About the Journal

Focus and scope

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

As the only academic journal dedicated exclusively to journalism studies in the Nordic region, Journalistica serves as a key platform for high-quality research on journalism in the Nordic countries and research grounded in Nordic empirical data. The journal provides international audiences with unique insights into a region whose media systems, democratic institutions, and journalistic cultures are widely recognised for their distinct characteristics and societal importance. By publishing scholarship in both Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English, Journalistica facilitates dialogue within the region while making Nordic perspectives on journalism accessible to researchers around the world.

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 original manuscripts with relevance to media and journalism in the Nordic countries. Manuscripts must not have been published in or submitted to other journals or publications.  Journalistica accepts submissions in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and English.  

Journalistica publishes both special issues and issues without a thematic focus. From 2022, accepted articles are published directly after copy-editing ("online first").

Journalistica is indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and SherpaRomeo. 

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 uses a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Journalistica charges no publication fee.   

Funding

Journalistica is funded by  Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Moreover, some of Journalistica’s expenses are currently or have previously been covered by the following institutions: