Communication Studies

1.1k papers and 15.5k indexed citations i.

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The 1.1k papers published in Communication Studies in the last decades have received a total of 15.5k indexed citations. Papers published in Communication Studies usually cover Sociology and Political Science (439 papers), Social Psychology (429 papers) and Communication (298 papers) specifically the topics of Rhetoric and Communication Studies (233 papers), Communication in Education and Healthcare (161 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (136 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Communication Studies are William L. Benoit, Kimberly Powell, Keith Michael Hearit, Hee Sun Park, Jeffrey W. Kassing, Patricia M. Sias, Denise Haunani Solomon, Leanne K. Knobloch, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and Paul Schrodt.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Communication Studies

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers published in Communication Studies. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Communication Studies.

Countries where authors publish in Communication Studies

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Communication Studies. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Communication Studies with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Communication Studies more than expected).

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