2026 Andreas Jungherr: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	30	1184	1071	61	57	114	3912

Andreas Jungherr publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Jungherr sits on this spectrum.

36 publications 333+

This scientist: 114 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Andreas Jungherr D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Jungherr sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 30 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andreas Jungherr is affiliated with the University of Bamberg in Germany and focuses on research within the social sciences, particularly communication, sociology and political science, as well as artificial intelligence. Their research integrates interdisciplinary approaches involving political communication, media studies, and computational methods.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Social Media and Politics
Media Studies and Communication
Misinformation and Its Impacts
Media Influence and Politics
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Andreas Jungherr has contributed to various publication venues over time, with frequent appearances in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Social Media + Society
Social Science Computer Review
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Political Communication

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Andreas Jungherr include:

"Disinformation and the Structural Transformations of the Public Arena: Addressing the Actual Challenges to Democracy" (2021, Social Media + Society)
"Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: A Conceptual Framework" (2023, Social Media + Society)
"The Extended Reach of Game Engine Companies: How Companies Like Epic Games and Unity Technologies Provide Platforms for Extended Reality Applications and the Metaverse" (2022, Social Media + Society)
"Computational Social Science and the Study of Political Communication" (2020, Political Communication)
"Artificial intelligence and the public arena" (2023, Communication Theory)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as Gonzalo Rivero, Daniel Gayo-Avello, Adrian Rauchfleisch, Ralph Schroeder, and Alexander Wuttke, highlighting a collaborative network within computational social science and communication research.

In addition to journal articles, Andreas Jungherr has published a book with Cambridge University Press titled Retooling Politics (2020).

Best Publications

Twitter use in election campaigns: A systematic literature review

Andreas Jungherr

710
Citations
Why the Pirate Party Won the German Election of 2009 or The Trouble With Predictions: A Response to Tumasjan, A., Sprenger, T. O., Sander, P. G., & Welpe, I. M. “Predicting Elections With Twitter: What 140 Characters Reveal About Political Sentiment”

Andreas Jungherr;Pascal Jürgens;Harald Schoen

304
Citations
The Logic of Political Coverage on Twitter: Temporal Dynamics and Content

Andreas Jungherr

286
Citations
The Mediation of Politics through Twitter: An Analysis of Messages posted during the Campaign for the German Federal Election 2013

Andreas Jungherr;Harald Schoen;Pascal Jürgens

141
Citations
Retooling Politics

Unknown

136
Citations
The Political Click : Political Participation through E-Petitions in Germany

Andreas Jungherr;Pascal Jürgens

124
Citations
Analyzing Political Communication with Digital Trace Data

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123
Citations
Digital Trace Data in the Study of Public Opinion: An Indicator of Attention Toward Politics Rather Than Political Support

Andreas Jungherr;Harald Schoen;Oliver Posegga;Pascal Jürgens

121
Citations
Small worlds with a difference: new gatekeepers and the filtering of political information on Twitter

Pascal Jürgens;Andreas Jungherr;Harald Schoen

111
Citations
Twitter in Politics : A Comprehensive Literature Review

Andreas Jungherr

106
Citations
Discursive Power in Contemporary Media Systems: A Comparative Framework:

Andreas Jungherr;Oliver Posegga;Jisun An

94
Citations
Four Functions of Digital Tools in Election Campaigns: The German Case

Andreas Jungherr

91
Citations
Analyzing Political Communication with Digital Trace Data: The Role of Twitter Messages in Social Science Research

Andreas Jungherr

80
Citations
Disinformation and the Structural Transformations of the Public Arena: Addressing the Actual Challenges to Democracy:

Andreas Jungherr;Ralph Schroeder

80
Citations
Tweets and votes, a special relationship: the 2009 federal election in germany

Andreas Jungherr

68
Citations
Forecasting the pulse : How deviations from regular patterns in online data can identify offline phenomena

Andreas Martin Jungherr;Pascal Jürgens

64
Citations
Digital Media and the Surge of Political Outsiders: Explaining the Success of Political Challengers in the United States, Germany, and China:

Andreas Jungherr;Ralph Schroeder;Sebastian Stier

61
Citations
Political Discussions in Homogeneous and Cross-Cutting Communication Spaces

Jisun An;Haewoon Kwak;Oliver Posegga;Andreas Jungherr

57
Citations
Computational Social Science and the Study of Political Communication

Yannis Theocharis;Andreas Jungherr

45
Citations
Political Discussions in Homogeneous and Cross-Cutting Communication Spaces

Jisun An;Haewoon Kwak;Oliver Posegga;Andreas Jungherr

29
Citations
Das Internet in der politischen Kommunikation: Forschungsstand und Perspektiven

Andreas Jungherr

15
Citations
Datengestützte Verfahren im Wahlkampf

Andreas Jungherr

12
Citations
Twitternde Politiker : Zwischen buntem Rauschen und Bürgernähe 2.0

Andreas Jungherr

7
Citations
Digitale Verhaltensdaten und Methoden der Computational Social Science in der politischen Kommunikationsforschung

Sebastian Stier;Andreas Jungherr

3
Citations
Schleppender Beginn : deutsche Politiker entdecken Twitter nur zögerlich

Andreas Martin Jungherr

3
Citations
6. Kommunikation auf sozialen Netzwerkplattformen

Andreas Jungherr

2
Citations
Die Rolle des Internets in deutschen Wahlkämpfen

Andreas Jungherr

1
Citations
Unterstützer als politische Botschafter gewinnen

Christian Jung;Andreas Jungherr

0
Citations
Wirkung politischer Informationsbriefe in Unterstützung von TTIP

Andreas Jungherr;Antonin Finkelnburg;Ralf Güldenzopf;Matthias Mader

0
Citations
Twitter als politische Informationsquelle

Andreas Jungherr;Harald Schoen;Ralf Güldenzopf

0
Citations
Wer hat, dem wird gegeben : Politische Beteiligung im Internet

Andreas Jungherr

0
Citations
Sichtbarkeitsreport : Wie sichtbar sind die Webseiten Politischer Parteien für Suchmaschinen?

Andreas Jungherr;David J. Ludwigs;Harald Schoen

0
Citations
Netzpolitischer Rückblick 2012

Andreas Jungherr

0
Citations
Technische Entwicklung und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen: Eine kurze politische Ideengeschichte des Internets

Andreas Jungherr;Harald Schoen

0
Citations
Das Internet in Deutschland: Nutzung und Wirkungen auf die politische Partizipation

Andreas Jungherr;Harald Schoen

0
Citations
Digitale Werkzeuge als Teil der Infrastruktur politischer Kampagnen

Andreas Jungherr

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Schoen University of Mannheim

Haewoon Kwak Indiana University

Yannis Theocharis Technical University of Munich

Johannes Schöning University of St. Gallen

External Links

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