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Top Communication Researchers

Jure Leskovec ranks first, out of 3,873 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Jure Leskovec United States · #252 worldwide 4.3k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Manuel Castells United States · #259 worldwide 1.1k citations · 160 works
  3. 3 Teun A. van Dijk Spain · #680 worldwide 2.5k citations · 107 works
  4. 4 David R. Karger United States · #696 worldwide 5.2k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Yogesh K. Dwivedi United Kingdom · #810 worldwide 3.2k citations · 172 works
  6. 6 Richard E. Petty United States · #851 worldwide 4.2k citations · 116 works
  7. 7 Jon Kleinberg United States · #951 worldwide 3.1k citations · 119 works
  8. 8 Harold D. Lasswell United States · #1,281 worldwide 819 citations · 164 works
  9. 9 Richard M. Steers Canada · #1,468 worldwide 2.2k citations · 94 works
  10. 10 John W. Berry Canada · #1,713 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  11. 11 Donatella della Porta Italy · #1,775 worldwide 1k citations · 157 works
  12. 12 Umberto Eco Italy · #1,841 worldwide 462 citations · 145 works
  13. 13 Paúl F. Lazarsfeld United States · #2,428 worldwide 1.1k citations · 85 works
  14. 14 Eduardo Salas United States · #2,757 worldwide 2.3k citations · 142 works
  15. 15 Patti M. Valkenburg Netherlands · #3,151 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  16. 16 Lorrie Faith Cranor United States · #3,616 worldwide 1.8k citations · 115 works
  17. 17 Barry Wellman Canada · #3,730 worldwide 1.5k citations · 74 works
  18. 18 Herbert C. Kelman United States · #3,818 worldwide 756 citations · 74 works
  19. 19 Randall S. Schüler United States · #3,863 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
  20. 20 Craig Calhoun United States · #3,969 worldwide 645 citations · 138 works
  21. 21 Frank Fischer Germany · #4,027 worldwide 1.7k citations · 134 works
  22. 22 Donald P. Green United States · #4,067 worldwide 1k citations · 80 works
  23. 23 Michael Morgan United Kingdom · #4,278 worldwide 791 citations · 110 works
  24. 24 Michael S. Bernstein United States · #4,449 worldwide 10k citations · 59 works
  25. 25 David Knoke Germany · #4,538 worldwide 827 citations · 104 works
  26. 26 Elihu Katz Israel · #4,602 worldwide 756 citations · 64 works
  27. 27 Murray Turoff United States · #4,643 worldwide 1.3k citations · 76 works
  28. 28 Mark Graham United Kingdom · #4,765 worldwide 899 citations · 80 works
  29. 29 Robert E. Kraut United States · #4,946 worldwide 1.1k citations · 77 works
  30. 30 John Riedl United States · #5,004 worldwide 3.9k citations · 58 works
  31. 31 Sara Kiesler United States · #5,123 worldwide 1.4k citations · 64 works
  32. 32 Philip G. Altbach United States · #5,185 worldwide 1.2k citations · 258 works
  33. 33 Urs Gasser United States · #5,201 worldwide 991 citations · 64 works
  34. 34 Ian McAllister Australia · #5,245 worldwide 985 citations · 132 works
  35. 35 Walter J. Ong Belgium · #5,696 worldwide 605 citations · 61 works
  36. 36 Bill Cope United States · #5,741 worldwide 842 citations · 66 works
  37. 37 Dietram A. Scheufele United States · #5,933 worldwide 1.2k citations · 65 works
  38. 38 Loren Terveen United States · #5,990 worldwide 1.9k citations · 58 works
  39. 39 Herbert J. Gans United States · #6,420 worldwide 545 citations · 67 works
  40. 40 Stefaan Walgrave Belgium · #6,592 worldwide 403 citations · 70 works
  41. 41 Paul T. Jaeger United States · #6,652 worldwide 618 citations · 104 works
  42. 42 Ed H. United States · #6,661 worldwide 1.5k citations · 103 works
  43. 43 Eric von Hippel United States · #6,710 worldwide 2.1k citations · 55 works
  44. 44 Henry Jenkins United States · #6,810 worldwide 641 citations · 60 works
  45. 45 Jane Knight Canada · #6,860 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
  46. 46 Georg von Krogh Switzerland · #7,027 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  47. 47 Ann Majchrzak United States · #7,224 worldwide 1k citations · 68 works
  48. 48 Kalle Lyytinen United States · #7,320 worldwide 2.1k citations · 173 works
  49. 49 Mark D. Griffiths United Kingdom · #7,344 worldwide 3.3k citations · 412 works
  50. 50 Simon Marginson Australia · #7,516 worldwide 757 citations · 128 works
