OOIR: Observatory of International 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Reflecting on 50 years of theory inHuman Communication Research: where do we go from here	228
Reviewer Acknowledgement	52
Is more patient empowerment always better? Examining the moderating role of perceived physician’s argument quality	44
La inclusión relacional: examining neoliberal tensions, relational opportunities, and fixed understandings in diversity, equity, and inclusion work in the Global South	42
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 memory	39
Interparental conflict and parent–child triangulation: a meta-analytical review of children feeling caught between parents	33
Using enclave groups to discuss workplace cultural diversity and community inclusion	32
Present, empathetic, and persuaded: a meta-analytic comparison of storytelling in high versus low immersive mediated environments	27
Effects of pro-white identity cues in American political candidate communication	22
End-of-life topic avoidance among gender-diverse young adults: the importance of normalizing gender-affirming end-of-life conversations	22
Ushering in an age of scientific principles for communication research	19
Relational introspections with machines: a social-cognitive framework of trait perception, relational schemas, and trust in intention to use AI	19
A framework of moderators in social norm-based message persuasiveness based on a systematic review	17
Fifty-years of theory-driven research in HCR: prominence, progress, and opportunities	17
“It strikes a chord within me”: a mixed-method exploration of existential resonance in eudaimonic entertainment experiences	16
Mutual influence in support seeking and provision behaviors during comforting conversations: a turn-level analysis	16
The separate and combined effects of (in)accessible and (un)sophisticated political communication on citizens’ reasoning and attitudes toward politicians	15
Will political disagreement silence political expression? The role of information repertoire filtration and discussion network heterogeneity	14
Discounting constituent attitudes: motivated reasoning, ambiguity, and policymaker perceptions of constituent characteristics	14
Psychological insight as an effect of inspiring narratives: validating the psychological insight self-report scale	12
Partisan YouTube use and evaluation of knowledge in Korea and the United States: a fresh perspective via the Dunning–Kruger effect	12
Revisiting the effects of an inoculation treatment on psychological reactance: a conceptual replication and extension with self-report and psychophysiological measures	12
Beliefs as causal mediators in the design of communication interventions: exploring semantic and affective priming in parallel encouragement designs	12
Is news media sharing an active framing process? Examining whether individual tweets retain news media frames about climate change	11
Media literacy interventions: meta-analytic review of 40 years of research	11

Deliberating alone: deliberative bias and giving up on political talk	11
Rethinking Communication in the Era of Artificial Intelligence	11
Tuning out tenderness: the influence of gender and friends on U.S. adolescents’ emotional self-socialization via film selection and avoidance	9
Can’t stop thinking aboutStar WarsandThe Office: antecedents of retrospective imaginative involvement	9
From serial reproduction to serial communication: transmission of the focus of comparison in lay communication about gender inequality	8
Getting socialized but trying not to get stuck: early career professionals’ liminality in dual socialization processes	8
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 time	8
Communication and the self: past, present, and future	8
Correction to: Resilience in Interracial–Interethnic Relationships in the United States: Assessing Relationship Maintenance and Communal Orientation as Protection Against Network Stigma	7
The CODE^SHIFT model: a data justice framework for collective impact and social transformation	7
Local government engagement practices and Indigenous interventions: Learning to listen to Indigenous voices	7
When Machine and Bandwagon Heuristics Compete: Understanding Users’ Response to Conflicting AI and Crowdsourced Fact-Checking	7
News Finds Me as the illusion of competence: evidence for overconfidence in discernment of political misinformation	7
Organizing expectations: the co-constitutive dynamics of AI imaginaries	7
Belief maintenance as a media effect: a conceptualization and empirical approach	7