OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Media and Communication is 22. 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
AI-Powered Social Media for Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	65
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Politicisation of the Domestic: Populist Narratives About Covid-19 Among Influencers	55
Fact-Checkers on the Fringe: Investigating Methods and Practices Associated With Contested Areas of Fact-Checking	51
Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Media Innovation and Change	46
Behind the Screen: The Use of Facebook Accounts With Inauthentic Behavior During European Elections	40
European Elections in Times of (Poly)Crises: Populism, Polarization, Emotions, and the Deliberative Disintegration	40
Managing Organisational Tensions in Cross-Sector Collaboration: The Case of Mediapolis	39
Instaworthy? Examining the Effects of (Targeted) Civic Education Ads on Instagram	38
Democracy, Deliberation, and Media: The Role of Incidental Exposure and News Consumption	38
The EU’s FIMI Turn: How the European Union External Action Service Reframed the Disinformation Fight	37
On the Continued Need for Replication in Media and Communication Research	33
Points of Contact Between Activism, Populism, and Fandom on Social Media	32
Between Conflict and Solidarity: Pandemic Media Coverage of Romanian Intra-EU Labour Migrants	31
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The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory: Twitter’s Political Influencers, Narratives, and Information Sources	27
Digital Media Domestication and Job Paths Among Older People: An Ethnographic Investigation	26
Adolescents’ Understanding of the Model of Sponsored Content of Social Media Influencer Instagram Stories	26
Media Hybridization and the Strategic Value of Political Incivility: Insights From Italian Journalists	26
Digital Competencies for New Journalistic Work in Media Outlets: A Systematic Review	25
Editorial: Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media	24
Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media	23
Harmony in Political Discourse? The Impact of High-Quality Listening on Speakers’ Perceptions Following Political Conversations	22
Charting the Impacts of Media Discourses on the European Integration Project	22
When Latin American Melodrama Meets Nordic Noir: How SVOD Reshapes Chilean TV Fiction	22

Symbiosis or Precarity? Digital Platforms’ Role on Australian Digital-Native Journalism and Their Funding Models