Leah Sprain

628 total citations
27 papers, 413 citations indexed

About

Leah Sprain is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah Sprain has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 413 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Communication and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Leah Sprain's work include Social Media and Politics (8 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 papers). Leah Sprain is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (8 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (5 papers) and Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 papers). Leah Sprain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Hong Kong. Leah Sprain's co-authors include Laura W. Black, Andy J. Merolla, Danielle Endres, Saskia Witteborn, Leysia Palen, Robert Soden, Tarla Rai Peterson, John Gastil, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke and Bridie McGreavy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Communication and American Behavioral Scientist.

In The Last Decade

Leah Sprain

27 papers receiving 394 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leah Sprain United States 13 158 117 83 73 61 27 413
Chris Russill Canada 9 194 1.2× 44 0.4× 32 0.4× 59 0.8× 109 1.8× 38 411
Mireille Lalancette Canada 8 253 1.6× 251 2.1× 28 0.3× 50 0.7× 16 0.3× 28 499
Petra Pansegrau Germany 7 436 2.8× 141 1.2× 28 0.3× 116 1.6× 123 2.0× 11 587
George Myerson United Kingdom 7 102 0.6× 28 0.2× 23 0.3× 35 0.5× 34 0.6× 17 270
Jens Wolling Germany 10 237 1.5× 136 1.2× 19 0.2× 76 1.0× 19 0.3× 44 388
Ian Johnson United Kingdom 13 110 0.7× 41 0.4× 64 0.8× 13 0.2× 12 0.2× 126 614
Frank Fischer Russia 7 131 0.8× 42 0.4× 26 0.3× 12 0.2× 46 0.8× 27 343
Franzisca Weder Austria 9 113 0.7× 99 0.8× 20 0.2× 40 0.5× 8 0.1× 51 316
Mark Pedelty United States 10 194 1.2× 132 1.1× 37 0.4× 50 0.7× 22 0.4× 35 455
Melvin L. Rogers United States 8 209 1.3× 50 0.4× 64 0.8× 10 0.1× 21 0.3× 18 417

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leah Sprain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leah Sprain

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Manosevitch, Idit, et al.. (2024). Practicing deliberation in challenging speech cultures: the role of metadiscourse. Journal of Communication. 74(4). 322–332. 2 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah. (2022). Facilitating Deliberative Play. American Behavioral Scientist. 67(8). 982–1000. 3 indexed citations
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Na’puti, Tiara R., et al.. (2018). Engaging publics through climate math. 7(3). 316–346. 3 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2017). Citizens Speaking as Experts: Expertise Discourse in Deliberative Forums. Environmental Communication. 12(3). 357–369. 26 indexed citations
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Soden, Robert, Leah Sprain, & Leysia Palen. (2017). Thin Grey Lines. 2042–2053. 19 indexed citations
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McGreavy, Bridie, et al.. (2016). Environmental communication pedagogy for sustainability: Developing core capacities to engage with complex problems. Applied Environmental Education & Communication. 15(3). 261–274. 14 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2016). Communicating openness in deliberation. Communication Monographs. 84(2). 241–257. 12 indexed citations
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Soden, Robert, Leysia Palen, Claire Chase, et al.. (2015). The Polyvocality of Resilience: Discovering a Research Agenda through Interdisciplinary Investigation & Community Engagement.. ISCRAM. 7 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2015). Beyond Problem Solving: Reconceptualizing the Work of Public Deliberation as Deliberative Inquiry. Communication Theory. 26(1). 41–63. 46 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2015). A new perspective on stories in public deliberation: analyzing small stories in discussions about immigration. Text and Talk. 35(4). 531–551. 13 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2013). Democratic engagement through the ethic of passionate impartiality. Tamara: The Journal of Critical Organization Inquiry. 11(4). 13. 3 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2013). The Ethnographer of Communication at the Table: Building Cultural Competence, Designing Strategic Action. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 41(2). 181–187. 21 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah & John Gastil. (2013). What Does It Mean to Deliberate? An Interpretative Account of Jurors’ Expressed Deliberative Rules and Premises. Communication Quarterly. 61(2). 151–171. 8 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2013). Utilizing “On Tap” Experts in Deliberative Forums: Implications for Design. Journal of Applied Communication Research. 42(2). 150–167. 33 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2012). Meetings: A cultural perspective. Journal of Multicultural Discourses. 7(2). 179–189. 10 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2012). Deliberative democracy and adult civic education. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. 2012(135). 15–23. 16 indexed citations
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Sprain, Leah, et al.. (2010). Research as a Transdisciplinary Networked Process: A Metaphor for Difference-Making Research. Communication Monographs. 77(4). 441–444. 10 indexed citations
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Witteborn, Saskia & Leah Sprain. (2009). Grouping Processes in a Public Meeting from an Ethnography of Communication and Cultural Discourse Analysis Perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 17 indexed citations
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Endres, Danielle, Leah Sprain, & Tarla Rai Peterson. (2008). The Imperative of Praxis-based Environmental Communication Research: Suggestions from the Step It Up 2007 National Research Project. Environmental Communication. 2(2). 237–245. 16 indexed citations

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