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Maxwell McCombs publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maxwell McCombs sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Maxwell McCombs D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maxwell McCombs sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Helen Dinerman Prize, World Association of Public Opinion Research

Overview

Maxwell McCombs is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans social sciences with a strong focus on communication and related interdisciplinary fields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

Within these, McCombs has contributed extensively to various subfields such as:

  • Communication
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Strategy and Management
  • Literature and Literary Theory

The key topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Policy Transfer and Learning
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

McCombs's recent publications reflect these interests and include the following papers:

  • "Orígenes y desarrollo de la teoría de la agenda setting en Comunicación. Tendencias en España (2014-2019)" (2020), published in El Profesional de la Informacion
  • "Reflections on a Legacy: Thoughts from Scholars about Agenda-Setting Past and Future" (2022), published in Mass Communication & Society
  • "The language of journalism - The language of agenda setting effects" (2020), published in Mediapolis revista de comunicação jornalismo e espaço público
  • "Rethinking environmental news coverage through Agenda-Setting and the normative function of attributes" (2023), published in Comunicación y Sociedad
  • "Personal Agenda-Public Agenda Congruency: A Contingent Condition for Agenda-setting Effects" (2023), published in Communication & Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McCombs include:

  • Alberto Ardèvol-Abreu
  • Homero Gil de Zúñiga
  • Mike Schmierbach
  • Sebastián Valenzuela
  • James W. Dearing

McCombs has published in a range of academic venues, such as:

  • El Profesional de la Informacion
  • Mass Communication & Society
  • Mediapolis revista de comunicação jornalismo e espaço público
  • Comunicación y Sociedad
  • Communication & Society

In recognition of contributions to the field, McCombs was awarded the Helen Dinerman Prize by the World Association of Public Opinion Research in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Agenda setting function of mass media

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  • The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Research: Twenty-Five Years in the Marketplace of Ideas

    Maxwell E. McCombs;Donald L. Shaw

  • A Look at Agenda-setting: past, present and future

    Maxwell McCombs

  • Communication and Democracy : Exploring the intellectual Frontiers in Agenda-setting theory

    Maxwell E. McCombs;Donald Lewis Shaw;David H. Weaver

  • Agenda-setting Effects of Business News on the Public's Images and Opinions about Major Corporations

    Craig E Carroll;Maxwell McCombs

  • Candidate Images in Spanish Elections: Second-Level Agenda-Setting Effects

    Maxwell McCombs;Juan Pablo Llamas;Esteban Lopez-Escobar;Federico Rey

  • New Directions in Agenda-Setting Theory and Research

    Maxwell E. McCombs;Donald L. Shaw;David H. Weaver

  • Media Salience and the Process of Framing: Coverage of the Columbine School Shootings:

    Hsiang Iris Chyi;Maxwell McCombs

  • The emergence of American political issues : the agenda-setting function of the press

    Donald Lewis Shaw;Maxwell E. McCombs

  • The Convergence of Agenda Setting and Framing

    Maxwell McCombs;Salma I. Ghanem

  • Television and Human Behavior

    Jib Fowles;George Comstock;Steven Chaffee;Natan Katzman

  • Agenda setting and political advertising: Origins of the news agenda

    Marilyn Roberts;Maxwell Mccombs

  • Agenda-Setting Research: Issues, Attributes, and Influences

    David Weaver;Maxwell McCombs;Donald L. Shaw

  • News Influence on Our Pictures of the World

    Maxwell McCombs;Amy Reynolds

  • Media Agenda-Setting in a Presidential Election: Issues, Images, and Interest

    Maxwell Mccombs;Chaim Eyal;Doris Graber

  • Agenda-Setting Effects and Attitude Strength Political Figures during the 1996 Presidential Election

    Spiro Kiousis;Max McCombs

  • Building Consensus: The News Media's Agenda-Setting Roles

    Maxwell McCOMBS

  • Two Levels of Agenda Setting Among Advertising and News in the 1995 Spanish Elections

    Esteban Lopez-Escobar;Juan Pablo Llamas;Maxwell McCombs;Federico Rey Lennon

  • Structuring the “Unseen Environment”

    Maxwell E. McCombs;Donald L. Shaw

  • CAPACITY, DIVERSITY, AND VOLATILITY OF THE PUBLIC AGENDA TRENDS FROM 1954 TO 1994

    Maxwell Mccombs;Jian-Hua Zhu

  • Network Issue Agendas on Twitter During the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election

    Chris J. Vargo;Lei Guo;Maxwell McCombs;Donald L. Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Weaver
David H. Weaver Indiana University
Sebastián Valenzuela
Sebastián Valenzuela Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Natalie Jomini Stroud
Natalie Jomini Stroud The University of Texas at Austin
Wayne Wanta
Wayne Wanta University of Florida
Spiro Kiousis
Spiro Kiousis University of Florida
Fay Lomax Cook
Fay Lomax Cook Northwestern University

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