OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Communication Theory 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Mathematical models of message discrepancy: previous models and a modified psychological discounting model	59
A systematic review of applications, manipulations and manipulation checks of construal level theory in advertising	57
Can conspiracy theories ever be plausible? The role of narrative rationality in the assessment of online conspiracy theories	52
Approaching evolutionary communication	50
What is the history of communication?	46
Encoding and decoding in the human–machine discourse	46
Decolonizing the public sphere(s)?: A historical trajectory of justice-seeking subaltern public communication in the Middle East	35
Theory and Method for Studying How Media Messages Prompt Shared Brain Responses Along the Sensation-to-Cognition Continuum	32
Disinformation as process: modeling the lifecycle of deceit	32
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	21
Dismantling the Western Canon in Media Studies	18
A mental models approach to communication: integrating the features, functions, and mechanisms of mental modeling	15
Hybrid Space revisited: from concept toward theory	12
How are worlds communicatively constituted?	11
Understanding the role of community membership in journalistic authority claims: a framework informed by boundary work and fan studies	11
Virtual relationship memory: a conceptual model of mediated communication and relational dissolution	11
Embodied schema information processing theory: an underlying mechanism of embodied cognition in communication	9
The journalist in the story. Conceptualizing ethos as integral framework to study news production, news texts and news audiences	9
Incivility as a Violation of Communication Norms—A Typology Based on Normative Expectations toward Political Communication	8
A social constructivist viewpoint of media effects: extending the social influence model of technology use to media effects	8
Democracy in the digital public sphere: disruptive or self-corrective?	8
Communicative intersectionality: advocating for equality, diversity, and inclusion in media industries	7
Re-Conceptualizing Solitude in the Digital Era: From “Being Alone” to “Noncommunication”	7
Back to Bandung for the Future: The Never-Ending Project of De-imperialization	7

Visioning a two-level human–machine communication framework: initiating conversations between explainable AI and communication	7
The Many-Sided Franklin Ford and the History of a Post-Discipline	7