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Diez años de in es igación en las p incipales
e is as cien í icas de comunicación.
Tendencias y emá icas en las publicaciones
de mayo impac o en JCR y SJR.
Ten yea s o esea ch in he highes anked
communica ion jou nals. T ends and subjec s
in JCR and SJR’s highes impac publica ions
Ángel Vizoso
Uni e sidad de San iago de Compos ela
Sa a Pé ez-Seijo
Uni e sidad de San iago de Compos ela
Xosé López-Ga cía
Uni e sidad de San iago de Compos ela
Re e encia de es e a ículo
Vizoso, Ángel; Pé ez-Seijo, Sa a y López-Ga cía, Xosé (2019). Diez años de in es-
igación en las p incipales e is as cien í icas de comunicación. Tendencias y emá-
icas en las publicaciones de mayo impac o en JCR y SJR. adComunica. Re is a
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Palab as cla e
Es udios sob e comunicación; Re is as de la comunicación; Me odologías de in es i-
gación; Tendencias en la in es igación; P oducción cien í ica; Análisis bibliomé ico
Keywo ds
Communica ion s udies; Communica ion jou nals; Resea ch me hods; Resea ch
ends; Scien i ic p oduc ion; Bibliome ics
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Resumen
La comunicación, en endida como campo de es udio y como disciplina, aunque es
ela i amen e jo en, ha conseguido una impo an e madu ez en la p ime a década
del siglo XXI como mues a la p oducción cien í ica y la cen alidad que ha conse-
guido en las sociedades ac uales. Es e a ículo es el esul ado de la ealización de
una Re isión Sis emá ica de la Li e a u a cien í ica en las ece e is as académicas
del á ea de la comunicación que ocupan los dos p incipales ankings de indexa-
ción: Jou nal Ci a ion Repo s (JCR) y Scimago Jou nal & Coun y Rank (SJR).
T as el análisis de 5.291 ex os, ha sido posible encon a algunos de los pa ones
y endencias que se siguen en la publicación de in es igaciones académicas en el
campo de la comunicación. De es e modo, es e a ículo mues a cómo algunas de
las publicaciones p i ilegian algunos emas en e a o os. Al mismo iempo, se ha
iden i icado un no able c ecimien o de la p oducción académica g acias, en pa e,
a la acilidad de di usión a a és de la inco po ación de pla a o mas de publicación
en línea po pa e de las e is as cien í icas. Además, se ha iden i icado la p esen-
cia y e olución de de e minadas emá icas a lo la go de los úl imos diez años pa a
en ende su desa ollo e impo ancia. Es e ex o con ibuye a la li e a u a cien í ica
cen ada en la comp ensión de los pa ones de publicación y ci a en e in es iga-
do es mos ando las p incipales endencias en la in es igación de la comunicación
a lo la go de la úl ima década.
Abs ac
Communica ion, unde s ood as a ield o s udy, is an a ea wi h a ela i ely sho
his o y, especially i compa ed wi h disciplines like Medicine o Physics. This e-
sea ch a icle is he esul o a Sys ema ic Li e a u e Re iew o he hi een- op
anked pee - e iewed jou nals in he a ea o communica ion: Jou nal Ci a ion
Repo s (JCR) and Scimago Jou nal & Coun y Rank (SJR). A e e iewing 5,291
a icles, publishing pa e ns and hema ic endencies we e iden i ied. Thus, his
a icle e idences ha some jou nals p i ilege some opics o e o he s as well as
he ise o he academic esea ch in communica ion due o he ease o publishing,
hanks o online publishing pla o ms adop ed by pee - e iewed jou nals. Likewise,
he p esence o many opics ac oss he pe iod o analysis was iden i ied in o de
o se a gene al idea abou hei empo al de elopmen h ough he las en yea s.
This con ibu es o he li e a u e co pus ela ed o publica ion and ci a ion pa e ns
among jou nals and schola s by highligh ing he main ends in communica ion e-
sea ch in he las decade.