  51. 51 Linda Hutcheon Canada · #7,803 worldwide 327 citations · 74 works
  52. 52 Detmar W. Straub United States · #7,869 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  53. 53 Bonnie Nardi United States · #7,879 worldwide 1.2k citations · 102 works
  54. 54 Joseph S. Valacich United States · #7,960 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  55. 55 Jay F. Nunamaker United States · #8,055 worldwide 1.4k citations · 126 works
  56. 56 Sirkka L. Järvenpää United States · #8,280 worldwide 940 citations · 87 works
  57. 57 Alan Rubin United States · #8,304 worldwide 916 citations · 59 works
  58. 58 Paul Resnick United States · #8,369 worldwide 1.2k citations · 60 works
  59. 59 Jonathan Culpeper United Kingdom · #8,449 worldwide 571 citations · 61 works
  60. 60 Carlos Castillo Spain · #8,506 worldwide 1.5k citations · 127 works
  61. 61 Jean‐Marc Dewaele United Kingdom · #8,883 worldwide 1k citations · 113 works
  62. 62 Lawrence Grossberg United States · #8,960 worldwide 500 citations · 71 works
  63. 63 Wanda J. Orlikowski United States · #9,025 worldwide 1.7k citations · 50 works
  64. 64 Mark Warschauer United States · #9,102 worldwide 844 citations · 86 works
  65. 65 Russell Spears Netherlands · #9,514 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  66. 66 David L. Altheide United States · #9,586 worldwide 725 citations · 53 works
  67. 67 Patrick Y.K. Chau Hong Kong · #9,597 worldwide 851 citations · 53 works
  68. 68 Shanto Iyengar United States · #9,774 worldwide 1.1k citations · 53 works
  69. 69 John S. Dryzek Australia · #9,824 worldwide 471 citations · 79 works
  70. 70 Varun Grover United States · #9,891 worldwide 754 citations · 64 works
  71. 71 Howard Giles United States · #10,091 worldwide 1.6k citations · 138 works
  72. 72 Donald L. Shaw United States · #10,429 worldwide 299 citations · 76 works
  73. 73 Ronald E. Rice United States · #10,557 worldwide 648 citations · 71 works
  74. 74 Karim R. Lakhani United States · #10,664 worldwide 796 citations · 60 works
  75. 75 Joshua A. Tucker United States · #10,984 worldwide 734 citations · 62 works
  76. 76 Christy M.K. Cheung Hong Kong · #11,016 worldwide 1.2k citations · 70 works
  77. 77 S. Alexander Haslam Australia · #11,018 worldwide 1.3k citations · 120 works
  78. 78 Reijo Savolainen Finland · #11,231 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  79. 79 James C. McCroskey United States · #11,359 worldwide 1.1k citations · 63 works
  80. 80 Richard T. Watson United States · #11,590 worldwide 1k citations · 118 works
  81. 81 Jaime Teevan United States · #11,643 worldwide 1.2k citations · 56 works
  82. 82 Yutaka Matsuo Japan · #11,686 worldwide 1.2k citations · 124 works
  83. 83 Ruth Wodak United Kingdom · #11,692 worldwide 696 citations · 191 works
  84. 84 Youngjin Yoo United States · #11,768 worldwide 911 citations · 65 works
  85. 85 Charles C. Manz United States · #12,181 worldwide 770 citations · 53 works
  86. 86 Carlos Flavián Spain · #12,211 worldwide 885 citations · 63 works
  87. 87 Thompson S.H. Teo Singapore · #12,410 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
  88. 88 Éric Gilbert United States · #12,547 worldwide 820 citations · 52 works
  89. 89 Thomas Hanitzsch Germany · #13,050 worldwide 409 citations · 53 works
  90. 90 Alan R. Dennis United States · #13,196 worldwide 1.1k citations · 74 works
  91. 91 William A. Gamson United States · #13,252 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  92. 92 Caroline Haythornthwaite United States · #13,283 worldwide 872 citations · 47 works
  93. 93 Jon A. Krosnick United States · #13,375 worldwide 1k citations · 63 works
  94. 94 Sanna Järvelä Finland · #13,424 worldwide 876 citations · 65 works
  95. 95 Carlos Ruiz Martínez United States · #13,430 worldwide 153 citations · 94 works
  96. 96 Chris Brewster United Kingdom · #13,547 worldwide 720 citations · 119 works
  97. 97 Christoph Klimmt Germany · #13,577 worldwide 606 citations · 61 works
  98. 98 John T. Jost United States · #13,741 worldwide 1.1k citations · 68 works
  99. 99 Mark Poster United States · #13,799 worldwide 418 citations · 152 works
  100. 100 Kurt Matzler Austria · #13,860 worldwide 878 citations · 104 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Communication, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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