Focus and scope

Journalistica is a Nordic open access journal that publishes academic research articles on journalism understood as an interdisciplinary field. 

Based on a wide range of theories and methods, Journalistica articles address questions concerning journalistic practice and culture in a broad sense, including journalistic roles and norms, media institutions, media economics, media content, genres, and language. Typical contributors to Journalistica are journalism, communication, and media researchers, but also political scientists, sociologists, ethnologists, historians, linguists, and rhetoricians.

Journalistica accepts only original articles that have not been published or submitted to other journals or publications. The maximum length for articles is 8,000 words (including abstract, figures, and references). Journalistica accepts submissions in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English.  

Journalistica publishes both special issues and issues without a thematic focus. Articles in open-themed issues are published "online first".

Journalistica is registered as a Category 1 journal in the Danish (BFI), Norwegian (NPI), and Finnish (Publikationsforum) Bibliometric System. 

Peer review-process

All articles undergo double-blind peer review. You will not be told the author's name and the author will not be given your name. Each article is reviewed by two reviewers, who work independently.  

Open Access policy

Journalistica is an open-access journal and charges no publication fee.