Au o es
Ángel Vizoso [angel. [email protected]] es In es igado en Fo mación en el g upo de
in es igación No os Medios de la Uni e sidade de San iago de Compos ela. Sus a-
bajos se cen an undamen almen e en el á ea de la isualización de la in o mación,
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el ac -checking y la p oducción pe iodís ica en los cibe medios. Es, además, bene-
icia io del P og ama de Fo mación del P o eso ado Uni e si a io del Minis e io de
Ciencia, Inno ación y Uni e sidades (Gobie no de España).
Sa a Pé ez-Seijo [s.pe [email protected]] es In es igado a en Fo mación del g u-
po No os Medios de la Uni e sidade de San iago de Compos ela. Sus abajos se
cen an en el es udio del Pe iodismo Inme si o y las nue as o mas de p oducción
mul imedia e in e ac i a en los cibe medios. Además, es bene icia ia del P og ama
de Fo mación del P o eso ado Uni e si a io del Minis e io de Ciencia, Inno ación
y Uni e sidades (Gobie no de España).
Xosé López-Ga cía [xose.lopez.ga [email p o ec ed]] es Ca ed á ico de Pe iodismo en el
Depa amen o de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Uni e sidade de San iago de
Compos ela. Desde el año 1994 eje ce como coo dinado del g upo de in es igación
No os Medios, cuyas líneas de in es igación se cen an en el es udio de los medios
digi ales e imp esos y el análisis del impac o de la ecnología en la comunicación
mediada en e o as.
C édi os
Es e a ículo se ha elabo ado en el ma co del p oyec o «Cibe medios na i os di-
gi ales en España: o ma os na a i os y es a egia mó il» (Re e encia RTI2018-
093346-B-C33), del Minis e io de Ciencia, Inno ación y Uni e sidades, y co inan-
ciado po el Fondo Eu opeo de Desa ollo Regional (FEDER). Fo ma pa e ambién
de las ac i idades del g upo de in es igación No os Medios (GI-1641) de la Uni-
e sidade de San iago de Compos ela, apoyado po el P og ama de Consolidación
e Es u u ación de Unidades de In es igación Compe i i as de la Xun a de Galicia
(Re e encia: ED431B 2017/48). Los au o es Ángel Vizoso y Sa a Pé ez-Seijo son,
además, bene icia ios del P og ama de Ayudas pa a la Fo mación del P o eso ado
Uni e si a io (FPU), inanciado po el Minis e io de Educación, Cul u a y Depo e
(Gobie no de España).
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1. In oduc ion
Communica ion is bo h a esea ch ield and a discipline (de Mo agas, 2011) wi h a
sho his o y, especially i compa ed wi h disciplines such as Medicine o Physics.
On his basis, many au ho s se communica ion esea ch as a subjec o he 20 h
cen u y (Ca lson, Robinson, Lewis y Be kowi z, 2018). Howe e , in he las ew
yea s, we ha e wi nessed a signi ican g ow h in communica ion jou nals and com-
munica ion esea ch. The expansion o communica ion s udies and acul ies among
in e na ional Uni e si ies and he need o esea che s and p o esso s o hose o -
ma ion cen es ha e been c ucial in he de elopmen o his ield.
Likewise, he cu en pano ama is in luenced by he bi h o new publica ions and
he inc ease in p oduc ion o hose s ill unning. I cons i u es a dual esponse
bo h o he inc easing numbe o au ho s and he ease o publishing h ough he
In e ne . Thanks o he web publishing, i is possible o each new audiences glo-
bally, as p in issues a e no needed. A he same ime, publishing in he highes
anked jou nals — equen ly se in coun ies such as he Uni ed S a es o Uni ed
Kingdom— is now a mo e ealis ic possibili y han wen y o hi y yea s ago, when
logis ics we e mo e complex.
Ou s udy aims a es ablishing pa e ns a ound he mos s udied subjec s in com-
munica ion esea ch in he pe iod 2008-2018. Th ough a sys ema ic analysis o he
p oduc ion in he hi een jou nals ha ake up he i s en publica ions o he
Jou nal o Ci a ion Repo s (JCR) and Scimago Jou nal & Coun y Rank (SJR), a
classi ica ion o he a icles in di e en ca ego ies was es ablished.
