Call for Papers — Volume 18 No. 2, December 2026
UltimaComm: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi invites graduate students, lecturers, researchers, and scholars in communication, media, and journalism to submit original research articles for Volume 18 No. 2, scheduled for publication in December 2026.
Published twice a year, in June and December, UltimaComm serves as a scholarly forum for research and academic discussion in communication studies and journalism, with particular attention to developments in communication practices, media, technology, and their implications for individuals, organizations, and society in Indonesia and beyond.
Aims and ScopeUltimaComm welcomes original research that contributes theoretically, methodologically, or empirically to the study of communication and journalism. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Strategic Communication
Research on how individuals, organizations, and institutions strategically use messages, media, and communication programs to achieve particular goals. This area includes the planning, production, implementation, and evaluation of communication strategies, as well as their influence on audiences’ opinions, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
2. New Media and Journalism
Research concerning the production, circulation, and consumption of news and information through digital platforms. This includes the use of new technologies, social media, digital journalism practices, content creation, audience engagement, and emerging transformations in the contemporary news ecosystem.
3. Technology-Mediated Communication
Research on how communication technologies facilitate interpersonal, group, organizational, and mass communication. Studies may address the changing forms of interaction, relationships, practices, and communicative processes emerging through technology-mediated environments.
4. Risk Communication
Research addressing communication concerning safety, security, disasters, environmental issues, public risks, and related societal challenges. This includes how risk information is produced, communicated, interpreted, and acted upon, as well as its implications for individual and collective decision-making and behavior.
Submissions that engage with emerging issues at the intersection of communication, media, technology, society, and journalism are particularly welcome when they demonstrate a clear scholarly contribution and are situated within the journal's scope.
Who Should Submit?We particularly welcome submissions from:
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Graduate students conducting advanced research in communication, media, or journalism;
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Lecturers and faculty members in communication and related disciplines;
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Researchers and scholars working on communication, media, journalism, technology-mediated communication, strategic communication, or risk communication.
UltimaComm accepts research articles written in English. Authors are required to follow the journal's Author Guidelines and manuscript template. All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the journal's Online Submission System (OJS): Submission Guidelines for Authors
Authors are encouraged to ensure that their manuscripts demonstrate a clear research problem, appropriate theoretical grounding, methodological rigor, and a substantive contribution to communication scholarship.
Article Processing ChargeStarting with the December 2026 issue, UltimaComm applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) of IDR 750,000 for manuscripts that are accepted for publication.
Further information regarding the APC is available in the official APC announcement: APC announcement
Journal AccreditationUltimaComm: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi is currently accredited at SINTA 3 and is entering a transition phase toward its next reaccreditation cycle. The editorial team is continuing to strengthen the journal's editorial, scholarly, and publication standards as part of this process.
We invite researchers and scholars who are committed to rigorous and relevant communication scholarship to contribute their work to Volume 18 No. 2.
Submission is open through the UltimaComm Online Submission System (OJS).
We look forward to receiving your research and to continuing to develop UltimaComm as a scholarly forum for communication, media, and journalism research.
