College Composition and Communication

*College Composition and Communication*
Discipline	Composition studies, rhetoric
Language	English
Edited by	Matt Davis, Kara Taczak
Publication details
History	1950–present
Publisher	National Council of Teachers of English (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	0.5 (2023)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Coll. Compos. Commun.
Indexing;
ISSN	0010-096X (print); 1939-9006 (web);
LCCN	54041879
JSTOR	0010096X
OCLC no.	50709729
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

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 editors-in-chief are Matthew Davis (University of Massachusetts Boston) and Kara Taczak (University of Central Florida). ^[3]

History

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

Editors

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

Kara Taczak & Matt Davis, February 2025- (University of Central Florida & UMass-Boston)
Malea Powell, February 2020-December 2024 (Michigan State University); 4 years, 10 months
Jonathan Alexander, February 2015-December 2019 (UC-Irvine); 4 years, 10 months
Kathleen Blake Yancey, February 2010-December 2014 (Florida State University); 4 years, 10 months
Deborah Holdstein, February 2005-December 2009 (Governors State University; Columbia College Chicago); 4 years, 10 months
Marilyn Cooper, February 2000-December 2004 (Michigan Tech); 4 years, 10 months
Joseph Harris, February 1994-December 1999 (University of Pittsburgh; Duke University); 5 years, 10 months
Richard Gebhardt, February 1987-December 1993 (Findlay College; Bowling Green State University); 6 years, 10 months
Richard Larson, February 1980-December 1986 (Lehman College CUNY); 6 years, 10 months
Edward P.J. Corbett, February 1974-December 1979 (Ohio State University); 5 years, 10 months
William Irmscher, February 1965-December 1973 (University of Washington); 8 years, 10 months
Ken Macrorie, February 1962-December 1964 (Western Michigan University); 2 years, 10 months
Cecil B. Williams, December 1960-December 1962 (Texas Christian University); 2 years, 10 months
Francis E. Bowman (noted as interim), October 1959-October 1960 (Williams took a Fulbright at University of Hamburg) (Duke University); 1 year
Cecil B. Williams, February 1959-May 1959 (Oklahoma State University); 4 months
Francis E. Bowman, February 1956-December 1958 (Duke University); 2 years, 4 months
George W. Wykoff, October 1952-December 1955 (Purdue University); 3 years, 2 months
Charles (Chas) Roberts, March 1950-May 1952 (University of Illinois); 2 years, 2 months

Notable articles

As of 2024^[update] 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

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Arts and Humanities Citation Index^[6]
Current Contents/Arts & Humanities^[6]
EBSCO databases^[7]
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature^[7]
Modern Language Association Database^[7]
ProQuest databases^[7]
Scopus^[8]

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hesse, Douglas (2019). "Journals in Composition Studies, Thirty-Five Years After". College English. 81 (4): 367–396.
^ Connors, Robert J. (1984). "Journals in Composition Studies". College English. 46 (4): 348–365. doi:10.2307/376941. ISSN 0010-0994.
^ "College Composition and Communication". Conference on College Composition and Communication. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "College Composition and Communication". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
^ "Source details: College Composition and Communication". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
^ "College Composition and Communication". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Arts and Humanities ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.

External links

Official website

[:0-1] Hesse, Douglas (2019). "Journals in Composition Studies, Thirty-Five Years After". College English. 81 (4): 367–396.

[:2-2] 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. Retrieved 2025-02-10.

[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.

[ISI-6] "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

[MIAR-7] "College Composition and Communication". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

[Scopus-8] "Source details: College Composition and Communication". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2024-11-03.

[WoS-9] "College Composition and Communication". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Arts and Humanities ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.

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