Recognition of the Communication Discipline
in the National Research Council Assessments
The National Research Council included Communications in its assessment of research doctorate programs in 2006.
A report by the CCA Task Force on the NRC Report Subcommittee on the data released a report on October 18, 2010. Please click here for: Comments on “A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States” as Applied to Communication
Information on the process is also available at the following website: www7.nationalacademies.org/resdoc/index.html
CCA created a special “Task Force on the NRC Study” in spring 2003 to work with the NRC and our member associations in this process. The task force is chaired by Dr. Linda Putnam of the University of California Santa Barbara. Much of the information/material below was gathered/created by the task force.
General overview of NRC issue
NRC Methodology Report (ppt)
Update March 2008
Update September 2007
ISI list of communication journals (9/08 updated)
ISI list by fields (9/08 updated)
NCA Presentation to the National Research Council in Fall 2002
Taxonomy of the Subfields
Info for schools with mutliple PhD programs in communication
ISI Update - Nov. 2010 – Doctoral Breakfast–ISI–2010
Members of the CCA Task Force
