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The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Politics, Media studies, Law, Political communication and Social psychology.
It explores issues in Politics which can be linked to other research areas like Social science, Political economy, News media and Public relations.
Research in News media tackled falls within the umbrella of Advertising.
Issues in Media studies were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Framing (social sciences) and Mass media.
Political Communication primarily discusses Law topics, particularly Public opinion, Presidential system and Government.
The Political communication study featured in Political Communication draws connections with the study of Political socialization.
It investigates Social psychology research which frequently intersects with Voting behavior.
Politics (43.23%)
Media studies (29.85%)
Law (19.90%)
What are the most cited papers published in the journal?
Framing analysis: An approach to news discourse (1256 citations)
The Internet, Public Spheres, and Political Communication: Dispersion and Deliberation (964 citations)
"Connecting" and "Disconnecting" With Civic Life: Patterns of Internet Use and the Production of Social Capital (816 citations)
Research areas of the most cited articles at Political Communication:
The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Politics, Social psychology, Political communication, Media studies and News media.
The Politics studies in the published papers expound on topics in
Political economy which is related to area like Law,
Public relations which intersects with area such as Perception..
The Media studies research tackled in the published papers is interrelated with Framing (social sciences) which concerns subjects like Public policy.
What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?
Law
World War II
Politics
The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:
The journal mainly tackles studies in Politics, Political communication, Social media, Data science and Media studies.
Topics in Politics were tackled in line with various other fields like Legislature, Digitization and Parallelism (grammar).
Topics in Political communication explored in Political Communication were investigated in conjunction with research in Scholarship, Political economy, Computational sociology and Public relations.
The research on Scholarship tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Social psychology, Moderation, Mediation, State (polity) and Public opinion.
The work on Data science tackled in it brings together disciplines like Sophistication, Core (game theory) and Framing (social sciences).
In addition to Media studies research, the journal aims to explore topics under Broadcasting and Democracy.
The most cited articles from the last journal are:
Political Polarization on the Digital Sphere: A Cross-platform, Over-time Analysis of Interactional, Positional, and Affective Polarization on Social Media (19 citations)
Computational Social Science and the Study of Political Communication (7 citations)
Computational identification of media frames: strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities (6 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.
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Top authors and change over time
The top authors publishing in Political Communication (based on the number of publications) are:
Regina G. Lawrence (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
W. Lance Bennett (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
Dhavan V. Shah (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
Holli A. Semetko (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
David M. Ryfe (9 papers) absent 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.
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Top affiliations and change over time
Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered
The top affiliations publishing in Political Communication (based on the number of publications) are:
University of Pennsylvania (29 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
Ohio State University (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
University of Wisconsin-Madison (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
George Washington University (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
University of Texas at Austin (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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.
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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.
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During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 19.35% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.90% of all publications and 45.16% 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.
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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.
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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).
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The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
