Online Media and Global Communication

Preparing your manuscript

Before submitting your manuscript to Online Media and Global Communication, please ensure that you have read the Instructions for Authors and the Overview to make sure that the topic of your contribution is relevant to this journal. Please, follow the guideline below:

Author Submission Guideline:

1. Publication Ethics
The journal will follow the Committee on Publication Ethics guideline for both reviewers and the authors, see https://publicationethics.org/.　

2. Original Submissions
All unsolicited authors’ submissions must be original and have not been published in English or other languages, either in print or online publications. Manuscripts which have been posted online such as university web sites, in preprint servers or file-sharing sites must self-identify such posting in the cover letter and undergo single-masked review.　

3. Dual Track Review
This journal adopts a dual track review system as the first in the field of communication. Two review tracks are offered to the authors and authors must choose either one before final submission: 1) double blind (masked) review track that both authors and reviewers do not know the identity of the author; 2) single blind (masked) review track that reviewers will know the identity of the author and the authors are free to cite their own works and refer to themselves in the manuscript. Submitters who have posted their manuscript or its earlier version elsewhere online or with more than five self-citations will undergo the review process using the single-blind review track. All original submissions are in English with reviews by two or more external reviewers.　

4. Submission procedure
Authors are welcome to submit abstracts to the editor to determine the appropriateness of the manuscript before submitting the full-length manuscript to our journal e-mail: omgc@shisu.edu.cn. Submit the full manuscript to our ScholarOne platform at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/omgc.　

Documents to be included in the submission:

A. Cover Letter
All new submissions must include a cover letter explaining whether the manuscript is the first time the dataset was being used. If not, then the author should report previous articles or submissions to other journals using the same dataset and explaining the advancement of knowledge of the submitted manuscript over previous articles and other manuscripts under review in other journals.　

B. Author information (includes an ORCID)
The corresponding author must provide his or her ORCID in the manuscript submission system. ORCID is a free unique, persistent identifier (PID) for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities. Other co-authors are encouraged to provide an ORCID as well to have their latest information available to readers. To register for one, please go to: https://orcid.org/

C. Abstracts and keywords
Manuscripts must include a structured abstract no longer than 300 words in total (purpose, method, findings, implications, value) and proper keywords to help identify appropriate reviewers, see example. Citations in the abstract should be avoided; if essential, they must be listed in full in parentheses.
Up to eight keywords can be accepted. The keywords must include 1) country/region of study, 2) research method, and 3) the name of the online media platform being studied such as YouTube or category such as social media or mobile apps.　

D. Title page
Authors should provide a title page with manuscript title and complete author information including affiliation with clear authorship order.

E. Manuscript File
Manuscript file must be submitted in Microsoft Word to be editable for production. Non-anonymous single-masked review manuscript should have author information on the manuscript file while double-masked review manuscript must not contain any identifiable information about the author.

F. License to publish page
Complete the creative commons license to publish form.

G. Appendices and Supplementary materials

Authors are encouraged to provide any appendices or supplementary materials such as survey questionnaire or in-depth interview questions to be published along with the article but not to be seen by reviewers. They will be posted as is online without typesetting by the publisher.

5. Special & Thematic Issues
Special issue articles have the same editorial oversight as regular papers, including an external, independent peer review process. The credentials of guest editors are checked and approved by the editorial team. The Editor-in-Chief will issue the final acceptance of special issue manuscripts upon the recommendation of the guest editors.
Thematic issues are overseen by members of the editorial board, with the final decision made by the Editor-in-Chief.　

6. Citing your own works
When authors choose double-masked review track, excessive self-citations (more than 5) are discouraged and will be viewed as an attempt to identify the author. Such manuscript will undergo single-masked review automatically. Authors going through a double-masked review track who need to cite their own previous works should cite them in the same way as other authors. There is no need to specify the work is written by the author. The only exceptions are in press or forthcoming articles. In those cases, the in-text reference should be (Authors, in press/forthcoming). In single-masked review track, authors are free to cite and refer to their own works in the text of the manuscript and there is no limit on self-citations as long as they are appropriate.　

