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Journalism and Media Studies

Journalism and Media Studies is a research topic within Communication. Science Explorer counts 7.2k research works in it since 1951. 9.9% 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 related to media studies and journalism research, including content analysis, social media, ethics in journalism, digital journalism, news coverage, public opinion, and the media industry.

  • Journalism
  • Communication
  • Media
  • Content Analysis
  • Social Media
  • Ethics
  • Digital Journalism
  • News Coverage
  • Public Opinion
  • Media Industry
Research works
7.2k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
710
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Journalism and Media Studies

Which countries lead Journalism and Media Studies research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (508 and 112 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 508 works
  2. 2 Mexico 112 works
  3. 3 Argentina 82 works
  4. 4 Colombia 75 works
  5. 5 Ecuador 55 works
  6. 6 Peru 46 works
  7. 7 Chile 40 works
  8. 8 United States 37 works
  9. 9 Brazil 34 works
  10. 10 France 24 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: 50.2%Mexico: 11.0%Argentina: 8.1%Colombia: 7.4%6 others listed: 23.3%50%largest
Spain508 · 50.2%Mexico112 · 11.0%Argentina82 · 8.1%Colombia75 · 7.4%6 others listed235 · 23.3%

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

Which institutions lead Journalism and Media Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Journalism and Media Studies research, followed by Universidad de Málaga and Universidad de Sevilla.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 48 works
  2. 2 Universidad de MálagaSpain 35 works
  3. 3 Universidad de SevillaSpain 34 works
  4. 4 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 26 works
  5. 5 University of the Basque CountrySpain 25 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 18 works
  7. 7 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 18 works
  8. 8 University of AlicanteSpain 15 works
  9. 9 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 14 works
  10. 10 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 14 works

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

The most cited paper in Journalism and Media Studies is "Narrativas transmedia. Cuando todos los medios cuentan" (Núria Puig Borràs, 2013), with 491 citations. Next come "Epistemología, metodología y técnicas del análisis de contenido" (359) and "Popularization Discourse and Knowledge about the Genome" (242).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Narrativas transmedia. Cuando todos los medios cuentan Núria Puig Borràs · Communication Papers Open access Jun 2013 491
2 Epistemología, metodología y técnicas del análisis de contenido José Luís Piñuel Raigada · Sociolinguistic Studies Apr 2002 359
3 Popularization Discourse and Knowledge about the Genome Helena Calsamiglia, Teun A. van Dijk · Discourse & Society 26 Jun 2004 242
4 Media coverage of health issues and how to work more effectively with journalists: a qualitative study Julie Leask, Claire Hooker, Catherine L. King · BMC Public Health Open access 8 Sep 2010 201
5 New Models of Communication, Profiles and Trends in Social Networks Jesús Miguel Flores Vivar · Comunicar Open access 25 Sep 2009 142
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Journalism and Media Studies research done?

The largest centres of Journalism and Media Studies research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Seville (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and Málaga (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Málaga, Leioa and Seville.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 123 works
  2. 2 SevilleSpain 41 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 40 works
  4. 4 MálagaSpain 35 works
  5. 5 BarcelonaSpain 34 works
  6. 6 Buenos AiresArgentina 32 works
  7. 7 BogotáColombia 32 works
  8. 8 LimaPeru 29 works
  9. 9 ValenciaSpain 26 works
  10. 10 LeioaSpain 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MálagaES · 35.2 works76×
  2. LeioaES · 25.2 works50×
  3. SevilleES · 41.3 works39×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Granada, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos 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%30%mean 18.19%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de GranadaUniversidad Complute…Universidad Rey Juan…Universidad de Málaga
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
1Universidad de GranadaSpain 63.424.2%23.0×13 +18.8%
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 62.020.8%54.5×48 -15.1%
3Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 61.820.8%100.2×26 +5.7%
4Universidad de MálagaSpain 61.514.2%113.6×35 +26.8%
5Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 52.521.3%63.1×14 -16.2%
6University of the Basque CountrySpain 46.811.2%52.8×25 +12.6%
7Universidad de MurciaSpain 46.028.4%29.2×9 +21.5%
8Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 44.119.9%20.8×13 -37.6%
9Universitat de ValènciaSpain 43.913.3%32.5×18 -3.1%
10Universidad de SevillaSpain 43.17.8%59.4×34 -18.4%

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 Journalism and Media Studies, country by country

Is Journalism and Media Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2016.

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grewheldshrank

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 Journalism and Media Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Journalism and Media Studies0.0046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Journalism and Media Studies 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%Journalism and Media Studies9.6% in 2025200020102020

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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