The Journal of Cultural and Communication Studies (JCCS) aims to provide an academic platform for enhancing and disseminating high-quality research conducted by faculty members, researchers, graduate students, and professionals. As a forum for dialogue and critical exchange, the journal focuses on:
Cultural policy and media policymaking
Identification/creation of new opportunities in cultural and communication fields
Pathology of cultural crises and media challenges
Iranian experiences in culture, communication, and media
Theoretical debates in interdisciplinary studies (religion, economics, technology, politics, gender, etc.)
Originality: Submitted manuscripts must represent the authors' own work.
Conflict of Interest: Must be declared in the submission form.
Prohibited Practices:
Data fabrication/falsification
Plagiarism (including "text recycling")
Duplicate/overlapping submissions
All sources (in any language) must be properly cited.
Manuscripts with >20% similarity (via IranDoc) will be rejected.
Violations result in blacklisting.
Length: 6,000–8,000 words (incl. references)
Abstracts:
Persian/English (150–250 words)
English abstracts undergo language/grammar review.
References: APA 7th edition.
Blinded manuscript (no author names)
Title page with:
Full author details (affiliation, email, phone)
Conflict of Interest form
Originality Declaration form
Reference checklist
Extended English abstract (with translated Persian references)
IranDoc similarity report
Publication charge: 1,500,000 IRR (Bank card: 5859-8370-0192-1606)
Double-blind peer review.
Corresponding author handles all communications.
Final acceptance requires editorial board approval.
Student co-authored papers require faculty approval.
Simultaneous submissions to other journals are prohibited.
Submission Portal: http://www.jcsc.ir