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Digital Communication and Language

Digital Communication and Language is a research topic within Human-Computer Interaction. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of emoticons and emojis on computer-mediated communication, social interaction, text messaging, language variation, and literacy skills. It investigates gender differences in online communication and the use of emoticons in workplace emails. The research also delves into the influence of emoticons on emotional expression, social attributions, and information processing.

  • Emoticons
  • Computer-Mediated Communication
  • Social Interaction
  • Text Messaging
  • Language Variation
  • Digital Communication
  • Emoji Usage
  • Literacy Skills
  • Gender Differences
  • Online Communication
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+51%
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Which countries lead Digital Communication and Language research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (409 and 327 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 409 works
  2. 2 China 327 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 302 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 259 works
  5. 5 Brazil 211 works
  6. 6 Russia 199 works
  7. 7 Germany 158 works
  8. 8 Spain 144 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 138 works
  10. 10 India 112 works

How concentrated that is

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United States: 18.1%China: 14.5%Indonesia: 13.4%Türkiye: 11.4%6 others listed: 42.6%18%largest
United States409 · 18.1%China327 · 14.5%Indonesia302 · 13.4%Türkiye259 · 11.4%6 others listed962 · 42.6%

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Which institutions lead Digital Communication and Language research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar publishes the most Digital Communication and Language research, followed by University of Maribor and University of Alicante.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitas Mahasaraswati DenpasarIndonesia 16 works
  2. 2 University of MariborSlovenia 14 works
  3. 3 University of AlicanteSpain 13 works
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 12 works
  5. 5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 11 works
  6. 6 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 11 works
  7. 7 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 11 works
  8. 8 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 10 works
  9. 9 University of HelsinkiFinland 9 works
  10. 10 Institut za filozofijuCroatia 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Digital Communication and Language?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Digital Communication and Language include Joseph B. Walther and James W. Pennebaker.

  1. 1 Joseph B. Walther United States 2.4k citations
  2. 2 James W. Pennebaker United States 1.9k citations

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

Where is Digital Communication and Language research done?

The largest centres of Digital Communication and Language research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Ankara (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 73 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 57 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 49 works
  4. 4 Ankara Türkiye 36 works
  5. 5 Denpasar Indonesia 31 works
  6. 6 Medan Indonesia 29 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 29 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 29 works
  9. 9 Kyiv Ukraine 28 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 27 works
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Where is the best place to study Digital Communication and Language?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Maribor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Helsinki 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 15.3%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Maribor: 14, 6.3%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 11, 43.8%University of Helsinki: 9, 33.9%Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar: 16, 5.2%University of Alicante: 12, 13.3%Moscow State Institute of International Relations: 11, 8.4%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 12, 9.6%Qassim University: 8, 12.0%University of Ljubljana: 10, 2.5%Peoples' Friendship University of Russia: 8, 18.0%Hong Kong Polytechni…University of HelsinkiUniversity of MariborUniversitas Mahasara…
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of MariborSlovenia 63.46.3%19.7×14 +455.6%
2 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 60.443.8%3.3×11 +70.4%
3 University of HelsinkiFinland 55.733.9%4.2×9 +230.8%
4 Universitas Mahasaraswati DenpasarIndonesia 54.65.2%28.3×16 —
5 University of AlicanteSpain 50.313.3%12.4×12 -14.6%
6 Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia 45.68.4%16.1×11 —
7 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 43.29.6%4.1×12 +227.5%
8 Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia 42.612.0%8.3×8 —
9 University of LjubljanaSlovenia 41.72.5%6.3×10 +231.7%
10 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia 38.618.0%6.6×8 +104.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Digital Communication and Language research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Digital Communication and Language.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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