Human Communication Research is an active peer-reviewed academic journal covering empirical work in any area of human communication and human symbolic processes. It was established in 1974 and is published quarterly by Oxford University Press (since 2018; previously published by Wiley Blackwell). It is an official journal of the International Communication Association.

The journal publishes important research and reports that contribute to the expanding body of knowledge about human communication, working to advance understanding of human symbolic processes with a strong emphasis on theory-driven research, the development of new theoretical models in communication, and the development of innovative methods for observing and measuring communication behaviour. The journal has a broad social-science focus and has important applications to scholars in psychology, sociology, linguistics, and anthropology, as well as areas of communication studies.

Major topic areas for the journal include language and social interaction, nonverbal communication, interpersonal communication, organisational communication and new technologies, mass communication, health communication, intercultural communication, and developmental issues in communication.

The Internet Archive Collection contains microfilm published between 1974 and 2015.

Human Communication Research can be found online at: https://academic.oup.com/hcr

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Communication_Research

International Communication Association: https://www.icahdq.org/

The ISSN is: 0360-3989