Subfield · Communication
Most cited papers in Communication
What are the most cited papers in Communication?
The most cited paper in Communication is "Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology" (Fred D. Davis, 1989), with 67,727 citations. Next come "User Acceptance of Computer Technology: A Comparison of Two Theoretical Models" (25,784) and "Culture and the Self: Implications for Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation" (21,129).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 2,406 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology Fred D. Davis · MIS Quarterly | Sep 1989 | 67,727 |
| 2 | User Acceptance of Computer Technology: A Comparison of Two Theoretical Models Fred D. Davis, Richard P. Bagozzi, Paul R. Warshaw · Management Science | Aug 1989 | 25,784 |
| 3 | Culture and the Self: Implications for Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation Hazel Rose Markus, Shinobu Kitayama · Psychological Review | Apr 1991 | 21,129 |
| 4 | Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media Andreas Kaplan, Michael Haenlein · Business Horizons | 14 Oct 2009 | 17,866 |
| 5 | Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship danah boyd, Nicole B. Ellison · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication | Oct 2007 | 16,252 |
| 6 | Framing: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Paradigm Robert M. Entman · Journal of Communication | Dec 1993 | 16,026 |
| 7 | Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage Janine Nahapiet, Sumantra Ghoshal · Academy of Management Review | Apr 1998 | 13,833 |
| 8 | Review : Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems: Conceptual Foundations And Research Issues1,2 Maryam Alavi, Dorothy E. Leidner · MIS Quarterly | Mar 2001 | 10,112 |
| 9 | The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites Nicole B. Ellison, Charles W Steinfield, Cliff A.C. Lampe · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication | Jul 2007 | 9,954 |
| 10 | The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media Maxwell McCombs, Donald Lewis Shaw · Public Opinion Quarterly | 1972 | 9,297 |
| 11 | Development of an Instrument to Measure the Perceptions of Adopting an Information Technology Innovation Gary C. Moore, Izak Benbasat · Information Systems Research | Sep 1991 | 9,182 |
| 12 | Understanding Information Technology Usage: A Test of Competing Models Shirley F. Taylor, Peter Todd · Information Systems Research | Jun 1995 | 8,826 |
| 13 | Organizational Learning: The Contributing Processes and the Literatures George P. Huber · Organization Science | Feb 1991 | 8,084 |
| 14 | Design science in information systems research Alan R. Hevner, Salvatore T. March, Jinsoo Park et al. · Journal of the Association for Information Systems | Mar 2004 | 7,717 |
| 15 | Immigration, Acculturation, and Adaptation John W. Berry · Applied Psychology | 1997 | 7,597 |
| 16 | Bibliometric Methods in Management and Organization Ivan Župič, Tomaž Čater · Organizational Research Methods | 22 Dec 2014 | 7,271 |
| 17 | Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context Geert H. Hofstede · Online Readings in Psychology and Culture | Dec 2011 | 7,167 |
| 18 | AFFECT- AND COGNITION-BASED TRUST AS FOUNDATIONS FOR INTERPERSONAL COOPERATION IN ORGANIZATIONS. Daniel J. McAllister · Academy of Management Journal | Feb 1995 | 6,859 |
| 19 | Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election Hunt Allcott, Matthew Aaron Gentzkow · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | May 2017 | 6,749 |
| 20 | Signaling Theory: A Review and Assessment Brian L. Connelly, S. Trevis Certo, R. Duane Ireland et al. · Journal of Management | 20 Dec 2010 | 6,597 |
| 21 | Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education D. Randy Garrison, Terry D. Anderson, Walter Archer · The Internet and Higher Education | Mar 1999 | 6,566 |
| 22 | A Partial Least Squares Latent Variable Modeling Approach for Measuring Interaction Effects: Results from a Monte Carlo Simulation Study and an Electronic-Mail Emotion/Adoption Study Wynne W. Chin, Barbara L. Marcolin, Peter R. Newsted · Information Systems Research | Jun 2003 | 6,496 |
| 23 | Computer Self-Efficacy: Development of a Measure and Initial Test Deborah Compeau, Christopher Alan Higgins · MIS Quarterly | Jun 1995 | 6,397 |
| 24 | Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation to Use Computers in the Workplace 1 Fred D. Davis, Richard P. Bagozzi, Paul R. Warshaw · Journal of Applied Social Psychology | Jul 1992 | 6,217 |