Findings o he s udy could be use ul o unde s anding cu en ends in he s udy
o communica ion, as well as i s ecen de elopmen . In he same way, esul s p o-
ide an o e iew o eme gen opics and ields o s udy, as well as o hose a eas o
less in e es o bo h esea che s and jou nals. Thus, he esea ch add esses some
o he key a eas in communica ion esea ch ields and discusses u u e di ec ions
o hem.
2. Li e a u e Re iew
2.1. O e iew on communica ion esea ch ield
Communica ion as an objec o s udy is, unlike o he disciplines, a e y ecen ield
o esea ch. Ba ne , Huh, Kim, and Pa k (2011) showed, ollowing Be ge , Rolo ,
and Roskos-Ewoldsen (2009), ha communica ion joined social sciences la e , in
con as wi h o he b anches o knowledge. This idea is suppo ed by B uhn Jen-
sen (2018) when he se s how:
«The ield o communica ion esea ch was a p oduc o he wen ie h cen u y, as social-scien i ic
and humanis ic adi ions joined o ces o accoun o he echnologically media ed condi ion
in which humans lea n om he pas , asses he p esen and imagine he u u e, so as o make
hei own his o y».
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Michael Meyen (2015) suppo s he idea o his delay in he in eg a ion o commu-
nica ion in social sciences. The au ho u ns o Abbo ’s Chaos o Disciplines (2002)
o es ablish ha esea ch in a eas like sociology, economics, psychology and poli-
ical science is conside ably olde han esea ch in communica ion. Likewise, he
au ho se s ha he bi h o he ield is he p oduc o bo h poli ical and economic
in e es s (Meyen, 2015).
Juha Koi is o e al. (2008) conduc ed a la ge s udy o iden i y he main ends, ins-
i u ions and challenges ha shape he ields o communica ion and media esea ch.
In o de o ha e a comple e o e iew o his domain, he au ho s es ablished he
beginning in he eme gence o communica ion uni e si y cou ses and acul ies,
speci ically in he academic aining s a ed in he Uni ed S a es by he decade o
1870s. In Eu ope, « he i s Eu opean uni e si y cou ses in jou nalism we e held in
Pa is as ea ly as 1899» (Koi is o e al., 2008). Howe e , i was no un il he second
decade o he wen ie h cen u y when his kind o s udies p oli e a ed. The e o e,
he e is almos a hi y yea s lag in he beginning o egula academic o ma ion
be ween he Uni ed S a es and Eu ope. The di e ence o esees one o he p esen
cha ac e is ics o he communica ion esea ch ield nowadays: he p e alence o he
Uni ed S a es in uni e si ies and jou nals, as we will men ion below.
Besides he ac ha he s udy and esea ch in communica ion was conside ed pa
o social sciences la e han o he disciplines like poli ical science, psychology and
economics, he a ea p esen s, since i s e y beginning, a ema kable dicho omy.
F om he i s s eps o esea ch in communica ion, schola s ha e discussed abou
he di ision be ween mass and in e pe sonal communica ion (Roge s & Cha ee,
1983; Delia, 1987; Pa k & Leydesdo , 2009). I was conside ed ha bo h ields
had di e en na u es. Howe e , he e a e s udies ha de end in eg a ion ins ead o
di ision o mass and in e pe sonal communica ion (Be ge & Cha ee, 1988; Wie-
mann, Ping ee & Hawkins, 1988). The ci ed au ho s we e awa e o he complexi y
o he ield, and ied o b ing oge he bo h mass and in e pe sonal communica ion
o be e unde s and he o communica ion p ocesses.
In addi ion o he eno mous complexi y o communica ion as a ield in eg a ed in
he a ea o social sciences, he e a e also many objec s o s udy. As Vidales no es,
he e a e a «di e si y o looks, objec s and agendas» (Vidales, 2015) which make
communica ion a pa icula and di e se ield o s udy whe e many di e en ap-
p oaches o many di e en p oblems and si ua ions a e possible (Ma ín-Alga a,
2009). We he e o e a end o he cons an de elopmen o new app oaches and
amewo ks ha a e highly connec ed o he di e en con ex s whe e communica-
ion p ocesses ake place. Thus, i is e y in luenced by ci cums ances like «na io-
nal adi ions, me hodological loyal ies, long- unning skills-o -schola ship dispu es,
mixed disciplina y oo s, sub ield chau inisms, and No h-Sou h dispa i ies» (Pooley
& Pa k, 2012).
