Global Perspectives in Communication (GPC)

A question we often get, "is it okay if our data comes from the United States?"

Absolutely. For us, "Global" means "everywhere." Ours is an inclusive journal looking for work that speaks to communication scholarship from everywhere.

Our hope? Work from all perspectives is side-by-side at GPC. =)

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... and if you're still not convinced, reach out to Nick directly at gpc@syr.edu. Or, he'll see you in Cape Town. =)

And if you're ready to submit? We're taking papers now, at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm

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Our Launch Editor, @bowmanspartan.bsky.social (Dr. Nick Bowman, Syracuse University) recently sat down with @academic.oup.com to discuss the broad editorial scope of GPC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TF5...

... and if you're looking for a Global venue for your work, consider submitting that work to Global Perspectives in Communication! We take 4K and 8K length manuscripts, and just about any paper that fits the ICA program would fit our editorial mission.

A sincerely congratulations to our many peers from around the world who had their manuscripts and other submissions accepted for the #ICA26 conference in Cape Town. We'll definitely see you there!

and of course, you can submit straight away via mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm. Let's read that work. =)

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As to why you should publish with us? A bit more from our launch editor, @bowmanspartan.bsky.social, about the editorial focus and scope of GPC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TF5...

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We hope you're enjoying the first few days of 2026, and we *know* that we are! We're well on our way to filling our inaugural issue as well as the issue after that, and we're excited to see more scholarship submitted our way.

To read our call in several languages: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We're still building our Starter Pack for @gpccomm.bsky.social but here's a sampling of those folks on our board and part of our journal. =)

As always, reach out to us directly at gpc@syr.edu if you have questions, or reach out directly to our Editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social if you'd like to know more!

Submit your work, at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm

The same goes for observations and perspectives -- it's not always the case that all work should generalize, and in many epistemologies this isn't a goal. Key to GPC is that we help grow our field by widening the coordinate space of what we claim to "know" (and where we "know" it from).

As such, we've asked our reviewers to forego remarks about the representativeness of observations -- data collected is data collected, and we need to hear from (literally) everyone if we're going to build a knowledge base for communication scholarship.

(3) We recognize that one reason (among many) that we exist is to ensure that scholarship from all over the globe can find a potential home.

Unless content is truly confusing to read, we've asked that reviewers refrain from copy-editing and rather, focus on content. Again here, our editorial staff can assist with fine-tuning later in the process.

(2) We've asked our reviewers explicitly to disregard concerns over grammar and other "Englishes." As a truly global journal, our readers + editors + authors come from all over and thus, we realize that there are many different ways to communicate in English. Bowman) if you'd like to gab. =)

Thus, the only real enforcement we have is our length: we'll take shorter (4K words) or longer (8K) manuscripts. After that? Format in whichever way makes sense to you. Only at "revision" stage to we ask for a standardized APA format, and our editorial team can help guide you on this.

However, we do three things that are a bit unique in our review process:

(1) We do not enforce any sort of formatting for initial submissions. We realize that scholarship from all over the globe will take so many different forms and formats.

We've been asked what makes our editorial process different. Well ... in some ways, we're not so unique. We're aspiring to be a top-tier journal of International Communication Association (ICA Official Page) and we're generally open to anything that fits "under the ICA umbrella."

For now? Know that our Editorial Board is eager to review your papers, and you're welcome to submit online at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm

We're thrilled to represent @icahdq.bsky.social and so thankful to work with @academic.oup.com - let's see your work! See URL for submission portal.

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As you know, we're a young journal and we're growing, but we're very excited for your work. In a few weeks, we'll already be releasing the first of our accepted manuscripts as well as an editorial from @bowmanspartan.bsky.social (also see www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TF5...)

✅ Our current "desk reject" rate is about 70%. That's a bit high, but our "desk rejects" offer extensive feedback for resubmissions and indeed, we've already seen a few of those papers (a) resubmitted and (b) move on to "revise and resubmit!"

✅ We've already accepted FIVE papers for 2026!

✅ We've had 35 original submission, 33 manuscripts (8K words) and 2 brief reports (4K words)

✅ For full-length manuscripts, average time from submission to decision is 47 days; for research reports, it's 20 days

✅ We've received papers from 11 different countries!

It's time again for our bi-monthly reporting! Since we're still in our first hear, we've chosen to do these as "year-to-date" reports to give a full picture of the journal to this point in 2025. A few highlights as we thread along.

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We get it. We're a very new journal & folks are still learning how we are. Check out this 5-minute explanation from Launch Editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social, as he sat down with @academic.oup.com to talk about who we are as @icahdq.bsky.social's newest publication:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TF5...

YouTube video by Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) Submit to Global Perspectives in Communication (ICA)

We get it. We're a very new journal & folks are still learning how we are. Check out this 5-minute explanation from Launch Editor @bowmanspartan.bsky.social, as he sat down with @academic.oup.com to talk about who we are as @icahdq.bsky.social's newest publication:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TF5...

A quick note that we're having some server issues that are delaying our ability to process manuscripts. All should be sorted out soon, but if you've been experiencing delays ... it's probably us, not you. We blame @bowmanspartan.bsky.social for mucking about. =)

Wrapping up those #ICA26 submissions? Don't forget to send your work to Global Perspectives in Communication! We take brief reports (4K words) & original manuscripts (8K) words w/o formatting requirements. Publications are open-access, and initial review is~30 days.

mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm

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Exciting times for the journal, folks. In the last 10 days, we've accepted our first manuscript and issued "accept, pending" decisions on two others.

It's fab seeing the work come together, from remarkably rigorous and detailed peer review to equally detailed and engaging Author replies. =)