| 25 | Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: A Critical Review of the Theoretical and Empirical Literature and Suggestions for Future Research Philip M. Podsakoff, SCOTT B. MACKENZIE, Julie Beth Paine et al. · Journal of Management | Jun 2000 | 5,594 |
| 26 | Developing and Validating Trust Measures for e-Commerce: An Integrative Typology D. Harrison McKnight, Vivek Choudhury, Charles J. Kacmar · Information Systems Research | Sep 2002 | 5,487 |
| 27 | Media Discourse and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power: A Constructionist Approach William A. Gamson, Andre Modigliani · American Journal of Sociology | Jul 1989 | 4,990 |
| 28 | Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media Jan Kietzmann, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian P. McCarthy et al. · IRIS - Institutional Research Information System (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli) | 2011 | 4,888 |
| 29 | DBpedia: A Nucleus for a Web of Open Data Sören Auer, Christian Bizer, Georgi Kobilarov et al. · Lecture notes in computer science | 2007 | 4,804 |
| 30 | Time Flies When You’re Having Fun: Cognitive Absorption and Beliefs About Information Technology Usage1 Ritu Agarwal, Elena Karahanna · MIS Quarterly | Dec 2000 | 4,725 |
| 31 | Marketing in Hypermedia Computer-Mediated Environments: Conceptual Foundations Donna L. Hoffman, Thomas P. Novak · Journal of Marketing | Jul 1996 | 4,721 |
| 32 | I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience Alice Emily Marwick, danah boyd · New Media & Society | 7 Jul 2010 | 4,584 |
| 33 | Behavioral Intention Formation in Knowledge Sharing: Examining the Roles of Extrinsic Motivators, Social-Psychological Forces, and Organizational Climate1 Bock, Robert W. Zmud, Young‐Gul Kim et al. · MIS Quarterly | Mar 2005 | 4,341 |
| 34 | Using collaborative filtering to weave an information tapestry David Theo Goldberg, David M. Nichols, Brian M. Oki et al. · Communications of the ACM | Dec 1992 | 4,097 |
| 35 | KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN INTRAORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS: EFFECTS OF NETWORK POSITION AND ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ON BUSINESS UNIT INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE. W.C. Tsai · Academy of Management Journal | Oct 2001 | 4,025 |
| 36 | Why Should I Share? Examining Social Capital and Knowledge Contribution in Electronic Networks of Practice1 Molly McLure Wasko, Faraj · MIS Quarterly | Mar 2005 | 3,928 |
| 37 | Uses and Gratifications Research Elihu Katz, Jay G. Blumler, Michael Gurevitch · Public Opinion Quarterly | 1973 | 3,911 |
| 38 | Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out Andrew K Przybylski, Kou Murayama, Cody R. DeHaan et al. · Computers in Human Behavior | 9 Apr 2013 | 3,903 |
| 39 | Capturing the Complexity in Advanced Technology Use: Adaptive Structuration Theory Gerardine L. Desanctis, Marshall Scott Poole · Organization Science | May 1994 | 3,873 |
| 40 | Social Capital, Networks, and Knowledge Transfer Andrew C. Inkpen, Eric W. K. Tsang · Academy of Management Review | 2005 | 3,850 |
| 41 | Personal Computing: Toward a Conceptual Model of Utilization1 Ronald L. Thompson, Christopher Alan Higgins, Jane M. Howell · MIS Quarterly | Mar 1991 | 3,815 |
| 42 | Compliance, identification, and internalization three processes of attitude change Herbert C. Kelman · Journal of Conflict Resolution | Mar 1958 | 3,798 |
| 43 | Extending the TAM for a World-Wide-Web context Ji-Won Moon, Young‐Gul Kim · Information & Management | Feb 2001 | 3,786 |
| 44 | Identifying careless responses in survey data. Adam W. Meade, S. Bartholomew Craig · Psychological Methods | 13 Apr 2012 | 3,766 |
| 45 | Acculturation: Living successfully in two cultures John W. Berry · International Journal of Intercultural Relations | 18 Oct 2005 | 3,640 |
| 46 | The Influence of Intellectual Capital on the Types of Innovative Capabilities Mohan Subramaniam, Mark A. Youndt · Academy of Management Journal | Jun 2005 | 3,631 |
| 47 | Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range Ray E. Reagans, Bill McEvily · Administrative Science Quarterly | Jun 2003 | 3,624 |
| 48 | The Measurement of Independent and Interdependent Self-Construals Theodore M. Singelis · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | Oct 1994 | 3,620 |
| 49 | A Conceptual and Operational Definition of Personal Innovativeness in the Domain of Information Technology Ritu Agarwal, Jayesh Prasad · Information Systems Research | Jun 1998 | 3,585 |
| 50 | Why should i share? examining social capital and knowledge contribution in electronic networks of practice Molly McLure Wasko, Samer A Faraj · MIS Quarterly | Mar 2005 | 3,554 |
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