About the Journal

Journal Description

Current Research in Communication (CRC) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing high-quality scholarship in communication, media, journalism, and related fields. The journal provides a platform for original research, review articles, short communications, theoretical papers, and interdisciplinary studies that contribute to understanding contemporary communication processes, media systems, technologies, institutions, cultures, and societies.

CRC particularly encourages research addressing communication and media issues within Africa and other emerging contexts while maintaining a broad international and comparative perspective.

The journal welcomes manuscripts in, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Communication and Media Studies

  • Journalism Studies

  • Mass Communication

  • Digital and Social Media

  • Strategic Communication

  • Corporate Communication

  • Public Relations

  • Advertising and Marketing Communication

  • Organizational Communication

  • Intercultural Communication

  • Development Communication

  • Health Communication

  • Environmental and Climate Communication

  • Crisis and Risk Communication

  • Science Communication

  • Political Communication

  • Media, Culture and Society

  • Media Ethics and Regulation

  • Communication Policy

  • Media Law and Governance

  • Broadcasting and Multimedia

  • Digital Journalism

  • New Media and Communication Technologies

  • Artificial Intelligence and Communication

  • Mobile and Online Communication

  • Audience and Reception Studies

  • Media Effects and Public Opinion

  • Visual Communication

  • Film, Television and Screen Studies

  • Gender and Communication

  • Community Media

  • Communication for Social Change

  • Information and Communication Technologies

  • Media Management and Economics

  • Digital Culture and Society

  • Emerging Trends in Communication Research

Open Access and Licensing

Current Research in Communication operates under a Gold Open Access model. All published articles are immediately and permanently available online free of charge to readers, with no access restrictions.

License: Content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-l 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This permits users to read, share, distribute, and reproduce published material in any medium, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author and source and the material is not used for commercial purposes.

Publication Frequency

The journal follows a Continuous Publication model. Articles are published online as soon as they successfully complete editorial assessment, double-blind peer review, revision, copyediting, and final production.

Processing times vary depending on manuscript quality, reviewer availability, and the time taken by authors to respond to editorial and peer-review recommendations. The average period from submission to online publication is approximately 2 to 5 months.

Copyright and Author Rights

Authors retain copyright of their published work. By publishing with Current Research in Communication, authors grant the journal the right to publish, distribute, archive, and display their articles under the applicable Creative Commons license.

Authors may share and reuse their work in accordance with the terms of the journal's licensing and publishing policies.

Archiving and Digital Preservation

Current Research in Communication supports the long-term preservation and accessibility of published scholarly content through recognized digital preservation practices, including LOCKSS and CLOCKSS where enabled.

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are assigned to published articles to provide persistent identification and reliable scholarly linking. The journal follows PKP and OJS standards supporting sustainable digital publishing, metadata preservation, and scholarly archiving.

Privacy Statement

Names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, and other personal information provided by authors, reviewers, editors, and readers will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and its publishing processes.

Such information will not be made available to third parties for unrelated purposes.

Sponsorship and Publishing

Current Research in Communication is published under HRL Journal Service.

The journal's scholarly direction is supported by editors, reviewers, and researchers affiliated with universities, research institutions, and professional organizations across different regions. CRC is committed to academic integrity, editorial independence, responsible research practice, and the advancement of open scholarly communication.

Journal History

Established in 2025, Current Research in Communication was founded to provide a contemporary international platform for research addressing the rapidly changing communication and media environment.

The journal seeks to bring together scholarship from Africa and the wider global research community while encouraging theoretical, empirical, methodological, and interdisciplinary approaches to communication research. CRC is particularly interested in emerging questions surrounding digital transformation, journalism, media institutions, communication technologies, culture, organizations, and social change.