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Communication Studies and Media

Communication Studies and Media is a research topic within Communication. Science Explorer counts 5.5k research works in it since 1951. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics within the field of communication studies, including communication theory, learning environments, active learning strategies, media representation, ethnographic communication studies, social capital, crisis communication, STEM education, financial distress analysis, and organizational communication practices.

  • Communication Theory
  • Learning Environment
  • Active Learning
  • Media Representation
  • Ethnographic Communication Study
  • Social Capital
  • Crisis Communication
  • STEM Education
  • Financial Distress
  • Organizational Communication
Research works
5.5k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
531
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+68%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
92% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Communication Studies and Media

Which countries lead Communication Studies and Media research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (2.5k and 60 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 2.5k works
  2. 2 ?? 60 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 38 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 36 works
  5. 5 United States 31 works
  6. 6 Iraq 12 works
  7. 7 India 10 works
  8. 8 Philippines 10 works
  9. 9 China 10 works
  10. 10 Russia 10 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.

Indonesia: 92.1%??: 2.2%Nigeria: 1.4%Malaysia: 1.3%6 others listed: 3.0%92%largest
Indonesia2,548 · 92.1%??60 · 2.2%Nigeria38 · 1.4%Malaysia36 · 1.3%6 others listed84 · 3.0%

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

Which institutions lead Communication Studies and Media research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara publishes the most Communication Studies and Media research, followed by Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu and Bandung Islamic University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 87 works
  2. 2 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 55 works
  3. 3 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 46 works
  4. 4 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 45 works
  5. 5 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 44 works
  6. 6 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 37 works
  7. 7 Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis IndonesiaIndonesia 36 works
  8. 8 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 35 works
  9. 9 Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 35 works
  10. 10 Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia 35 works

What are the most cited papers in Communication Studies and Media?

The most cited paper in Communication Studies and Media is "Teacher education around the world: What can we learn from international practice?" (Linda Darling‐Hammond, 2017), with 1,472 citations. Next come "Qualitative Research Methods" (500) and "Komunikasi Interpersonal" (360).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Teacher education around the world: What can we learn from international practice? Linda Darling‐Hammond · European Journal of Teacher Education 25 May 2017 1,472
2 Qualitative Research Methods Anita Duffy · Nurse Education in Practice 29 Sep 2011 500
3 Komunikasi Interpersonal Citra Anggraini, Denny Hermawan Ritonga, Lina Kristina et al. · Jurnal Multidisiplin Dehasen (MUDE) Open access 6 Jul 2022 360
4 KOMUNIKASI ANTAR PRIBADI Sugijono Sugijono · WACANA Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Komunikasi Open access 31 Dec 2005 186
5 Komunikasi Antar Budaya Abdi Fauji Hadiono · Jurnal Darussalam Jurnal Pendidikan Komunikasi dan Pemikiran Hukum Islam Open access Mar 2017 172
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Communication Studies and Media research done?

The largest centres of Communication Studies and Media research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia) and Surabaya (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ciputat, Sidoarjo and Medan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 310 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 239 works
  3. 3 MedanIndonesia 211 works
  4. 4 SurabayaIndonesia 165 works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 162 works
  6. 6 MakassarIndonesia 115 works
  7. 7 BengkuluIndonesia 88 works
  8. 8 SemarangIndonesia 83 works
  9. 9 MalangIndonesia 77 works
  10. 10 SurakartaIndonesia 73 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CiputatID · 24.5 works28×
  2. SidoarjoID · 30.9 works26×
  3. MedanID · 210.8 works18×
  4. BandungID · 238.8 works17×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Communication Studies and Media than the world average.

See Communication Studies and Media on the map

Where is the best place to study Communication Studies and Media?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung, Universitas Gadjah Mada and Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara 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%10%20%mean 14.4%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitas Islam Ne…Padjadjaran UniversityUniversitas Gadjah M…Universitas Islam Ne…
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia 71.417.0%39.0×34 +401.3%
2Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia 67.712.1%14.9×35 +35.0%
3Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 66.710.6%35.5×87 +664.1%
4Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 64.213.0%21.0×45 +2.8%
5Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 63.910.6%15.9×55 +113.6%
6Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 63.913.5%9.8×21 +50.4%
7Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 63.515.8%12.1×29 +105.3%
8Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama IndonesiaIndonesia 61.020.7%8.8×8 +132.5%
9Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 60.712.7%22.0×36 +130.1%
10State University of JakartaIndonesia 60.718.0%16.1×21 +129.1%

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 Studies and Media, country by country

Is Communication Studies and Media research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Communication Studies and Media.

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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 Studies and Media as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Communication Studies and Media0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Communication Studies and Media 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 Studies and Media9.9% 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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