Public Relations Review

Papers
(The H4-Index of Public Relations Review is 24. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board60
Corporate social advocacy or social issues management? Examining state flagship universities’ responses to the killing of George Floyd54
The impact of diversity communication on employee organizational identification and employee voice behaviors: A moderated mediation model52
The processes-to-end(s) paradox of public relations41
Social media advocacy and gun violence: Applying the engagement model to nonprofit organizations’ communication efforts40
Commentary is free: Issue management and gaining capital with thought leadership40
Examining message framing in a higher education crisis: A qualitative analysis of organizational perspectives and media portrayals38
Plain old Bess in a different dress? Disruptions of public relations in the digital age38
A quiver full of arrows: An examination of tactics employed by CEO activists in Ghana38
Spotlight on a complex crisis spillover: A multi-organisational perspective on rebuilding trust and reducing distrust in the Australian banking industry38
Social media in public relations scholarship: A database-based systematic review of published articles from 2015 to 202035
Relationship cultivation strategies in the metaverse30
Editorial essay: Artificial Intelligence and public relations29
Editorial Board29
Public relations in the new millennium: Towards a synoptic view of fifteen years of research in Public Relations Review in the 21st century (2000–2014)29
Emotional intelligence and public relations: An empirical review28
Understanding how corporate social responsibility partnership factors influence nonprofit supportive intentions27
A two-path model of the impact of LGBTQ+ diversity CSR levels on public response27
The role of public relations in a counterhegemony: A case study of the 1968 poor people’s campaign26
“Don’t Mess with Ukrainian Farmers”: An examination of Ukraine and Kyiv’s official Twitter accounts as crisis communication, public diplomacy, and nation building during Russian invasion26
“My body, my choice”: Discursive brandjacking and the strategic reframing of protest language25
Designing effective corporate social advocacy campaigns using valence, arousal, and issue salience25
Social impact taxonomy: A definitional framework25
Who’s missing out? The impact of digital networking behavior & social identity on PR job search outcomes24
Editorial Board24
Situational dependence of internal communication channels24
Black-owned business and passionate brand publics: A netnography of The Honey Pot Company PR crisis24
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