John Downing

134 total papers · 3.8k total citations
42 papers, 920 citations indexed

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John Downing is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, John Downing has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 920 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Communication, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in John Downing’s work include Media Studies and Communication (8 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (5 papers) and Social Media and Politics (4 papers). John Downing is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (8 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (5 papers) and Social Media and Politics (4 papers). John Downing collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John Downing's co-authors include Elaine B. Kerr, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Annabelle Sreberny‐Mohammadi, Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Philip Schlesinger, Ellen Wartella, Denis McQuail, Carl Braun, Paula Chakravartty and Terry Mizrahi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Communication.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Downing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Downing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Downing based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with John Downing. John Downing is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

John Downing

36 papers receiving 727 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by John Downing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by John Downing

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