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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Published by: Springer

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 105 91 104 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 482
Documents by Best Scientists*: 500
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 29
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.81
Impact Factor: N/A

Top Publications

  • Toward effective government communication strategies in the era of COVID-19

    Bernadette Hyland-Wood;John Gardner;Julie Leask;Ullrich K.H. Ecker

    (2021)
    453 Citations
  • Growth rates of modern science: a latent piecewise growth curve approach to model publication numbers from established and new literature databases

    Lutz Bornmann;Robin Haunschild;Rüdiger Mutz

    (2021)
    309 Citations
  • Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened?

    Gabriele Bammer;Gabriele Bammer;Michael O’Rourke;Deborah O’Connell;Linda Neuhauser

    (2020)
    181 Citations
  • Changes in political trust in Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: integrated public opinion evidence and implications

    Ben Davies;Fanny Lalot;Linus Peitz;Maria S. Heering

    (2021)
    90 Citations
  • Public attitudes towards algorithmic personalization and use of personal data online: evidence from Germany, Great Britain, and the United States

    Anastasia Kozyreva;Philipp Lorenz-Spreen;Ralph Hertwig;Stephan Lewandowsky;Stephan Lewandowsky

    (2021)
    85 Citations
  • Why has the COVID-19 pandemic increased support for Universal Basic Income?

    Daniel Nettle;Elliott Johnson;Matthew Johnson;Rebecca Saxe

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for an equity-focused global health agenda

    N. Jensen;A. H. Kelly;M. Avendano

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • How Shades of Truth and Age Affect Responses to COVID-19 (Mis)information: Randomized Survey Experiment among WhatsApp Users in UK and Brazil

    Santosh Vijaykumar;Yan Jin;Daniel Rogerson;Xuerong Lu

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Toward a new understanding of environmental and financial performance through corporate social responsibility, green innovation, and sustainable development

    (2023)
    62 Citations

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