Humor - International Journal of Humor Research

15.0k citations

790 papers · indexed · active since 1950

Social Psychology top 5%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 5%
Literature and Literary Theory top 2%
Gender Studies top 5%
Sociology and Political Science

Fields: Social Psychology (597 papers)Literature and Literary Theory (220 papers)Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (240 papers)
Topics: Humor Studies and ApplicationsLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionCommunication in Education and Healthcare
Top scholars: Willibald Ruch Salvatore Attardo Rod A. Martin Victor Raskin Nicholas A. Kuiper Millicent H. Abel Jennifer Hay René T. Proyer

In The Last Decade

Humor - International Journal of Humor Research

676 papers receiving 12.6k citations

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About Humor - International Journal of Humor Research

The 790 papers published in Humor - International Journal of Humor Research in the last decades have received a total of 15.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Humor - International Journal of Humor Research usually cover Social Psychology (597 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (220 papers) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (240 papers) specifically the topics of Humor Studies and Applications (589 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (228 papers) and Communication in Education and Healthcare (149 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Humor - International Journal of Humor Research are Willibald Ruch, Salvatore Attardo, Rod A. Martin, Victor Raskin, Nicholas A. Kuiper, Millicent H. Abel, Jennifer Hay, René T. Proyer, John Morreall and Thomas E. Ford.

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