OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chinese Journal of Communication is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Caught in the crossfire: multi-stakeholder governance challenges and platform responses in the Chinese context	27
When are consumers more likely to purchase counterfeit products? An exploration from the perspective of information framing in communication	24
China in symbolic communication	21
Youth culture of self-mockery: bodily memes and economies of affect in China’s online space	17
Non-single dating app use and the cognitive and psychological mechanisms of infidelity: gender differences	17
Globalization in international tensions: the impact of military conflicts on the cultural orientations of multinational corporations’ advertising in modern China (1932–1937)	15
The making of a livestreaming village: algorithmic practices and place-making in North Xiazhu	13
Mob censorship in China: ChiRenxueMantou , digital press criticism, and journalists’ failed jurisdiction	12
Equivalence framing and its effects on truth judgments: evidence from China	12
Made in Italy by Chinese: fashionability and transnational Chinese entrepreneurs	12
The platformization of China’s film distribution in a pandemic era	12
An eye-tracking study to examine the impacts of happy versus sad program-induced moods on brand attitude: the moderating role of advertising disclosure	11
Digital transnationalism: Chinese-language media in Australia	10
From perception to intention: exploring perceived value in Chinese-language podcast platforms	10
Trading time for discretion: grassroots officials’ response dynamics on digital administrative platforms in China	8
Pandemic control and public evaluation of government performance in Hong Kong	8
High wire: how China regulates big tech and governs its economy	8
Communicating LGBTQ-supportive CSR for corporate legitimacy: a cultural discourse analysis in Hong Kong	8
Tencent: the political economy of China’s surging internet giant	7
From click to boom: the political economy of E-Commerce in China	7
Boundary, authority, and legitimacy: journalistic occupational discourse in China	7
Communicating via gold medal: Chinese Olympic athletes’ visual self-presentation on the social media platform Douyin	7
From surveillance to taste-making: exploring the influence of algorithmic agency on consumer experiences in casual leisure	6
Digital citizenship in China: everyday online practices of Chinese young people Digital citizenship in China: everyday online practices of Chinese young people , by Jun	5
Social media amplification of risk perceptions of and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination among older Chinese adults	4

Producing new farmers in Chinese rural live E-commerce: platformization, labor, and live E-commerce sellers in Huaiyang	4
Hanfu as therapeutic governance in neo/non-liberal China: a multimodal discourse analysis of Hanfu videos on Bilibili	4
Functioning, failing, and fixing: logistical media and legitimacy in Macao during the pandemic	4
The Great Tech Rivalry: China versus the U.S.	4
After “BAT,” What? Reimagining the internet for social development in post-crisis China	4
Communication, technology and development at a critical juncture: revisiting Dallas Smythe in China	4
Affective polarization in online cross-cutting discussions about traditional Chinese Medicine: national identity’s moderation effect	3
Techno-nationalism as the cultural logic of global infrastructural capitalism: media spectacles and cyber-situations in Huawei Meng Wanzhou’s extradition case	3
The effects of worry, risk perception, information-seeking experience, and trust in misinformation on COVID-19 fact-checking: a survey study in China	3
Consequences of deceptive self-presentation in online dating	3
Who are the people? Populists’ articulation of “the people” in contemporary China	3
Between national development and personal precarity: the social construction of robotaxis from taxi drivers’ perspective in China	3
When digital money meets relational surveillance: overseeing and reshaping people’s ordinary lives, emotions, and social relations in small towns and villages through Alipay	3
Enveloped in mediated pandemic: Immersion as a mediator of the effects of media exposure on perceived severity and behavioral intention	3
To learn or to have fun? How paratexts of entertainment education programs affect fans’ informal learning	3
Underwater carnival: explaining how Thai boys’ love drama series “sneak” into Chinese media cyberspace	3