Because o he no ed dicho omy and he agmen a ion o he ield, in he i s s eps
o he esea ch in communica ion, he e was a discussion abou he di ec ion o in-
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es iga ions. Di e en esea ch o ganiza ions we e bo n in o de o connec esea -
che s om di e en pa s o he wo ld. Thus, in e na ional and na ional collec i es
such as he In e na ional Communica ion Associa ion (ICA) o he In e na ional
Associa ion o Media and Communica ion Resea ch (IAMCR) eme ged. Howe e ,
al hough hese ini ia i es began wi h he objec i e o pu oge he esea che s om
di e en coun ies, in he yea s a e he Wo ld Wa II a deep ideological deba-
e was conduc ed inside one o he bigges associa ions: he ci ed IAMCR. Meyen
(2015) shows how, in he yea s o he Cold Wa , IAMCR con e ences we e spaces
o ideological ba le ields be ween membe s o he associa ion who wan ed o apply
hei ideological endency o he s udy o communica ion by p i ileging some opics
o e o he s. Thus, as we can see, he de elopmen o a esea ch ield is highly e-
la ed o he con ex and he ideological p edominance o hose who a e s udying i .
The e o e, changes a e equen and common, because hey en ich he ad ance o
in es iga ions by adop ing di e en pa adigms.
Wi h he objec i e o communica e and sp ead he indings o esea che s all
a ound he wo ld, academic jou nals we e bo n many yea s a e he de elopmen
o communica ion as a esea ch ield. Thus, we can ind he i s samples o aca-
demic jou nals in he second hal o he se en een h cen u y. They ep esen ed a
signi ican imp o emen in he communica ion o esea che s’ esul s. Be o e he
eme gence o egula academic publica ions, esea che s used o in e change le -
e s wi h hei colleges in o de o know mo e abou hei in es iga ions. Howe e ,
he expansion o he mo able ype p in ing modi ied he communica ion o science
wi h he in oduc ion o academic jou nals, easie o p in and dissemina e due o
he new p in ing sys em. Examples o publica ions in his pe iod a e Le Jou nal des
Sça ans (F ance, 1665), Philosophical T ansac ions o he Royal Socie y (Uni ed
Kingdom, 1665), o Ac a E udi o um (Ge many, 1682) (Cas illo-Espa cia, Rubio-
Mo aga & Almansa-Ma ínez, 2012).
I we pay a en ion o he speci ic ield o communica ion esea ch, we can see how
i is deeply linked o he in en ion o he p in ed p ess (Meyen, 2015). The eby,
Michael Meyen (2015) highligh he ac ha in he i s s eps in he de elopmen
o newspape s, communica ion s udies we e domina ed by ou side s like no elis s,
heologians o o he s who w o e abou he opic. I was no un il 1690 when Tobias
Peuce de ended he i s disse a ion add essing communica ion a he Uni e si y
o Leipzig.
Nowadays, esea che s wo k in he e a o he digi alisa ion o con en s. Con ibu-
ions om colleagues all a ound he wo ld a e a ailable h ough he In e ne . Ac-
cessing con en s om in es iga ions o e e y esea ch ields —e en wo ks in p o-
g ess— is easie han e e hanks o he de elopmen o academic social ne wo ks
as well as he indexa ion in da abases. As a esul , esea che s ha e a lo o con-
en s loca ed in he same pla o m, which opens a new amoun o possibili ies when
hey a e ying o make p og esses in hei indings (Vilches, 2011: 21).
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2.2. Di e en app oaches in he s udy o communica ion
We look now in o he me a- esea ch in communica ion. We will y o se an o e -
iew o he ecen published li e a u e ocused on he analysis o he published e-
sea ch in academic communica ion jou nals. Thus, as we will see, he e a e many di-
e en app oaches o s udy his a ea, each one alid bu also wi h i s pa icula i ies.
