Human Communication Research

91.5k citations
1.5k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

  • Communication top 0.5%
    • Social Media and Politics
    • Communication in Education and Healthcare
    • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Papers in

    • Social Media and Politics 149
    • Media Studies and Communication 83
    • Communication in Education and Healthcare 298
    • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics 163
    • Team Dynamics and Performance 136

Human Communication Research

1.4k papers receiving 79.4k citations

Peers

Human Communication Research
Comparison fields: 5 of 225
  • Communication 19.9k
  • Social Psychology 35.1k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 16.4k
  • Applied Psychology 5.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 39.3k
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Fields of papers published in Human Communication Research

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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About Human Communication Research

The 1.5k papers published in Human Communication Research in the last decades have received a total of 91.5k indexed citations . Papers published in Human Communication Research usually cover Communication (298 papers), Social Psychology (735 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (329 papers), Language and Linguistics (216 papers) and Applied Psychology (86 papers) specifically the topics of Communication in Education and Healthcare (298 papers), Media Influence and Health (252 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (211 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (207 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (163 papers), Social Media and Politics (149 papers), Team Dynamics and Performance (136 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (83 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Human Communication Research are Klaus Krippendorff, Joseph B. Walther, Judee K. Burgoon, Charles R. Berger, James C. McCroskey, Lawrence R. Wheeless, Matthew Lombard, Elizabeth M. Perse, Timothy R. Levine and Cheryl Campanella Bracken.

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