Quarterly Journal of Speech
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Quarterly Journal of Speech, published in February, May, August and November, includes articles, research reports, and book reviews of interest to persons across a broad spectrum of the communication arts. QJS tends to be humanistic in its orientation. QJS presents research that is original, significant, and designed to further understanding of the processes of human communication, particularly in its rhetorical and cultural dimensions.
Essays in the journal generally consider the theory and criticism of situated discourse in its various forms and venues, including the oral and written, public and private, direct and mediated, historical and contemporary. Although research in the journal is generally humanistic, the journal's mission and focus are not limited to any particular methodology or set of methodologies. Issues, texts, and research questions significant to improved understanding of discourse practices are featured.
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, including screening by the editor and review by at least two anonymous referees.
About the National Communication Association (NCA):
The National Communication Association is the world's largest professional association of scholars, educators, students and practitioners dedicated to studying and promoting effective and ethical communication. With more than 7,000 members representing every state in the U.S. and 25 other countries, NCA provides a wide variety of professional development opportunities, publishes and disseminates significant communication scholarship and advances the communication discipline through meaningful research, teaching, and service.
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[edit] Journal Info
Published By: Routledge
Volume Number: 94
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Print ISSN: 0033-5630
Online ISSN: 1479-5779
2006 Impact Factor: 0.333
Ranking: 38/44 (Communication)
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[edit] Editor
John L. Lucaites, 2008-2010
Email: LUCAITES@INDIANA.EDU
[edit] Editorial Policy
New Editorial Policy:
The Quarterly Journal of Speech publishes articles and book reviews of interest to those who take a rhetorical perspective on the texts, discourses, and cultural practices by which public beliefs and identities are constituted, empowered, and enacted. Rhetorical scholarship now cuts across many different intellectual, disciplinary, and political vectors, and QJS seeks to honor and address the interanimating effects of such differences. No single project, whether modern or postmodern in its orientation, or local, national, or global in its scope, can suffice as the sole locus of rhetorical practice, knowledge and understanding. Accordingly, QJS adopts an ecumenical attitude towards the full array of best scholarship being produced under rhetoric's broad purview, including work that advances and enriches long standing intellectual traditions, as well as theory and criticism that seeks to forge new intellectual frontiers. Essays will generally consider the theory and criticism of situated discourse in its various forms and venues, including the oral, the written, and the visual; official and vernacular; direct and mediated; historical and contemporary. We especially invite essays that explore alternative approaches to the study of rhetoric and public culture, as well as the discourse of marginalized voices.
Manuscripts are accepted solely on the basis of their quality and appropriateness. The journal uses blind, peer review. As such, no indicators of authorship should appear anywhere in the manuscript. Author details can be entered where required during the online manuscript submission, and acknowledgements may be included in the (separately loaded) cover letter. Please also include a history of the manuscript, including whether it is derived from an M.A. or Ph.D. thesis, as well as the advisor's name; whether it has been presented at a convention, and other pertinent information about its development. On submission authors are also asked to provide an abstract of 100 words or less and a list of five suggested keywords. The average length of essays published in QJS is 9,000 words. Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout and prepared according to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition. Manuscripts should be prepared in Wordperfect, MS Word, or RTF.
Manuscripts submitted to QJS must not be under review elsewhere or have appeared in any other published forms. Upon notification of acceptance, authors must assign copyright to the National Communication Association and provide copyright clearance for any copyrighted materials. All submissions should be made online at the QJS Manuscript Central site to facilitate rapid accessibility of your work to readers. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.
Queries can be addressed to the Editor, John Louis Lucaites: qjs@indiana.edu.
Suggestions for book reviews can be addressed to the Book Review Editor, Debra Hawhee: hawhee@uiuc.edu.
Free article access: Corresponding authors can receive 50 free reprints, free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Complimentary reprints are available through Rightslink® and additional reprints can be ordered through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk
