Journalism Practice

Top Research Topics at Journalism Practice?

The journal explores disciplines such as Journalism, Public relations, Media studies, Newspaper and Advertising. Journalism works presented in it have a specific focus on Technical Journalism. While the journal focused on Public relations, it was also able to explore topics like Context (language use), Perception, Negotiation, Citizen journalism and News values.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Media studies and the similar topic of Framing (social sciences). Newspaper study tackled is connected to the field of Content analysis.

• Journalism (55.97%)
• Public relations (39.89%)
• Media studies (30.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• TWITTERING THE NEWS: The emergence of ambient journalism (615 citations)
• PARTICIPATORY JOURNALISM PRACTICES IN THE MEDIA AND BEYOND An international comparative study of initiatives in online newspapers (485 citations)
• A CLASH OF CULTURES The integration of user-generated content within professional journalistic frameworks at British newspaper websites (409 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journalism Practice:

The published papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Journalism, Public relations, Technical Journalism, Newspaper and Advertising. The most cited papers focus on Journalism research conducted under the discipline of Media studies. The most cited publications with studies in Public relations featured incorporate elements of Context (language use), Gatekeeping, Citizen journalism and News values, Politics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Law
• World War II
• Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Journalism, Media studies, Public relations, Social media and Newspaper. The concepts on Journalism presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Credibility, Political economy, Perception, Democracy and Objectivity (philosophy). Media studies research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Mainstream, Beat (music), China, Field (Bourdieu) and Politics.

The study on Politics presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Autonomy. Studies on Social media discussed in Journalism Practice link to the field of Content (Freudian dream analysis).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Analysis of Journalism and Communication Studies in Europe’s Top Ranked Universities: Competencies, Aims and Courses (13 citations)
• Increasing Accountability Using Data Journalism: Challenges for the Pakistani Journalists (11 citations)
• Improve Trust, Increase Loyalty? Analyzing the Relationship Between News Credibility and Consumption (7 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Journalism Practice (based on the number of publications) are:

• Brian McNair (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Edson C. Tandoc (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Jane B. Singer (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Robert E. Gutsche (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Stephen Cushion (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journalism Practice (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Texas at Austin (25 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Missouri (17 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Cardiff University (16 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition,
• Nanyang Technological University (14 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Oslo (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.93% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.61% of all publications and 50.57% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.