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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
A quiver full of arrows: An examination of tactics employed by CEO activists in Ghana87
Commentary is free: Issue management and gaining capital with thought leadership50
Social media in public relations scholarship: A database-based systematic review of published articles from 2015 to 202046
The impact of diversity communication on employee organizational identification and employee voice behaviors: A moderated mediation model46
Examining message framing in a higher education crisis: A qualitative analysis of organizational perspectives and media portrayals45
Plain old Bess in a different dress? Disruptions of public relations in the digital age44
The processes-to-end(s) paradox of public relations36
Business-centered versus socially responsible corporate diversity communication. An assessment of stakeholder (dis)agreement on Twitter35
Corporate social advocacy or social issues management? Examining state flagship universities’ responses to the killing of George Floyd34
Spotlight on a complex crisis spillover: A multi-organisational perspective on rebuilding trust and reducing distrust in the Australian banking industry33
Social media advocacy and gun violence: Applying the engagement model to nonprofit organizations’ communication efforts32
Relationship cultivation strategies in the metaverse32
Enhancing Employee Engagement via Leaders’ Motivational Language in times of crisis: Perspectives from the COVID-19 outbreak31
Editorial Board29
Public expectations of crisis outcomes in the social media era in China: A communication-mediated psychological mechanism29
Designing effective corporate social advocacy campaigns using valence, arousal, and issue salience28
A blame narrative approach to apologetic crisis management: The serial apologiae of United Airlines28
The role of public relations in a counterhegemony: A case study of the 1968 poor people’s campaign28
Understanding how corporate social responsibility partnership factors influence nonprofit supportive intentions27
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)27
Culture and internal communication in Chile: Linking ethical organizational culture, transparent communication, and employee advocacy26
Emotional intelligence and public relations: An empirical review24
Editorial Board24
“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 invasion24
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