Jörg Matthes

20.0k total citations · 10 hit papers
299 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Jörg Matthes is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg Matthes has authored 299 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 131 papers in Communication and 56 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Jörg Matthes's work include Social Media and Politics (101 papers), Media Studies and Communication (54 papers) and Media Influence and Health (51 papers). Jörg Matthes is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (101 papers), Media Studies and Communication (54 papers) and Media Influence and Health (51 papers). Jörg Matthes collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Jörg Matthes's co-authors include Andrew F. Hayes, Matthias Kohring, Desirée Schmuck, Brigitte Naderer, Johannes Knoll, Raffael Heiss, Christian Schemer, Kathrin Karsay, Anja Stević and Werner Wirth and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Business Research and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jörg Matthes

267 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Computational procedures for probing interactions in OLS ... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2009 2008 2017 2017 2016 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Computational procedures for probing interactions in OLS and logistic regression: SPSS and SAS implementations
    2009 2.0k citations Jörg Matthes et al. profile →
  2. The Content Analysis of Media Frames: Toward Improving Reliability and Validity
    2008 643 citations Jörg Matthes et al. profile →
  3. Political communication in a high-choice media environment: a challenge for democracy?
    2017 556 citations Peter Van Aelst, Jesper Strömbäck et al. profile →
  4. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods
    2017 475 citations Jörg Matthes et al. profile →
  5. The effectiveness of celebrity endorsements: a meta-analysis
    2016 408 citations Jörg Matthes et al. profile →
  6. Misleading Consumers with Green Advertising? An Affect–Reason–Involvement Account of Greenwashing Effects in Environmental Advertising
    2018 301 citations Desirée Schmuck, Jörg Matthes et al. profile →
  7. Media representation of Muslims and Islam from 2000 to 2015: A meta-analysis
    2016 249 citations Jörg Matthes et al. profile →
  8. “Looking Up and Feeling Down”. The influence of mobile social networking site use on upward social comparison, self-esteem, and well-being of adult smartphone users
    2019 159 citations Desirée Schmuck, Kathrin Karsay et al. profile →
  9. Does a Crisis Change News Habits? A Comparative Study of the Effects of COVID-19 on News Media Use in 17 European Countries
    2021 129 citations Peter Van Aelst, Laia Castro et al. profile →
  10. From social media diet to public riot? Engagement with “greenfluencers” and young social media users' environmental activism
    2022 90 citations Jörg Matthes et al. Computers in Human Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jörg Matthes Austria 50 6.8k 4.4k 2.1k 1.4k 1.3k 299 13.0k
Eszter Hargittai United States 55 8.6k 1.3× 6.4k 1.5× 670 0.3× 561 0.4× 449 0.4× 150 16.3k
José van Dijck Netherlands 36 4.9k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 741 0.3× 506 0.4× 421 0.3× 91 9.3k
Joseph N. Cappella United States 51 4.7k 0.7× 4.0k 0.9× 411 0.2× 1.7k 1.2× 2.4k 1.9× 189 11.1k
Dhavan V. Shah United States 57 6.4k 1.0× 6.6k 1.5× 320 0.1× 871 0.6× 980 0.8× 209 11.6k
Dietram A. Scheufele United States 63 12.0k 1.8× 8.9k 2.0× 503 0.2× 1.3k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 245 18.9k
Lee Ross United States 53 9.1k 1.3× 1.7k 0.4× 821 0.4× 5.2k 3.8× 800 0.6× 106 19.0k
Tom Postmes Netherlands 63 11.0k 1.6× 3.5k 0.8× 621 0.3× 7.1k 5.3× 635 0.5× 215 18.4k
Melanie C. Green United States 34 5.4k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 2.0k 1.5× 5.8k 4.6× 98 11.9k
Ziva Kunda United States 39 8.4k 1.2× 1.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 4.9k 3.7× 868 0.7× 52 16.1k
Michael D. Slater United States 50 4.3k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 697 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 3.5k 2.8× 249 11.8k

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All Works

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Bojić, Ljubiša, et al.. (2025). The dual impact of virtual reality: examining the addictive potential and therapeutic applications of immersive media in the metaverse. Information Communication & Society. 29(2). 513–545.
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Binder, Alice, et al.. (2024). “Do you practice what you preach?” The effects of celebrities’ pro-environmental messages on social media on young adults’ pro-environmental behavior. Young Consumers Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers. 26(7). 22–37. 6 indexed citations
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Koban, Kevin, et al.. (2024). A narrow gateway from misogyny to the far right: empirical evidence for social media exposure effects. Information Communication & Society. 28(13). 2377–2395. 2 indexed citations
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Matthes, Jörg, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Flying? The Effects of Greenwashed Claims in Airline Advertising on Perceived Greenwashing, Brand Outcomes, and Attitudes Toward Flying. Environmental Communication. 18(7). 873–890. 4 indexed citations
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Heiss, Raffael, et al.. (2023). Peer correction of misinformation on social media: (In)civility, success experience and relationship consequences. New Media & Society. 27(4). 2293–2312. 2 indexed citations
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Matthes, Jörg, Nicoleta Corbu, Yannis Theocharis, et al.. (2022). Perceived prevalence of misinformation fuels worries about COVID-19: a cross-country, multi-method investigation. Information Communication & Society. 26(16). 3133–3156. 17 indexed citations
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Naderer, Brigitte, Jörg Matthes, & S Schäfer. (2021). Effects of disclosing ads on Instagram: the moderating impact of similarity to the influencer. International Journal of Advertising. 40(5). 686–707. 70 indexed citations
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Matthes, Jörg, et al.. (2021). Reflective smartphone disengagement: Conceptualization, measurement, and validation. Computers in Human Behavior. 128. 107078–107078. 15 indexed citations
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Stubenvoll, Marlis & Jörg Matthes. (2021). Four Paths To Misperceptions: A Panel Study On Resistance Against Journalistic Evidence. Media Psychology. 25(2). 318–341. 5 indexed citations
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Wintterlin, Florian, Katherine M. Engelke, Valerie Hase, et al.. (2020). Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis. Studies in Communication and Media. 9(2). I–II. 1 indexed citations
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Naderer, Brigitte, et al.. (2020). It is just a spoof: spoof placements and their impact on conceptual persuasion knowledge, brand memory, and brand evaluation. International Journal of Advertising. 40(1). 106–123. 10 indexed citations
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Karsay, Kathrin, et al.. (2019). Gender role portrayals in television advertisements: Do channel characteristics matter?. Communications. 45(1). 28–52. 3 indexed citations
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Matthes, Jörg, et al.. (2019). User generated content presenting brands on social media increases young adults’ purchase intention. International Journal of Advertising. 39(1). 166–186. 134 indexed citations
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Matthes, Jörg, Desirée Schmuck, & Christian von Sikorski. (2019). Terror, Terror Everywhere? How Terrorism News Shape Support for Anti‐Muslim Policies as a Function of Perceived Threat Severity and Controllability. Political Psychology. 40(5). 935–951. 39 indexed citations
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Boomgaarden, Hajo G., et al.. (2016). Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis. Studies in Communication and Media. 5(2). I–II. 1 indexed citations
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Keller, Hubert B., et al.. (2015). A Review on Innovative Procedures for the Analysis of Data from Gas Sensor Systems and Networks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Wirth, Werner, Christian Schemer, & Jörg Matthes. (2010). Trivializing the News? Affective Context Effects of Commercials on the Perception of Television News. Mass Communication & Society. 13(2). 139–156. 13 indexed citations

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