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Researcher · Washington State University · United States

Melvin L. DeFleur

Melvin L. DeFleur publishes mostly in Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy, on topics such as Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics and Digital Storytelling and Education.

OpenAlex
World rank
#37,680
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#17,443
of 358,040
Works
31
Citations
1.1k
Citations per work
35.5

What does Melvin L. DeFleur research?

Communication: 31.6%Sociology and Political Science: 15.8%Philosophy: 10.5%History and Philosophy of Science: 10.5%other fields: 31.6%32%top field
Communication31.6%Sociology and Political Science15.8%Philosophy10.5%History and Philosophy of Science10.5%other fields31.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Communication32% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science16% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy10% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science10% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations5% of their works
  6. 6Urban Studies5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melvin L. DeFleur's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Agenda Setting, Digital Divide, Education, Media Framing, Social Media, Acceptance, Belief and Democracy.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Agenda Setting21 topic
  2. Digital Divide21 topic
  3. Education22 topics
  4. Media Framing21 topic
  5. Social Media21 topic
  6. Acceptance11 topic
  7. Belief11 topic
  8. Democracy11 topic
  9. Digital Storytelling11 topic
  10. Evolutionary Synthesis11 topic
  11. Evolutionary Theory11 topic
  12. Health Promotion11 topic
  13. Innovation Ecosystem11 topic
  14. Knowledge11 topic
  15. Mechanistic Explanation11 topic
  16. Quadruple Helix11 topic
  17. Rhetoric11 topic

Where does Melvin L. DeFleur work?

Melvin L. DeFleur's main affiliation in the publication record is Washington State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melvin L. DeFleur have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 1,099 citations for Melvin L. DeFleur, ranking #37,680 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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