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Southern Communication Journal Template

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About the Southern Communication Journal format

Southern Communication Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Rhetoric and Communication Studies, Communication in Education and Healthcare, Media Studies and Communication.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Southern Communication Journal 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inRhetoric and Communication Studies Communication in Education and Healthcare Media Studies and Communication Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
ISSN1041-794X
Citation impact (2-yr)0.57
h-index48
i10-index423
Total citations14,300
Top institutions publishing herePennsylvania State University
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Southern Communication Journal per year

35
2014
38
2015
39
2016
34
2017
43
2018
38
2019
36
2020
50
2021
54
2022
28
2023
21
2024
39
2025

Citation impact of Southern Communication Journal by publication year

439
2014
396
2015
446
2016
285
2017
415
2018
275
2019
543
2020
251
2021
158
2022
72
2023
28
2024
11
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Southern Communication Journal

Willingness to communicate: Differing cultural perspectives

James C. McCroskey, Virginia P. Richmond · 1 Dec 1990

The general tendency to approach or avoid communication has been recognized as an important individual difference among people in a single culture for several decades. Recent research in Australia, Micronesia, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and the United States suggests large differences exist in such tendencies between people in different cultures as well as within a given…

Individual differences in the communication of humorous messages

Steven Booth‐Butterfield, Melanie Booth‐Butterfield · 1 Sep 1991

This report develops an individual differences approach to the encoding of humor, provides a scale to measure it, and offers four empirical studies in support of the conceptualization. Results indicate that individual differences in the predisposition to enact humorous messages can be reliably measured via the Humor Orientation Scale. Variation in humorous orientation is related…

Predicting Receptiveness to Advice: Characteristics of the Problem, the Advice-Giver, and the Recipient

Bo Feng, Erina L. MacGeorge · 1 Apr 2006

Research on advice in supportive interactions indicates that receptiveness to advice (the extent to which advice is wanted) has a strong influence on how advice is evaluated. The current study examined situational and trait predictors of advice receptiveness, including characteristics of the advice-giver (expertise, closeness to the recipient, history of influence on the recipient's behavior),…

Dialogue as tensional, ethical practice

John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker · 1 Mar 2000

Abstract One effect of this decade's explosive growth of works on dialogue has been a broadening of the term to encompass, in some books and articles, all human meaning‐making. We argue that there are disadvantages to this broadening, that descriptive approaches to dialogue can be usefully distinguished from prescriptive ones, and that prescriptive approaches are…

Cultural influences on facial expressions of emotion

David Matsumoto · 1 Mar 1991

Research demonstrates that facial expressions of emotion are both universal and culturally‐specific, but our theoretical understanding of how cultures influence emotions has not advanced since Friesen's (1972) conception of cultural display rules. This article offers a theoretical framework by which to understand and predict how and why cultures influence the emotions. The model combines the…

Southern Communication Journal template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Southern Communication Journal format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Southern Communication Journal template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Southern Communication Journal use?
Southern Communication Journal uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Southern Communication Journal 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Southern Communication Journal?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Southern Communication Journal document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Southern Communication Journal template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Southern Communication Journal format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Southern Communication Journal?
Southern Communication Journal is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Southern Communication Journal template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
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