Using online bookstores’ 2015 data for publications in journalism and communication studies,this paper comments on their contents. Employing structural indices such as book titles,authors,introductions,publisher and sales rankings,it attempts to demonstrate the publishing features of this branch of learning.Results indicate that published treatises are susceptible to the double stresses induced jointly by administration and market. The article calls for building a more independent research evaluation mechanism. It also calls for an incentive mechanism for knowledge production.