Journal of Intercultural Communication (JICC) (ISSN 1404-1634) is an international, double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarship in intercultural, cultural, and communication published by ICR Publications Ltd, UK. The journal encourages submissions from diverse cultural perspectives, welcoming original research, theoretical and experimental studies, systematic reviews, conceptual essays, and case studies. JICC actively promotes interdisciplinary dialogue across a wide range of fields, including Communication, Cultural Studies, Education, Linguistics and Language, Gender Studies, Public Administration, Strategy and Management, Intercultural Management, Organizational Culture, Innovation, Migration Studies, Sustainability, and Media and Digital Communication. 

The journal is an outgrowth of NIC – the Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication. The great interest shown in NIC's activities has highlighted a need for more journals that employ peer review in the field of intercultural communication. We hope that by starting this journal, we will encourage more research, facilitate contact among interested researchers, and provide better opportunities for peer-reviewed publication. We welcome contributions, original research, and reviews concerning all areas of intercultural communication and cross-cultural comparison.

Publisher Info

The Journal of Intercultural Communication (JICC) is published by ICR Publications Ltd, UK, and previously published by Immigrant Institution, Sweden. ICR Publications is the trade name of International Collaboration for Research and Publications.

Publication Frequency

The Journal of Intercultural Communication (JICC) operates under a continuous publication model, allowing articles to be published online immediately after production. The journal publishes 4 issues annually to maintain consistent indexing, citation tracking, and archival structure.

Publication Ethics Statement

Journal of Intercultural Communication (JICC) publishes high-quality work through a rigorous peer-review process, ensuring that the field of scholarly publication receives high-quality scientific work. In cases of plagiarism, data falsification, and incorrect authorship credit, JICC takes these ethical publication issues very seriously and follows a zero-tolerance policy. JICC uses TURNITIN for all submissions to ensure the originality of the content.

Copyright / Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate and free open access to all its content and is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This means readers are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author, as long as proper attribution is given. This policy is consistent with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access. 

Copyright, Publication Rights, and Licensing

• The author(s) retain copyright over their work published by our journal, without restrictions.
• Authors are granted the freedom to retain full publishing rights without limitations.
• The legal framework and formal attributes of articles published in our journal adhere to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To this effect, all published articles, including their formats (e.g., PDF), will bear the notation: © Year by the author(s). Licensed and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
• Authors are empowered to utilize their published articles in any manner they choose, provided they attribute the work to the journal using the specified citation format of the published article.

Repository Policy

Authors are explicitly authorized to deposit any version of their article, be it the author's original version, the accepted manuscript, or the version of record, on personal websites, institutional repositories, or other non-commercial repositories of their choice. Additionally, the policy extends to commercial platforms and social media, promoting broad dissemination.

Article Version Posting Permissions

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Archival Policy

JICC is preserved in the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and PKP Preservation Network (PN) archival systems to ensure that our content is securely and permanently archived...

The URL to the LOCKSS Publisher Manifest is: https://immi.se/index.php/intercultural/gateway/lockss.

Announcement and Advertisement

Call for papers and academic activities, such as conferences, are announced free of charge in the journal’s News & Announcements section. Advertisements may be placed on the journal website, through email marketing, or via official social media channels.

All advertising and promotional activities are independent of editorial decision-making and have no influence on the peer review process or publication decisions. Advertisements are clearly separated from editorial content and are managed by the publisher, not the editorial team.