Journal of Communication

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Communication is 20. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Response to “The effect of animated Sci-Fi characters’ racial presentation on narrative engagement, wishful identification, and physical activity intention among children”124
Misperceptions in sociopolitical context: belief sensitivity’s relationship with battleground state status and partisan segregation102
Correction to: Media Systems in the Digital Age: An Empirical Comparison of 30 Countries58
Why we fight: investigating the moral appeals in terrorist propaganda, their predictors, and their association with attack severity44
Race and gender intertwined: why intersecting identities matter for perceptions of incivility and content moderation on social media44
A longitudinal analysis of involuntary job loss and communication resilience processes during the COVID-19 pandemic41
Inequities of race, place, and gender among the communication citation elite, 2000–201939
A comprehensive experimental test of the affective disposition theory of drama37
Resilience organizing: a multilevel communication framework36
Formation mechanisms of intra-organizational membership overlap: a longitudinal network analysis of membership data from the International Communication Association33
Media Systems in the Digital Age: An Empirical Comparison of 30 Countries33
What should I believe? A conjoint analysis of the influence of message characteristics on belief in, perceived credibility of, and intent to share political posts33
A longitudinal test of relational turbulence theory and serial arguments in romantic relationships31
The Influence of affective and cognitive appeals on persuasion outcomes: a cross-cultural meta-analysis30
Partisan news users in the United States and India on either side seldom use fact checkers27
Measurement invariance of core communication constructs across race, nationality, and age26
Words that trigger: a meta-analysis of threatening language, reactance, and persuasion in health24
Digital Contention in a Divided Society: Social Media, Parades and Protests in Northern Ireland24
Questionable and Open Research Practices: Attitudes and Perceptions among Quantitative Communication Researchers23
Testing relational turbulence theory in daily life using dynamic structural equation modeling23
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