One o he possibili ies o he analysis o a pa icula esea ch ield is he sc u iny
o di e en opics and subjec s add essed (Mon e o-Díaz e al., 2018). Thus, in he
pa icula case o communica ion, i is possible o ind a icles ha y o del e in o
he li e a u e o many di e en hemes. Examples o his could be hose cen ed
in in es iga ions on he In e ne (Tomasello, Lee & Bae , 2010; Bo ah, 2017), ad-
e ising (Bena ides Delgado, 2012; Balad ón-Pazos, Co eye o-Ruiz & Manchado
Pé ez, 2014; A an , Kim & Hayes, 2017), communica ion e hics (Díaz-Campo &
Segado-Boj, 2017), social media (Ha e al., 2015), communica ion heo ies like a-
ming (Bo ah, 2011), and mobile communica ion (Kim e al., 2017). These a e jus
a ew samples o in es iga ions conduc ed wi h he objec i e o iden i ying he s a e
o esea ch o he issue in ques ion.
Ano he possible app oach is he bibliome ic s udy o he academic p oduc ion in
one pa icula a ea. In he case o communica ion as a esea ch ield, we can see
di e en ypes o in es iga ions. Examples o his could be hose ocused in he co-
ci a ion pa e ns among au ho s (Pied a-Salomón, 2010; 2015), he exis ence o ci-
a ion ne wo ks among he main au ho s o he ield (Ba ne , Huh, Kim, & Pa k,
2011), numbe o au ho s pe ex and a ilia ion (Fe nández-Quijada & Masip,
2013) and he exis ence o di e ences in publishing be ween schola s om leading
coun ies in esea ch and hose si ua ed in he pe iphe y (Deme e , 2017). In he
same way, we can easily ind s udies on he use o pa icula me hodologies du ing
in es iga ion p ocesses (Cas illo-Espa cia Rubio-Mo aga, and Almansa-Ma ínez,
2012). Las ly, he e a e a lo o con ibu ions which y o show ends in di e en
academic jou nals in a ce ain pe iod o ime (B yan & Mi on, 2004; Roca-Co ea
& Pueyo-Ayhan, 2012; Be mejo-Be os, 2014) and coun y (de-Filippo, 2013; Ma -
ínez-Nicolás & Sape as-Lapied a, 2016). This kind o s udies a e e y use ul o
unde s and he ecen de elopmen o a ield such as, in his case, communica ion.
Con ibu ions like hese a e a good basis o he implemen a ion o new esea ch
lines, as hey can access p e ious wo ks in he ma e o s udy.
2.3. Communica ion esea ch nowadays
We u n now o he p esen o look in o he cu en ends in he s udy o com-
munica ion. In his poin , we ollow Pe e Simonson and Da id W. Pa k when hey
poin ou how:
«Communica ion and media s udies a e a a key his o ical momen , occasioned by he e e -
widening ecogni ion o he social signi icance o hei subjec ma e s, he con inued s uc u al
ans o ma ion o highe educa ion, and he apid g ow h o he ield a ound he wo ld» (Si-
monson & Pa k, 2016: 2).
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The e o e, acco ding o Simonson and Pa k, communica ion and i s s udy a e now
mo e impo an han e e . I occu s due o he apid g ow h o he ield as well as
he bi h o new spaces and pla o ms whe e communica ion p ocesses ake pla-
ce. Al hough communica ion is a e y di e se and agmen ed ield (Vidales, 2015;
Mon e o-Díaz e al., 2018), he e is a g owing in e es in i s s udy (Díaz-Campo &
Segado-Boj, 2017). Thus, in he las wo decades we ha e seen he ise o me a- e-
sea ch in his a ea wi h handbooks and pape s ocused on he analysis o p e ious
wo ks ela ed wi h communica ion p ocesses, ools, heo ies, and spaces (Rod igo-
Alsina, 2001; Tomasello, 2001; B yan & Mi on, 2004; Cappella, 2017).
