Human Communication Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Human Communication Research is 7. 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
Effects of pro-white identity cues in American political candidate communication192
Reviewer Acknowledgement48
Reflecting on 50 years of theory inHuman Communication Research: where do we go from here38
Is more patient empowerment always better? Examining the moderating role of perceived physician’s argument quality38
Using enclave groups to discuss workplace cultural diversity and community inclusion36
That’s so immoral! Investigating the effects of moral violations reported in the form of (in)complete moral dyads in news articles on emotions and memory35
Interparental conflict and parent–child triangulation: a meta-analytical review of children feeling caught between parents27
Present, empathetic, and persuaded: a meta-analytic comparison of storytelling in high versus low immersive mediated environments26
La inclusión relacional: examining neoliberal tensions, relational opportunities, and fixed understandings in diversity, equity, and inclusion work in the Global South22
End-of-life topic avoidance among gender-diverse young adults: the importance of normalizing gender-affirming end-of-life conversations21
Ushering in an age of scientific principles for communication research20
A framework of moderators in social norm-based message persuasiveness based on a systematic review20
Fifty-years of theory-driven research in HCR: prominence, progress, and opportunities17
Mutual influence in support seeking and provision behaviors during comforting conversations: a turn-level analysis16
The separate and combined effects of (in)accessible and (un)sophisticated political communication on citizens’ reasoning and attitudes toward politicians15
“It strikes a chord within me”: a mixed-method exploration of existential resonance in eudaimonic entertainment experiences15
Revisiting the Relationship Between Deception and Design: A Replication and Extension of Hancock et al. (2004)14
Will political disagreement silence political expression? The role of information repertoire filtration and discussion network heterogeneity14
Discounting constituent attitudes: motivated reasoning, ambiguity, and policymaker perceptions of constituent characteristics14
Beliefs as causal mediators in the design of communication interventions: exploring semantic and affective priming in parallel encouragement designs13
Psychological insight as an effect of inspiring narratives: validating the psychological insight self-report scale12
Revisiting the effects of an inoculation treatment on psychological reactance: a conceptual replication and extension with self-report and psychophysiological measures12
Partisan YouTube use and evaluation of knowledge in Korea and the United States: a fresh perspective via the Dunning–Kruger effect11
Emotional Appeals, Climate Change, and Young Adults: A Direct Replication of Skurka et al. (2018)11
Rethinking Communication in the Era of Artificial Intelligence10
Communication Interdependence and Cohabitation: The Role of Interpersonal Technologies in Satisfaction and Disillusionment among Couples in Transition10
Is news media sharing an active framing process? Examining whether individual tweets retain news media frames about climate change10
Communication and the self: past, present, and future10
Media literacy interventions: meta-analytic review of 40 years of research10
Tuning out tenderness: the influence of gender and friends on U.S. adolescents’ emotional self-socialization via film selection and avoidance10
Can’t stop thinking aboutStar WarsandThe Office: antecedents of retrospective imaginative involvement9
Deliberating alone: deliberative bias and giving up on political talk9
The role of value references in shaping cultures of engagement: evidence from COVID-19 news on Facebook in Romania and the U.K.8
An extension of advice response theory over time8
Do Audiences Judge the Morality of Characters Relativistically? How Interdependence Affects Perceptions of Characters’ Temporal Moral Descent7
When Machine and Bandwagon Heuristics Compete: Understanding Users’ Response to Conflicting AI and Crowdsourced Fact-Checking7
How Do Individuals in a Radical Echo Chamber React to Opposing Views? Evidence from a Content Analysis of Stormfront7
Getting socialized but trying not to get stuck: early career professionals’ liminality in dual socialization processes7
Correction to: Resilience in Interracial–Interethnic Relationships in the United States: Assessing Relationship Maintenance and Communal Orientation as Protection Against Network Stigma7
From serial reproduction to serial communication: transmission of the focus of comparison in lay communication about gender inequality7
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