9. Citation style
The journal is open to any established citation style in initial submission. However, all final versions must follow the　De Gruyter Mouton Journal Style Sheet and publishes in American English. This means that in the reference section, authors are required to provide the full name of each cited author such as Chen, Daiwen and Kaoqiu Lu (2020), instead of initials, to help identify authors in non-English speaking countries who have little differentiation by last name. For translated references, only retain the title in the original language, followed by the English title in square brackets, e.g.: Si, Ruo & Jingchao Zhao. 2019. 融媒时代纪实性视听作品创新模式 研究 [Research on the innovative mode of documentary audio-visual works in the era of media convergence].　Modern Communication (Journal of Communication University of China)　41(3). 116–121.　

The Shanghai International Studies University web page link in English is http://en.shisu.edu.cn/. We also have a journal specific web page, http://omgc.shisu.edu.cn/12332/list.htm, which covers events organized by the journal and other news.　

Your benefits of publishing with us

• High quality peer-reviewing　
• Open access publication under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
• History of submission and acceptance listed in the published article　
• Every article easily discoverable because of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and comprehensive　abstracting and indexing services
• Multi-lingual abstracts for maximum worldwide visibility　
• Secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico
• Professional sales and marketing activities　

Please note

• Before submitting your article, please have a look at our Publication Ethics Statement and our License to Publish, which must be agreed with before publication　
• Do not submit work that has been submitted elsewhere or has been published previously　
• All initial submissions are checked for plagiarism via Crossref Similarity Check
• Manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English　
• A Research Article should normally be no more than 8,000 words in text in English　

• If you have any general questions please visit our FAQ page for authors

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

Editor-in-Chief
Louisa Ha (Bowling Green State University, USA) | ORCID: 0000-0002-0223-368X

Co Editors-in-Chief
CHEN Peiqin (Shanghai International Studies University, China) | ORCID: 0000-0002-0348-4755
GUO Ke (Shanghai International Studies University, China) | ORCID: 0000-0002-1456-1584

Associate Editors
YAN　Yining (Shanghai International Studies University, China) | ORCID:　0000-0002-5916-8911
PAN Ji (Fudan University, China) | ORCID: 0000-0001-7802-1408

Managing Editor
LI Xiaomeng (Shanghai International Studies University, China) | ORCID: 0000-0002-5433-5733

Translation Coordinator and Editor
SUO Gefei (Shanghai International Studies University, China)

Copy Editor
Dane Claussen (Director of Research, Publications, and Professional Advancement, National Communication Association)

Editorial Board
Mohammad H. Abuljadail, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Tiziano Bonini, Siena University, Italy
Svetlana S. Bodrunova, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Jason Cabañes, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom [video]
Michael Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Teresa Correa, Diego Portales University-Santiago, Chile [video]
Afonso De Albuquerque, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
Marton Demeter, National University of Public Service, Hungary
Shahira Fahmy, American University at Cairo, Egypt
Homero Gil de Zuniga, University of Salamanca, Spain & Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.　[video]
Mei-Ling Hsu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, China
Kioko Ireri, United States International University-Kenya
Shaohai Jiang, National University of Singapore
Jaemin Jung, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Veronika Karnowski, TU Chemnitz, Germany
Zhi Li, Communication University of China, China
Jörg Matthes, University of Vienna, Austria
Hang Min, Tsinghua University, China
Victor Manuel Garcia Perdomo, Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia
David Nolan, University of Canberra, Australia
Ivanka Pjesivac, University of Georgia, U.S.A.
Bushra Hameedur Rahman,　Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan
Hernado Rojas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A.
Jiro Takai, Nagoya University, Japan
Melissa Tully, University of Iowa, U.S.A.
Hong Vu, University of Kansas, U.S.A.
Herman Wasserman, Stellenbosch University, South Africa [video]
Oscar Westlund, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway & University of Gothenburg, Sweden [video]
Lars Willnat, Syracuse University, U.S.A.
Zhi-Jin Zhong, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

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