Rens Vliegenthart

11.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
209 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Rens Vliegenthart is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Rens Vliegenthart has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Communication, 114 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 88 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Rens Vliegenthart's work include Social Media and Politics (109 papers), Media Studies and Communication (77 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (74 papers). Rens Vliegenthart is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (109 papers), Media Studies and Communication (77 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (74 papers). Rens Vliegenthart collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Belgium and Austria. Rens Vliegenthart's co-authors include Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Claes H. de Vreese, Stefaan Walgrave, Mark Boukes, Alyt Damstra, Liesbet van Zoonen, Sanne Kruikemeier, Conny Roggeband, Andreas Schuck and Ward van Zoonen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Research Policy and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Rens Vliegenthart

199 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

News media trust and its impact on media use: toward a framework for future research

2020 335 citations Jesper Strömbäck, Yariv Tsfati et al. Annals of the International Communication Association profile →
Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news: literature review and synthesis

2020 192 citations Yariv Tsfati, Hajo G. Boomgaarden et al. Annals of the International Communication Association profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rens Vliegenthart Netherlands	47	3.9k	3.5k	2.3k	899	591	209	6.9k
Hajo G. Boomgaarden Austria	42	3.7k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	467 0.5×	498 0.8×	164	6.4k
Stuart Soroka United States	43	4.2k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	3.4k 1.5×	925 1.0×	438 0.7×	125	8.0k
Jesper Strömbäck Sweden	41	4.1k 1.1×	5.6k 1.6×	1.8k 0.8×	516 0.6×	574 1.0×	200	7.5k
Joshua A. Tucker United States	44	6.1k 1.6×	4.0k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	385 0.4×	1.6k 2.7×	168	9.2k
Jonathan Nagler United States	39	3.7k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	2.8k 1.2×	439 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	112	6.8k
Matthew Levendusky United States	28	4.4k 1.1×	2.9k 0.8×	3.8k 1.7×	472 0.5×	357 0.6×	47	7.0k
Stefaan Walgrave Belgium	41	2.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	4.2k 1.8×	1.1k 1.3×	358 0.6×	182	6.4k
Peter Van Aelst Belgium	36	2.8k 0.7×	3.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	531 0.6×	448 0.8×	141	5.1k
Dennis Chong United States	21	3.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	410 0.5×	207 0.4×	39	5.4k
Donald L. Shaw United States	14	3.5k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	642 0.7×	209 0.4×	106	7.3k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vliegenthart, Rens, et al.. (2025). What Matters to Voters? Analyzing the Influence of Targeted Online Ads on Perceived Issue Importance During the United States 2022 Midterm Election and the Dutch General Election 2021. The International Journal of Press/Politics.

Kroon, Anne C., et al.. (2024). Bias in candidate sourcing communication: Investigating stereotypical gender- and age-related frames in online job advertisements at the sectoral level. Public Relations Review. 50(3). 102456–102456. 1 indexed citations

Sevenans, Julie, et al.. (2024). Are poor people poorly heard?. European Journal of Political Research. 64(3). 1326–1350. 1 indexed citations

Vliegenthart, Rens, Katharine Dommett, Rachel Gibson, et al.. (2024). Citizens’ Acceptance of Data-Driven Political Campaigning: A 25-Country Cross-National Vignette Study. Social Science Computer Review. 42(5). 1101–1119. 9 indexed citations

Vliegenthart, Rens, Carolien van Ham, Sanne Kruikemeier, & Kristof Jacobs. (2024). A Matter of Misunderstanding? Explaining (Mis)Perceptions of Electoral Integrity across 25 Different Nations. Public Opinion Quarterly. 88(SI). 495–515. 3 indexed citations

Tsfati, Yariv, Rens Vliegenthart, Jesper Strömbäck, & Elina Lindgren. (2024). An asymmetrical reinforcing spiral? Disentangling the longitudinal dynamics of media use and mainstream media trust. Journal of Communication. 75(1). 16–26. 2 indexed citations

Otto, Lukas, et al.. (2023). On or off topic? Understanding the effects of issue-related political targeted ads. Information Communication & Society. 27(7). 1378–1404. 3 indexed citations

Sevenans, Julie, Stefaan Walgrave, Karolin Soontjens, et al.. (2023). Projection in Politicians' Perceptions of Public Opinion. Political Psychology. 44(6). 1259–1279. 13 indexed citations

Sheffer, Lior, Peter John Loewen, Stefaan Walgrave, et al.. (2023). How Do Politicians Bargain? Evidence from Ultimatum Games with Legislators in Five Countries. American Political Science Review. 117(4). 1429–1447. 4 indexed citations

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Otto, Lukas, et al.. (2023). Linkage Analysis Revised – Linking Digital Traces and Survey Data. Communication Methods and Measures. 18(2). 186–204. 4 indexed citations

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Tsfati, Yariv, Jesper Strömbäck, Elina Lindgren, et al.. (2022). Going Beyond General Media Trust: An Analysis of Topical Media Trust, its Antecedents and Effects on Issue (Mis)perceptions. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 34(2). 16 indexed citations

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Damstra, Alyt, Rens Vliegenthart, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, et al.. (2021). Knowledge and the News: An Investigation of the Relation Between News Use, News Avoidance, and the Presence of (Mis)beliefs. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 28(1). 29–48. 33 indexed citations

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Damstra, Alyt, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Elina Lindgren, et al.. (2021). What Does Fake Look Like? A Review of the Literature on Intentional Deception in the News and on Social Media. Journalism Studies. 22(14). 1947–1963. 33 indexed citations

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Strömbäck, Jesper, Yariv Tsfati, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, et al.. (2020). News media trust and its impact on media use: toward a framework for future research. Annals of the International Communication Association. 44(2). 139–156. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tsfati, Yariv, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Jesper Strömbäck, et al.. (2020). Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news: literature review and synthesis. Annals of the International Communication Association. 44(2). 157–173. 192 indexed citations breakdown →

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Damstra, Alyt, Mark Boukes, & Rens Vliegenthart. (2019). To Credit or to Blame? The Asymmetric Impact of Government Responsibility in Economic News. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 33(1). 1–17. 6 indexed citations

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Selm, Martine van, et al.. (2019). Intermedia Agenda-Setting in a Policy Reform Debate. International journal of communication. 13. 23. 7 indexed citations

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Kruikemeier, Sanne, Katjana Gattermann, & Rens Vliegenthart. (2018). Understanding the dynamics of politicians' visibility in traditional and social media. The Information Society. 34(4). 215–228. 41 indexed citations

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Damstra, Alyt, Mark Boukes, & Rens Vliegenthart. (2018). The economy. How do the media cover it and what are the effects? A literature review. Sociology Compass. 12(5). 8 indexed citations

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Hopmann, David Nicolas, Rens Vliegenthart, & Jürgen Maier. (2017). The effects of tone, focus, and incivility in election debates. Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties. 28(3). 283–306. 22 indexed citations

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