012	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2013	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2014	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2015	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2016	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2017	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2018	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2019	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2020	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2021	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2022	Q1
Linguistics and Language	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2009	0.247
2010	0.173
2011	0.719
2012	0.656
2013	1.106
2014	0.650
2015	0.645
2016	0.821
2017	0.464
2018	0.503
2019	0.730
2020	0.822
2021	0.622
2022	0.678
2023	0.650

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2007	17
2008	22
2009	16
2010	18
2011	19
2012	18
2013	19
2014	19
2015	30
2016	29
2017	29
2018	30
2019	28
2020	31
2021	34
2022	36
2023	42

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.059
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.255
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.233
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.627
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.718
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.635
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.640
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.977
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.546
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.486
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.898
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.655
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.398
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.228
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.059
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.333
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.255
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.661
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.698
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.509
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.589
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.706
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.432
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.693
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.944
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.172
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.545
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.059
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.684
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.529
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.459
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.216
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.216
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.816
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.510
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.034
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.362
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.627
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.310
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.678
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.877
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.514

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	2
Self Cites	2009	3
Self Cites	2010	0
Self Cites	2011	4
Self Cites	2012	9
Self Cites	2013	5
Self Cites	2014	7
Self Cites	2015	5
Self Cites	2016	8
Self Cites	2017	5
Self Cites	2018	6
Self Cites	2019	14
Self Cites	2020	6
Self Cites	2021	7
Self Cites	2022	12
Self Cites	2023	7
Total Cites	2007	0
Total Cites	2008	18
Total Cites	2009	52
Total Cites	2010	69
Total Cites	2011	93
Total Cites	2012	90
Total Cites	2013	83
Total Cites	2014	74
Total Cites	2015	89
Total Cites	2016	116
Total Cites	2017	103
Total Cites	2018	126
Total Cites	2019	149
Total Cites	2020	145
Total Cites	2021	173
Total Cites	2022	202
Total Cites	2023	257

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2007	0
External Cites per document	2008	0.941
External Cites per document	2009	1.256
External Cites per document	2010	1.255
External Cites per document	2011	1.589
External Cites per document	2012	1.528
External Cites per document	2013	1.418
External Cites per document	2014	1.196
External Cites per document	2015	1.500
External Cites per document	2016	1.588
External Cites per document	2017	1.256
External Cites per document	2018	1.364
External Cites per document	2019	1.534
External Cites per document	2020	1.598
External Cites per document	2021	1.865
External Cites per document	2022	2.043
External Cites per document	2023	2.475
Cites per document	2007	0.000
Cites per document	2008	1.059
Cites per document	2009	1.333
Cites per document	2010	1.255
Cites per document	2011	1.661
Cites per document	2012	1.698
Cites per document	2013	1.509
Cites per document	2014	1.321
Cites per document	2015	1.589
Cites per document	2016	1.706
Cites per document	2017	1.321
Cites per document	2018	1.432
Cites per document	2019	1.693
Cites per document	2020	1.667
Cites per document	2021	1.944
Cites per document	2022	2.172
Cites per document	2023	2.545

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2007	23.53
2008	18.18
2009	6.25
2010	16.67
2011	5.26
2012	11.11
2013	5.26
2014	5.26
2015	13.33
2016	10.34
2017	13.79
2018	16.67
2019	7.14
2020	12.90
2021	17.65
2022	11.11
2023	28.57

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	3
Non-citable documents	2010	4
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	2007	0
Citable documents	2008	16
Citable documents	2009	36
Citable documents	2010	51
Citable documents	2011	52
Citable documents	2012	51
Citable documents	2013	54
Citable documents	2014	56
Citable documents	2015	56
Citable documents	2016	67
Citable documents	2017	77
Citable documents	2018	87
Citable documents	2019	88
Citable documents	2020	87
Citable documents	2021	89
Citable documents	2022	93
Citable documents	2023	100

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2007	0
Uncited documents	2008	6
Uncited documents	2009	19
Uncited documents	2010	21
Uncited documents	2011	18
Uncited documents	2012	19
Uncited documents	2013	21
Uncited documents	2014	22
Uncited documents	2015	26
Uncited documents	2016	24
Uncited documents	2017	34
Uncited documents	2018	31
Uncited documents	2019	27
Uncited documents	2020	30
Uncited documents	2021	21
Uncited documents	2022	31
Uncited documents	2023	27
Cited documents	2007	0
Cited documents	2008	11
Cited documents	2009	20
Cited documents	2010	34
Cited documents	2011	38
Cited documents	2012	34
Cited documents	2013	34
Cited documents	2014	34
Cited documents	2015	30
Cited documents	2016	44
Cited documents	2017	44
Cited documents	2018	57
Cited documents	2019	61
Cited documents	2020	57
Cited documents	2021	68
Cited documents	2022	62
Cited documents	2023	74

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
2007	66.67
2008	52.94
2009	62.50
2010	51.85
2011	65.22
2012	52.17
2013	59.26
2014	56.00
2015	56.90
2016	55.56
2017	71.43
2018	50.00
2019	61.90
2020	56.86
2021	51.61
2022	60.66
2023	48.75

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	2007	6
Overton	2008	1
Overton	2009	0
Overton	2010	0
Overton	2011	0
Overton	2012	2
Overton	2013	1
Overton	2014	0
Overton	2015	2
Overton	2016	0
Overton	2017	4
Overton	2018	0
Overton	2019	3
Overton	2020	2
Overton	2021	0
Overton	2022	0
Overton	2023	2