Journal of Communication

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Communication is 21. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Response to “The effect of animated Sci-Fi characters’ racial presentation on narrative engagement, wishful identification, and physical activity intention among children”116
Misperceptions in sociopolitical context: belief sensitivity’s relationship with battleground state status and partisan segregation97
Correction to: Media Systems in the Digital Age: An Empirical Comparison of 30 Countries53
Inequities of race, place, and gender among the communication citation elite, 2000–201942
Race and gender intertwined: why intersecting identities matter for perceptions of incivility and content moderation on social media39
A longitudinal analysis of involuntary job loss and communication resilience processes during the COVID-19 pandemic38
A comprehensive experimental test of the affective disposition theory of drama37
Why we fight: investigating the moral appeals in terrorist propaganda, their predictors, and their association with attack severity36
Resilience organizing: a multilevel communication framework32
Formation mechanisms of intra-organizational membership overlap: a longitudinal network analysis of membership data from the International Communication Association32
A longitudinal test of relational turbulence theory and serial arguments in romantic relationships31
What should I believe? A conjoint analysis of the influence of message characteristics on belief in, perceived credibility of, and intent to share political posts31
Media Systems in the Digital Age: An Empirical Comparison of 30 Countries30
The Influence of affective and cognitive appeals on persuasion outcomes: a cross-cultural meta-analysis28
The Great and Powerful Dr. Oz? Alternative Health Media Consumption and Vaccine Views in the United States26
The Rise and Fall of Mass Communication Wm. L. Benoit & Andrew C. Billings26
Digital Contention in a Divided Society: Social Media, Parades and Protests in Northern Ireland24
Testing relational turbulence theory in daily life using dynamic structural equation modeling24
Questionable and Open Research Practices: Attitudes and Perceptions among Quantitative Communication Researchers23
Two faces of message repetition: audience favorability as a determinant of the explanatory capacities of processing fluency and message fatigue21
Words that trigger: a meta-analysis of threatening language, reactance, and persuasion in health21
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