Journal of Communication

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Communication is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Inequities of race, place, and gender among the communication citation elite, 2000–2019106
Response to “The effect of animated Sci-Fi characters’ racial presentation on narrative engagement, wishful identification, and physical activity intention among children”84
A comprehensive experimental test of the affective disposition theory of drama48
Misperceptions in sociopolitical context: belief sensitivity’s relationship with battleground state status and partisan segregation45
Why we fight: investigating the moral appeals in terrorist propaganda, their predictors, and their association with attack severity36
Race and gender intertwined: why intersecting identities matter for perceptions of incivility and content moderation on social media34
Correction to: Media Systems in the Digital Age: An Empirical Comparison of 30 Countries33
A longitudinal analysis of involuntary job loss and communication resilience processes during the COVID-19 pandemic32
Resilience organizing: a multilevel communication framework28
Media Systems in the Digital Age: An Empirical Comparison of 30 Countries28
Formation mechanisms of intra-organizational membership overlap: a longitudinal network analysis of membership data from the International Communication Association28
What should I believe? A conjoint analysis of the influence of message characteristics on belief in, perceived credibility of, and intent to share political posts27
A longitudinal test of relational turbulence theory and serial arguments in romantic relationships27
Democratic Consequences of Incidental Exposure to Political Information: A Meta-Analysis24
The Influence of affective and cognitive appeals on persuasion outcomes: a cross-cultural meta-analysis23
Words that trigger: a meta-analysis of threatening language, reactance, and persuasion in health22
Questionable and Open Research Practices: Attitudes and Perceptions among Quantitative Communication Researchers21
Testing relational turbulence theory in daily life using dynamic structural equation modeling21
Digital Contention in a Divided Society: Social Media, Parades and Protests in Northern Ireland20
The Rise and Fall of Mass Communication Wm. L. Benoit & Andrew C. Billings20
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