Communication Studies 19.6k citations
1.2k 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 101 Communication in Education and Healthcare 163 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics 137 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Communication Studies
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Communication 4.6k Social Psychology 6.7k Gender Studies 2.1k Literature and Literary Theory 2.5k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1.9k Communication Research Reports United States
Western Journal of Communication United States
Journal of Applied Communication Research United States
Annals of the International Communication Association United States
Social Science Information France
Communication Quarterly United States
Sociological Inquiry United States
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour United States
Journal of Language and Social Psychology United States
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About Communication Studies The 1.2k papers published in Communication Studies in the last decades have received a total of 19.6k indexed citations . Papers published in Communication Studies usually cover Communication (312 papers), Social Psychology (439 papers), Philosophy (251 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (242 papers) and Gender Studies (122 papers) specifically the topics of Rhetoric and Communication Studies (237 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 (101 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (91 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Communication Studies are William L. Benoit , Kimberly Powell , Keith Michael Hearit , Hee Sun Park , Jeffrey W. Kassing , Patricia M. Sias , Denise Haunani Solomon , Leanne K. Knobloch , Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and Ascan F. Koerner .
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