Human Communication Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Human Communication Research is 5. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
The reconstructability of persuasive message variables affects the variability of experimental effect sizes: evidence and implications75
Reviewer Acknowledgement29
Stress, relational turbulence, and communal coping during the COVID-19 pandemic27
Can’t stop thinking aboutStar WarsandThe Office: antecedents of retrospective imaginative involvement26
Is news media sharing an active framing process? Examining whether individual tweets retain news media frames about climate change25
Trolls without borders: a comparative analysis of six foreign countries’ online propaganda campaigns25
Turbulence, framing, and planning among college daters: testing relational turbulence theory in a dyadic, lab study22
The majority of fact-checking labels in the United States are intense and this decreases engagement intention22
Using enclave groups to discuss workplace cultural diversity and community inclusion21
“City by city:” reclaiming people of color voices through the Narrative Justice Project19
La inclusión relacional: examining neoliberal tensions, relational opportunities, and fixed understandings in diversity, equity, and inclusion work in the Global South16
Communication Interdependence and Cohabitation: The Role of Interpersonal Technologies in Satisfaction and Disillusionment among Couples in Transition16
Consider the time dimension: theorizing and formalizing sequential media selection14
Theme and sentiment of posts in a weight loss subreddit predict popularity, engagement, and users’ weight loss: a computational approach13
Practical rationality as a determinant of formality in communicative situations: toward a procedure for causal interpretation in qualitative communication research13
That’s so immoral! Investigating the effects of moral violations reported in the form of (in)complete moral dyads in news articles on emotions and memory10
Contesting illness: communicative (dis)enfranchisement in patient–provider conversations about chronic overlapping pain conditions10
Deliberating alone: deliberative bias and giving up on political talk10
They will hate us for this: effects of media coverage on Islamist terror attacks on Muslims’ perceptions of public opinion, perceived risk of victimization, and behavioral intentions9
Algorithms and Organizing8
Is more patient empowerment always better? Examining the moderating role of perceived physician’s argument quality8
Effects of pro-white identity cues in American political candidate communication8
Persuasion in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Theories and Complications of AI-Based Persuasion8
Second screening and trust in professional and alternative media: the mediating role of media efficacy8
Present, empathetic, and persuaded: a meta-analytic comparison of storytelling in high versus low immersive mediated environments8
The Effects of Political Incivility on Political Trust and Political Participation: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Research8
Reflecting on 50 years of theory inHuman Communication Research: where do we go from here8
Replication Note: What is Political Incivility?8
Love and politics: The influence of politically (dis)similar romantic relationships on political participation and relationship satisfaction7
Public speaking goes to China: cultural discourses of circulation6
High-Quality Listening Supports Speakers’ Autonomy and Self-Esteem when Discussing Prejudice6
Why do individuals create posts on organizations’ social media pages? Identifications, functions, and audiences beyond the organizational boundary for social change6
Tuning out tenderness: the influence of gender and friends on U.S. adolescents’ emotional self-socialization via film selection and avoidance6
Persuasive message effects via activated and modified belief clusters: toward a general theory6
Examining difficult conversations and transitional identities through Relational Liminality Theory5
From serial reproduction to serial communication: transmission of the focus of comparison in lay communication about gender inequality5
The role of value references in shaping cultures of engagement: evidence from COVID-19 news on Facebook in Romania and the U.K.5
End-of-life topic avoidance among gender-diverse young adults: the importance of normalizing gender-affirming end-of-life conversations5
The influence of threat and right-wing authoritarianism on the selection of online (dis)information—a conceptual replication and extension of Lavine et al. (2005)5
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