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Studies in Communication Sciences is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics, Public Relations and Crisis Communication.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleNumbered (Elsevier)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Studies in Communication Sciences 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inMedia Studies and Communication Social Media and Politics Public Relations and Crisis Communication Linguistic research and analysis Impact of Technology on Adolescents
ISSN1424-4896
Citation impact (2-yr)0.44
h-index24
i10-index70
Total citations2,442
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereUniversità della Svizzera italiana
Journal websitewww.hope.uzh.ch
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Papers published in Studies in Communication Sciences per year

24
2014
32
2015
28
2016
13
2017
25
2018
25
2019
38
2020
27
2021
41
2022
34
2023
20
2024
17
2025

Citation impact of Studies in Communication Sciences by publication year

187
2014
338
2015
214
2016
42
2017
326
2018
189
2019
184
2020
214
2021
262
2022
51
2023
18
2024
1
2025

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Most-cited papers in Studies in Communication Sciences

Digital astroturfing in politics: Definition, typology, and countermeasures

Marko Kovic, Adrian Rauchfleisch, Marc Sele et al. · 14 Nov 2018

In recent years, several instances of political actors who created fake grassroots activity on the Internet have been uncovered. We propose to call such fake online grassroots activity digital astroturfing, and we define it as a form of manufactured, deceptive and strategic top-down activity on the Internet initiated by political actors that mimics bottom-up activity…

What is Visual Communication? Past and Future of an Emerging Field of Communication Research

Marion Müller · 1 Jan 2007

In the Anglo-American context visual communication has been on the academic radar since the late 1970s. In continental Europe the diversity of disciplines and the heterogeneity of national and cultural traditions in researching the visual have hampered a unified approach towards this expanding field of research that is in and by itself transdisciplinary in nature.…

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Spiral of silence online: How online communication affects opinion climate perception and opinion expression regarding the climate change debate

Pablo Porten-Cheé, Christiane Eilders · 1 Jan 2015

This study tests the spiral of silence theory under conditions of online communication. It is argued that a preference for user-generated content may result in different perceptions of the opinion climate than a preference for mass media. This may also affect willingness to speak out in public. This study tested the effects of selective exposure…

Data stories. Rethinking journalistic storytelling in the context of data journalism

Wibke Weber, Martin Engebretsen, Helen Kennedy · 14 Nov 2018

This paper addresses the increased use of data and data visualization in newsrooms, which has yielded a new form of storytelling: data stories. In journalism, data stories or storytelling with data are the new buzzwords. What journalists mean by data stories, however, remains blurred. We use the emergence of data stories as an opportunity to…

Studies in Communication Sciences template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Studies in Communication Sciences use?
Studies in Communication Sciences uses Numbered (Elsevier) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Studies in Communication Sciences 12 (2023) 45–58.
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