Thomas Schmidt

772 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 482 citations indexed

About

Thomas Schmidt is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Schmidt has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 482 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Communication, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Thomas Schmidt's work include Media Studies and Communication (9 papers), Social Media and Politics (6 papers) and Public Relations and Crisis Communication (6 papers). Thomas Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (9 papers), Social Media and Politics (6 papers) and Public Relations and Crisis Communication (6 papers). Thomas Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in United States. Thomas Schmidt's co-authors include Andrea L. Guzman, Seth C. Lewis, Regina G. Lawrence, Damian Radcliffe, Christopher Ali, Jacob L. Nelson, Todd T. Milbourn, Eberhard Nicke, Christian Voß and B. Senge and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Texture Studies and Digital Journalism.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Schmidt

16 papers receiving 465 citations

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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.

Automation, Journalism, and Human–Machine Communication: Rethinking Roles and Relationships of Humans and Machines in News

2019 167 citations Seth C. Lewis, Andrea L. Guzman et al. Digital Journalism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Schmidt United States	11	284	165	54	51	43	17	482
Jeongsub Lim South Korea	9	170 0.6×	147 0.9×	39 0.7×	23 0.5×	14 0.3×	33	344
Robert Chesney United States	8	49 0.2×	215 1.3×	132 2.4×	51 1.0×	21 0.5×	35	493
Liza Potts United States	11	165 0.6×	173 1.0×	35 0.6×	19 0.4×	55 1.3×	38	416
Kristin Van Damme Belgium	9	187 0.7×	190 1.2×	19 0.4×	10 0.2×	58 1.3×	22	373
Sucheta Ghoshal United States	7	131 0.5×	149 0.9×	151 2.8×	19 0.4×	7 0.2×	15	340
Geoffrey Rockwell Canada	12	28 0.1×	73 0.4×	111 2.1×	47 0.9×	116 2.7×	70	432
Turo Uskali Finland	9	97 0.3×	77 0.5×	29 0.5×	12 0.2×	43 1.0×	18	260
Michaelanne Dye United States	11	89 0.3×	208 1.3×	59 1.1×	20 0.4×	9 0.2×	17	501
Asta Zelenkauskaitė United States	12	130 0.5×	134 0.8×	64 1.2×	3 0.1×	39 0.9×	32	360
Rhianne Jones United Kingdom	12	83 0.3×	175 1.1×	77 1.4×	81 1.6×	14 0.3×	24	422

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Schmidt

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Lewis, Seth C., et al.. (2025). Generative AI and its disruptive challenge to journalism: an institutional analysis. 1(1). 6 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas. (2023). Challenging journalistic objectivity: How journalists of color call for a reckoning. Journalism. 25(3). 547–564. 28 indexed citations

3.

Schmidt, Thomas. (2021). ‘It’s OK to feel’: The emotionality norm and its evolution in U.S. print journalism. Journalism. 22(5). 1173–1189. 17 indexed citations

4.

Schmidt, Thomas. (2021). Metro Dailies in the Age of Multimedia Journalism. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 50(5). 433–434.

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Schmidt, Thomas & Regina G. Lawrence. (2020). Engaged Journalism and News Work: A Sociotechnical Analysis of Organizational Dynamics and Professional Challenges. Journalism Practice. 14(5). 518–536. 26 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas, Jacob L. Nelson, & Regina G. Lawrence. (2020). Conceptualizing the Active Audience: Rhetoric and Practice in “Engaged Journalism”. Journalism. 23(1). 3–21. 23 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas, et al.. (2019). The social construction of media trust: An exploratory study in underserved communities. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies. 8(3). 257–271. 16 indexed citations

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Lewis, Seth C., Andrea L. Guzman, & Thomas Schmidt. (2019). Automation, Journalism, and Human–Machine Communication: Rethinking Roles and Relationships of Humans and Machines in News. Digital Journalism. 7(4). 409–427. 167 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schmidt, Thomas. (2019). Rewriting the Newspaper: The Storytelling Movement in American Print Journalism. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Christopher, et al.. (2018). Searching for Sheboygans: On the future of small market newspapers. Journalism. 21(4). 453–471. 35 indexed citations

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Ali, Christopher, et al.. (2018). The Digital Life of Small Market Newspapers. Digital Journalism. 7(7). 886–909. 22 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Regina G., Damian Radcliffe, & Thomas Schmidt. (2017). Practicing Engagement. Journalism Practice. 12(10). 1220–1240. 106 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas. (2013). Unternehmerisches Preisänderungsverhalten. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 1 indexed citations

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Voß, Christian, et al.. (2009). DESIGN OF A COUNTER ROTATING FAN - AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE NOISE AND CO2-EMISSIONS. elib (German Aerospace Center). 17 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas, et al.. (2000). Surface tension behaviour of pure and technical sucrose solutions.. 125(3). 175–180. 1 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas, et al.. (1972). TEXTURAL AND ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF IRISH POTATOES II.. Journal of Texture Studies. 3(1). 18–30. 4 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Thomas, et al.. (1971). TEXTURAL AND ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF IRISH POTATOES: I. Textural Properties*. Journal of Texture Studies. 2(4). 460–474. 12 indexed citations

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