Journal of Asian Pacific Communication
The Journal of Asian Pacific Communication (JAPC) is an international journal whose academic mission is to bring together specialists from diverse scholarly disciplines to discuss and interpret language in communication issues as they pertain to people of Asian Pacific regions and in their immigrant communities worldwide. The journal’s academic orientation is generalist, passionately committed to interdisciplinary approaches to language in communication studies relating to people in and from Asian Pacific regions.
Thematic issues of previously published issues of JAPC include Cross-Cultural Communications: Literature, Language, Ideas; Sociolinguistics in China; Japan Communication Issues; Mass Media in the Asian Pacific; Comic Art in Asia, Historical Literacy, and Political Roots; Communication Gains through Student Exchanges & Study Abroad; Language Issues in Malaysia; English Language Development in East Asia; The Teachings of Writing in the Pacific Basin; Language and Identity in Asia; The Economics of Language in the Asian Pacific; Culture, Contexts, and Communication in Multicultural Australia and New Zealand; Media Discourse in Greater China; Institutional Politeness in (South) East Asia.
JAPC publishes its articles Online First.
JAPC was previously published by Multilingual Matters (vols. 1-7) and Ablex (vols. 8-9).
Board
Howard Giles | University of California at Santa BarbaraHerbert D. Pierson | St. John's UniversityMary Jiang Bresnahan | Michigan State UniversityDeborah A. Cai | Temple UniversityKara Chan | HK Baptist UniversityFlorian Coulmas | University of Duisburg-EssenAlan Hirvela | Ohio State UniversityJanet Holmes | Victoria University of Wellington Li Wei | UCL IOEHiroshi Ota | Aichi Shukutoku UniversityDanjie Su | University of ArkansasSubscription Info
General information about our electronic journals.
Subscription rates
All prices for print + online include postage/handling.
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 33 (2023): 2 issues; ca. 320 pp. | EUR 251.00 | EUR 297.00 | |
| Volume 32 (2022): 2 issues; ca. 320 pp. | EUR 251.00 | EUR 291.00 |
Individuals may apply for a special subscription rate of EUR 75.00 (online‑only: EUR 70.00)
Private subscriptions are for personal use only, and must be pre-paid and ordered directly from the publisher.
For Volumes 1-7 please contact Multilingual Matters.
Available back-volumes
| Online-only | Print + online | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete backset (Vols. 10‒31; 2000‒2021) |
44 issues; 7,040 pp. |
EUR 5,072.00 | EUR 5,428.00 |
| Volumes 30‒31 (2020‒2021) | 2 issues; avg. 320 pp. | EUR 251.00 each | EUR 291.00 each |
| Volume 29 (2019) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 246.00 | EUR 285.00 |
| Volume 28 (2018) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 239.00 | EUR 277.00 |
| Volume 27 (2017) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 269.00 |
| Volume 26 (2016) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 261.00 |
| Volume 25 (2015) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 253.00 |
| Volume 24 (2014) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 246.00 |
| Volume 23 (2013) | 2 issues; 320 pp. | EUR 232.00 | EUR 239.00 |
| Volumes 10‒22 (2000‒2012) | 2 issues; avg. 320 pp. | EUR 225.00 each | EUR 232.00 each |
Issues
Volume 32 (2022)
Volume 31 (2021)
Volume 30 (2020)
Volume 29 (2019)
Volume 28 (2018)
Volume 27 (2017)
Volume 26 (2016)
Volume 25 (2015)
Volume 24 (2014)
Volume 23 (2013)
Volume 22 (2012)
Volume 21 (2011)
Volume 20 (2010)
Volume 19 (2009)
Volume 18 (2008)
Volume 17 (2007)
Volume 16 (2006)
Volume 15 (2005)
Volume 14 (2004)
Volume 13 (2003)
Volume 12 (2002)
Volume 11 (2001)
Volume 10 (2000)
Latest articles
18 November 2022
15 November 2022
28 October 2022
8 August 2022
19 July 2022
5 July 2022
31 May 2022
23 May 2022
19 April 2022
25 March 2022
22 March 2022
18 February 2022
15 February 2022
8 October 2021
16 August 2021
Submission
JAPC invites submissions in line with the aim and scope of the journal, which may be submitted to the editors at piersonh
stjohns.edu or piersonhhotmail.com .
Before submitting, please consult these guidelines.
Ethics
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Rights and Permissions
Authors must ensure that they have permission to use any third-party material in their contribution; the permission should include perpetual (not time-limited) world-wide distribution in print and electronic format.
For information on authors' rights, please consult the rights information page.
Open Access
For information about permission to post a version of your article online or in an institutional repository ('green' open access or self-archiving), please consult the rights information page.
This journal offers the possibility for accepted papers to be published Open Access through payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC) of EUR 1800 (excl. tax); more information can be found on the publisher's Open Access Policy page.
Corresponding authors from institutions with which John Benjamins has a Read & Publish arrangement can publish Open Access without paying a fee; information on the institutions and which articles qualify, can be found on this page.
Archiving
John Benjamins Publishing Company has an agreement in place with Portico for the archiving of all its online journals and e-books.