Technical Communication Quarterly Sep 2000

Points of reference in technical communication scholarship

Elizabeth Overman Smith Auburn University

Abstract

Identified in this article are 163 texts selected from a database of over 25,000 citations collected from five technical communication journals between 1988 and 1997. The texts—points of reference—represent the research, theory, and practice of technical communication.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2000-09-01
DOI
10.1080/10572250009364708
Open Access
Closed
Topics
technical communication

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (12)

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  2. Hunter (2024)
    Toward TPC-UX: UX Topics in TPC Journals 2013–2022
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  3. Tham (2024)
    The CCCC Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication, 2004–2022: …
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  4. Turner (2022)
    Key-notes: A Content Analysis of ATTW Conferences 1998-2018
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  5. Friess et al. (2021)
    Identifying Commonalities and Divergences Between Technical Communication Schol…
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  1. Melonçon et al. (2020)
    A Field-Wide Metasynthesis of Pedagogical Research in Technical and Professiona…
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  2. Meloncon et al. (2019)
    Empirical Research in Technical and Professional Communication: A 5-Year Examin…
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  3. Ward (2010)
    The Ethic of Exigence
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  4. Savage et al. (2010)
    Technical Communication Internship Requirements in the Academic Economy: How We…
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  5. Rude (2009)
    Mapping the Research Questions in Technical Communication
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  6. Ward (2009)
    The Banality of Rhetoric? Assessing Steven Katz's “the Ethic of Expediency” aga…
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  7. Moore (2004)
    Questioning the Motives of Technical Communication and Rhetoric: Steven Katz's …
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Cites in this index (7)

  1. Smith (2000)
    Strength in the Technical Communication Journals and Diversity in the Serials Cited
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. Goggin (1997)
    Composing a discipline: The role of scholarly journals in the disciplinary emer…
    Rhetoric Review
  3. SULLIVAN (1996)
    Displaying Disciplinarity
    Written Communication
  4. REINSCH et al. (1996)
    Some Assessments of Business Communication Scholarship from Social Science Citations
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  5. RIVERS (1994)
    Studies in the History of Business and Technical Writing
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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  1. DRAGGA (1993)
    Women and the Profession of Technical Writing
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. Porter (1986)
    Intertextuality and the discourse community
    Rhetoric Review
Also cites 4 works outside this index ↓
  1. 10.1109/47.62816
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  2. 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(198909)40:5<342::AID-ASI7>3.0.CO;2-U
     ↗
  3. (1997)
    10.1109/TPC.1997.649552
    Methods and Theory of Communication Research Spec, issue of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication  ↗
  4. 10.1177/108056999505800116
     ↗
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