PRism (ISSN 1448-4404) is a free-access, online, peer-refereed public relations and communication research journal. It was established in 2002 to meet the need for readily available, quality controlled public relations and communication research materials online, and published its first issue in 2003.

PRism is supported by a diverse and distinguished editorial board comprising 50 international academics with extensive scholarly and practical public relations and communication expertise. Board members are particularly dedicated to the support and encouragement of new scholarship in public relations and communication, through detailed and constructive refereeing.

PRism is ranked as a 'B' journal in the 2008 listing of international refereed journal quality rankings from the Australian Business Deans Council, meaning it is formally recognised by independent external assessment as a "well regarded journal in the field" that "publishes research of a good standard in terms of originality, significance and rigour and papers are fully refereed according to good standards and practices" (Australian Business Deans, 2008).

Each PRism issue contains full-length refereed scholarly articles, shorter non-refereed commentary pieces, and a range of book reviews, opinion pieces, and/or conference reports. We welcome both practical and critical perspectives on public relations and public communication. We use 'public relations' in its broadest sense, to encompass all communication within and between organisations or individuals and their social, environmental, and political context, including but not limited to community relations, industry relations, lobbying, media communication, corporate social responsibility, marketing communication, internal communication, reputation management, financial relations, fundraising, issues management, public affairs, relationship management, crisis communication, social marketing, and more.  In our special issues we have also published articles on broader aspects of communication such as journalism and visual communication, and on the intersections of communication with other disciplinary fields such as education.

The PRism Prize: PRism offers a cash prize for guest editorship of a special issue: click here for details.

• Volume 1, Issue 1 - 2003
• Volume 2, Issue 1 - 2004
• Volume 3, Issue 1 - 2005
• Volume 3, Issue 2 - August 2005: Special issue from the Social Marketing Downunder Conference
• Volume 4, Issue 1 - 2006  
• Volume 4, Issue 2 - June 2006: Special issue on public relations measurement and evaluation
• Volume 4, Issue 3 - Special issue on visual and audio-visual communication
• Volume 5, Issues 1 and 2 - Double issue incorporating 2007's  special issue on public relations pedagogy plus our regular omnibus issue for 2008
• Volume 6, Issue 1 - 2009. 

• 2009/10 call for papers: Public relations and gender (special issue to be published in 2010, winner of the PRism Prize)
  
• 2009/10 call for papers: Online social experience, communication practice, and  public relations (special issue to be published in 2010, winner of the George Hines Award)
  
• Ongoing call for papers: General issues
  
• Ongoing call for papers: Special issue on visual and audio-visual communication (ongoing living archive issue)

• Editorial Board
• The Refereeing Process
• Submission Guidelines
• Advice to Book Reviewers
• PRism House Style Guide

• Australian Business Deans Council Journal List: http://www.abdc.edu.au/3.36.0.0.1.0.htm

• Australian Government Department of Education, Science, and Training's register of refereed journals: click here.

• Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org

• Bowker's Ulrich's Periodicals Directory: http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb

• Australian Journals Online: http://www.nla.gov.au/ajol/

• The International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication: http://www.icaap.org

• NewJour, the Internet List for Electronic Journals and Newsletters Available on the Internet: http://gort.ucsd.edu/newjour/

• Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/  (If you are a PRism author seeking to demonstrate the impact of your PRism article, enter its title into Google Scholar, and that system can show you how many times it has been cited, where, and how. PRism authors are also welcome to email the editor, Elspeth Tilley, to request download statistics for their article.)