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 ** Karen S. Green and Laverne S. Williams **  ** ENGL 7701 Research Methods in Technical and Professional Communication **  ** Project 1.6: Determining Recent Content in Technical & Professional Works ** Journal Title: //IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication//

Scope: This is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to applied research on professional communication, including--but not limited to--technical and business communication. It publishes original, empirical research which typically addresses one of these contexts:

· The communication practices of technical professionals, such as engineers and scientists · The practices of professional communicators who work in technical or business environments · Research-based methods for teaching and practicing professional communication

In addition to research articles, it publishes three sections that address teaching cases and tutorials, case studies and book reviews of recent publications in the field.

Publishing Frequency: Quarterly

Publisher: The Professional Communication Society (PCS) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Governance: PCS is managed by an Administrative Committee (AdCom) consisting of elected members at large, as well as appointed ex officio members. Both AdCom members-at-large and ex-officio AdCom members must be members of IEEE and PCS. PCS holds at least two business meetings each year.

Mission of PCS · Advance technical and scientific communication as an essential element of engineering · Help engineers, scientists, and other technically oriented professionals to communicate better in the workplace--both in speaking and in writing, both verbally and nonverbally · Promote and disseminate best practices and research results on the development, maintenance, delivery, and management of technical content · Promote and facilitate leading-edge education and training of engineers, scientists, and other technically oriented professionals in communication theory and practice

Membership: The //Transactions// has a global readership that includes both researchers and practicing professionals. The primary readership include professional and technical communicators, engineers, scientists and other technical professionals who communicate as part of their job and university instructors who include professional communication as part or all of their courses.

Topics of Most Recent Issue (December 2010): Miscommunication in International Virtual Workplaces; Quantitative Content Analysis in Technical Communication; Corporate Blogs; Technology Alignment in Virtual Team Research

IEEE TRANSACTIONS IN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION - TOPIC FOCUS BY YEAR 2008-2010

Vol. 53 || // ﻿ 1//: Assessment, engineering education, human communication, workplace language, automated test, aviation English, language testing, speech-recognition technology, electronic portfolios // ﻿ 2//: Collaborative learning, communication strategies, technology use, virtual teams, computer-mediated communication (CMC), Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), instant messaging (IM), media richness // ﻿ 4//: Blog, Web 2.0, knowledge management, social capital, social media, interpretative qualitative empirical cases, technical documentation, wikis ||  // ﻿ 3//: Concurrent think-aloud (CTA) protocol, eye tracking, think-aloud protocol, innovation, mixed methods, pattern-based methodology, postmodern, usability, user experience (UX), cognitive psychology  ||  Technical Communicators shaping Usability Studies  ||
 * Year ||  Issue Number/Article Keywords  ||  Special Issue Keywords  ||  Special Issue Focus  ||
 * 2010

Vol.52 ||  // ﻿ 1//: Face-to-face interaction, meeting outcomes, shared mental models, video-conferencing system, software development, traceability, social influence theory, cross-cultural IT acceptance // ﻿ 2//: Distance learning, pedagogy, Elaboration Likelihood Model, Information privacy anxiety (IPA), information privacy protection behavior (IPPB), protection motivation theory, self-efficacy, offshoring, outsourcing
 * Year ||  Issue Number/Article Keywords  ||  Special Issue Keywords  ||  Special Issue Focus  ||
 * 2009

//﻿4//: Information and communication technology (ICT), value-sensitive design (VSD), sustainable community development (SCD), media synchronicity, internet filtering || // ﻿ 3//: Data collection, data management, information economy, rhetoric, search engines, mobile technology, microformats, semantic web, visual communication  ||  Overlap between Professional Communication Activities and Information-Management Practices  ||

Vol.51 ||  // ﻿ 1//: Deception detection, channel expansion, Hofstede's model, structural equation modeling, information modality, publishing life cycle, public relations research, information visualization // ﻿ 2//: Darwinian perspectives, delay discounting, foraging theory, spatial abilities, affective forecasting, simulated threats, shared context approach, shared meanings approach, discourse regulations ||  // ﻿ 3//: Engineering design, engineering writing, phenomenology, computer-mediated peer review, writing-to-learn, data representation, enculturation, integrated curriculum, writing across the curriculum, ethics, globalization, intellectual property // ﻿ 4//: Communications overhead, cultural contexts, workplace productivity, asynchronous communication media, convergence communication, conveyance communication, media capacity theory, synchronous communication medium, cost minimization, anticipatory conformity, Sarbanes-Oxley Act ||  Communication as a Central Component of Engineering Curricula Instant Messaging in the Workplace ||
 * Year ||  Issue Number/Article Keywords  ||  Special Issue Keywords  ||  Special Issue Focus  ||
 * 2008