Communication Studies 18.2k citations
1.1k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Public Relations and Crisis Communication Social Media and Politics Media Studies and Communication Communication in Education and Healthcare Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Papers in i Public Relations and Crisis Communication 129 Media Studies and Communication 124 Social Media and Politics 99 Rhetoric and Communication Studies 235 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Communication Studies
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Communication 4.3k Social Psychology 6.4k Literature and Literary Theory 2.4k Gender Studies 1.9k Sociology and Political Science 7.7k Communication Research Reports United States
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About Communication Studies The 1.1k papers published in Communication Studies in the last decades have received a total of 18.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Communication Studies usually cover Communication (310 papers), Philosophy (249 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (241 papers), Social Psychology (437 papers) and Gender Studies (121 papers) specifically the topics of Rhetoric and Communication Studies (235 papers), Communication in Education and Healthcare (163 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (137 papers), Public Relations and Crisis Communication (129 papers), Media Studies and Communication (124 papers), Media Influence and Health (118 papers), Social Media and Politics (99 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (90 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Communication Studies are William L. Benoit , Kimberly Powell , Hee Sun Park , Keith Michael Hearit , Jeffrey W. Kassing , Patricia M. Sias , Denise Haunani Solomon , Leanne K. Knobloch , Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and Ascan F. Koerner .
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