OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Communication Theory is 8. 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.)

Article	Citations
Mathematical models of message discrepancy: previous models and a modified psychological discounting model	57
A systematic review of applications, manipulations and manipulation checks of construal level theory in advertising	55
Can conspiracy theories ever be plausible? The role of narrative rationality in the assessment of online conspiracy theories	51
Approaching evolutionary communication	48
What is the history of communication?	44
Disinformation as process: modeling the lifecycle of deceit	42
Decolonizing the public sphere(s)?: A historical trajectory of justice-seeking subaltern public communication in the Middle East	41
Digital Discipline: Theorizing Concertive Control in Online Communities1	32
Theory and Method for Studying How Media Messages Prompt Shared Brain Responses Along the Sensation-to-Cognition Continuum	30
Social cohesion in platformized public spheres: toward a conceptual framework	28
Digital propaganda is not simply propaganda in digital garb: toward an expanded theory of propaganda	25
Dismantling the Western Canon in Media Studies	23
A mental models approach to communication: integrating the features, functions, and mechanisms of mental modeling	17
Hybrid Space revisited: from concept toward theory	17
Virtual relationship memory: a conceptual model of mediated communication and relational dissolution	14
Embodied schema information processing theory: an underlying mechanism of embodied cognition in communication	13
Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: a framework informed by boundary work and fan studies	13
Rethinking the Rhetorical Epistemics of Gaslighting	11
Social Control of Intellect: Four Features of the Academic–Media Nexus	11
The journalist in the story. Conceptualizing ethos as integral framework to study news production, news texts and news audiences	11
Beyond Neutrality: Conceptualizing Platform Values	9
Incivility as a Violation of Communication Norms—A Typology Based on Normative Expectations toward Political Communication	9
Democracy in the digital public sphere: disruptive or self-corrective?	9
Back to Bandung for the Future: The Never-Ending Project of De-imperialization	8
Visioning a two-level human–machine communication framework: initiating conversations between explainable AI and communication	8

A social constructivist viewpoint of media effects: extending the social influence model of technology use to media effects