Journal of Communication

3.6k papers and 148.3k indexed citations i.

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The 3.6k papers published in Journal of Communication in the last decades have received a total of 148.3k indexed citations. Papers published in Journal of Communication usually cover Communication (1.2k papers), Sociology and Political Science (1.0k papers) and Literature and Literary Theory (583 papers) specifically the topics of Media Studies and Communication (724 papers), Social Media and Politics (663 papers) and Media Influence and Health (391 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journal of Communication are Robert M. Entman, Jonathan Steuer, Dietram A. Scheufele, W. Lance Bennett, Annie Lang, Patti M. Valkenburg, George Gerbner, Elisabeth Noëlle-Neumann, Larry Gross and Shanto Iyengar.

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Fields of papers published in Journal of Communication

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Journal of Communication

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