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Communication and COVID-19 Impact

Communication and COVID-19 Impact is a research topic within Communication. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1953. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of Covid-19 on media systems, news consumption, and communication. It delves into the consequences of information quality, public perception, and the role of digital media and social networks during the pandemic. Additionally, it addresses the challenges and strategies related to health education in the context of Covid-19.

  • Covid-19
  • Media System
  • News Consumption
  • Communication
  • Social Networks
  • Pandemic
  • Information Quality
  • Public Perception
  • Digital Media
  • Health Education
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Communication and COVID-19 Impact

Which countries lead Communication and COVID-19 Impact research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (1.4k and 703 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 1.4k works
  2. 2 Mexico 703 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 580 works
  4. 4 Peru 344 works
  5. 5 Brazil 330 works
  6. 6 Colombia 284 works
  7. 7 Argentina 267 works
  8. 8 United States 156 works
  9. 9 Chile 150 works
  10. 10 Portugal 76 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Spain: 32.8%Mexico: 16.3%Ecuador: 13.5%Peru: 8.0%6 others listed: 29.4%33%largest
Spain1,411 · 32.8%Mexico703 · 16.3%Ecuador580 · 13.5%Peru344 · 8.0%6 others listed1,263 · 29.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Communication and COVID-19 Impact research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Communication and COVID-19 Impact research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 136 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 80 works
  3. 3 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 76 works
  4. 4 Universidad de MálagaSpain 73 works
  5. 5 Universidad de SevillaSpain 63 works
  6. 6 Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 50 works
  7. 7 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 48 works
  8. 8 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 45 works
  9. 9 University of GuayaquilEcuador 44 works
  10. 10 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 44 works

Who are the leading researchers in Communication and COVID-19 Impact?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Communication and COVID-19 Impact include Carlos Andrés Castañeda-Orjuela.

  1. 1 Carlos Andrés Castañeda-Orjuela Colombia 236k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Communication and COVID-19 Impact?

The most cited paper in Communication and COVID-19 Impact is "COVID-19 and digital inequalities: Reciprocal impacts and mitigation strategies" (Elisabeth Beaunoyer, Sophie Dupéré, Matthieu J. Guitton, 2020), with 1,160 citations. Next come "Digital transformation of everyday life – How COVID-19 pandemic transformed the basic education of the young generation and why information management research should care?" (1,051) and "COVID-19 and the 5G Conspiracy Theory: Social Network Analysis of Twitter Data" (842).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COVID-19 and digital inequalities: Reciprocal impacts and mitigation strategies Elisabeth Beaunoyer, Sophie Dupéré, Matthieu J. Guitton · Computers in Human Behavior Open access 11 May 2020 1,160
2 Digital transformation of everyday life – How COVID-19 pandemic transformed the basic education of the young generation and why information management research should care? Netta Iivari, Sumita Sharma, Leena Ventä-Olkkonen · International Journal of Information Management Open access 27 Jun 2020 1,051
3 COVID-19 and the 5G Conspiracy Theory: Social Network Analysis of Twitter Data Wasim Ahmed, Josep Vidal‐Alaball, Joseph Downing et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 25 Apr 2020 842
4 How to Fight an Infodemic: The Four Pillars of Infodemic Management Günther Eysenbach · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 26 Jun 2020 583
5 The configuration of the university image and its relationship with the satisfaction of students Asunción Beerli Palacio, Gonzalo Díaz Meneses, P. Jorge Perez · Journal of Educational Administration 10 Sep 2002 494
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Where is Communication and COVID-19 Impact research done?

The largest centres of Communication and COVID-19 Impact research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Loja and Machala.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 368 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 206 works
  3. 3 LimaPeru 179 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 124 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 122 works
  6. 6 BarcelonaSpain 108 works
  7. 7 GuayaquilEcuador 107 works
  8. 8 QuitoEcuador 89 works
  9. 9 SantiagoChile 83 works
  10. 10 SevilleSpain 79 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LojaEC · 60.3 works73×
  2. MachalaEC · 31.3 works73×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Communication and COVID-19 Impact than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Communication and COVID-19 Impact?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Beira Interior, Universidad de Málaga and Universidad Complutense de Madrid score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 20.96%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Beira …Universidad de MálagaUniversidad Rey Juan…Universidad Complute…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Beira InteriorPortugal 67.443.7%24.4×11 +49.5%
2Universidad de MálagaSpain 65.122.3%54.5×73 +11.9%
3Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 64.513.7%35.8×136 +12.7%
4Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 64.117.8%69.6×76 +30.7%
5Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 58.817.0%92.2×50 +53.1%
6Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 56.915.5%33.7×45 +10.8%
7University of the Basque CountrySpain 56.815.7%21.0×43 +15.6%
8Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 56.826.9%33.0×28 -8.0%
9Universidad de SevillaSpain 55.819.0%25.6×62 -7.2%
10Universidad de NavarraSpain 55.218.0%22.8×26 +27.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Communication and COVID-19 Impact, country by country

Is Communication and COVID-19 Impact research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Communication and COVID-19 Impact.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Communication and COVID-19 Impact as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Communication and COVID-19 Impact0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Communication and COVID-19 Impact over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Communication and COVID-19 Impact10.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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