Communication Theory

Papers
(The H4-Index of Communication Theory is 13. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Mathematical models of message discrepancy: previous models and a modified psychological discounting model71
Can conspiracy theories ever be plausible? The role of narrative rationality in the assessment of online conspiracy theories64
A systematic review of applications, manipulations and manipulation checks of construal level theory in advertising59
Approaching evolutionary communication54
Decolonizing the public sphere(s)?: A historical trajectory of justice-seeking subaltern public communication in the Middle East41
What is the history of communication?41
Encoding and decoding in the human–machine discourse32
Disinformation as process: modeling the lifecycle of deceit23
Digital propaganda is not simply propaganda in digital garb: toward an expanded theory of propaganda22
Theory and Method for Studying How Media Messages Prompt Shared Brain Responses Along the Sensation-to-Cognition Continuum18
Dismantling the Western Canon in Media Studies14
Social cohesion in platformized public spheres: toward a conceptual framework14
A mental models approach to communication: integrating the features, functions, and mechanisms of mental modeling13
Virtual relationship memory: a conceptual model of mediated communication and relational dissolution13
Hybrid Space revisited: from concept toward theory13
How are worlds communicatively constituted?13
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