''Written Communication'' is a quarterly

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that publishes papers in the field of

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. The

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are Dylan Dryer (

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) and Mya Poe (

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). It was established in 1984 and is published by

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2022

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of 1.9.

History

''Written Communication'' was established in October 1984 with Stephen P. Witte and John Daly as its founding editors. While Daly ceased working with the publication in 1989, Witte remained chief editor until his death in 2004. Following Daly's departure, Witte worked alongside others at different periods of the journal's history, including Roger D. Cherry and Keith Walters of

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

and Deborah Brandt and

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of the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

. Following Witte's death from ''

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'', his surviving wife, Christina Haas of the

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, took over the editorship of the journal. Chad Wickman of

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and a tota ...

served as the editor-in-chief from 2017 to the end of 2022; the last issue he oversaw was published in March 2023. Since January 2023, the journal has been co-edited by Dylan Dryer (

) and Mya Poe (

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