As no ed be o e, he g ow h and sp ead in communica ion esea ch is closely linked
o he ounda ion o communica ion schools and uni e si y cou ses. Since he las
wo decades o he pas cen u y, he sp ead o communica ion schools p o oked he
ise o esea ch in his a ea as well as he ounda ion o new jou nals and con e en-
ces whe e esea che s could show hei indings (de-Filippo, 2013). Communica-
ion, like o he esea ch ield, is nowadays a e y dynamic ield whe e « esea che s
e i e, bu mo e new esea che s eme ge. Jou nals old, bu a highe numbe a e
launched» (Jinha, 2010).
Howe e , i we pay a en ion o he geog aphical and linguis ic de elopmen o his
pa icula esea ch ield, we can see how he e a e wo zones and speeds in he
s udy o communica ion. Fi s o all, we a e in on o a e y US-cen ed discipline
(Meyen, 2015) wi h ce ain —bu lowe — p esence o some Eu opean coun ies
like Uni ed Kingdom, Ge many, F ance and Spain. In e ms o language, English is
he main language o he ield, and he e a e ewe jou nals in o he languages in
he op posi ions o he main indexa ion anks. Fo ins ance, Comunica , which is
issued bo h in Spanish and English, is in he 12 h posi ion o he Jou nal Ci a ion
Repo s —in he communica ion ca ego y—, bu he e a e no mo e examples like
his in he i s 25 places o he index. Likewise, his jou nal is anked in he 25 h
posi ion o he Scimago Jou nal and Coun y Rank, being he e y i s jou nal no
jus issued in English.
Finally, in o de o mee he objec i e o his sec ion, which is d awing a gene al
pano ama abou he cu en cha ac e is ics o communica ion s udies, we ha e o
emphasise ha , in he las ew yea s, communica ion s udies ha e changed hei
scope a li le bi . In he i s yea s o he new millennium, communica ion esea ch
was domina ed by s udies ocused on adi ional b oadcas and p in media (Ka-
mhawi & Wea e , 2003). The in oduc ion and de elopmen o a new medium, he
In e ne , has changed his pa adigm (Bo ah, 2017). Nowadays, esea ch in commu-
nica ion highligh s he expansion and ma u ing o he In e ne , desc ibes he cha-
ac e is ics and po en iali ies o Social Ne wo ks Si es and ies o ind he ela ion
be ween he use o new de ices and human communica i e p ocesses.
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2.4. The pa icula case o Spain
In he las sec ion o he li e a u e e iew, we pu ou scope in he pa icula case
o he Spanish academic p oduc ion (Ma ínez-Nicolás & Ca asco-Campos, 2018).
I cons i u es a ema kable eali y because in he las ew yea s i has expe imen ed
a apidly g ow h due o he equi emen s o he acc edi a ion o he six-yea e ms
o academic expe ience. Hence, esea che s ha e o p o e hei bes achie emen s
so hey y o publish in he highes anked jou nals in o de o ha e bigge me i s.
This si ua ion esul ed in a ise in he p oduc ion o academic li e a u e om Spa-
nish esea che s in e e y single a ea o knowledge, and communica ion is no an
excep ion. Fo example, Fe nández-Quijada and Masip (2013) ound ha in 2010
he academic p oduc ion o esea ch in communica ion was he en h pa o he
o al egis e ed in he p e ious hi y yea s. I is an impo an measu e, because i
is necessa y o no e ha communica ion acul ies in Spain we e no egula ly es-
ablished un il he decade o 1970 (Fe nández-Quijada, Masip & Be gillos, 2013).
The e o e, Spanish schola s ha e o combine hei esea ch wi h he cons an ob-
jec i e o publishing in he highes anked jou nals o achie e be e ma ks in he
acc edi a ion p ocess. Thus, since 1970, communica ion as a esea ch ield has ex-
pe imen ed he bi h o many jou nals as well as he publishing o monog aphs and
guidebooks. I is a consequence o bo h he necessi y o esul s o Spanish esea -
che s and he ise and de elopmen o communica ion s udies in Spain.
In e ms o he hema ic di ision o communica ion s udies, Spanish esea che s
in communica ion op o he s udy o media con en , ollowing a « adi ional o
conse a i e pa e n» (Ma ínez-Nicolás & Sape as-Lapied a, 2016) ocused on he
analysis o p ac ices and p oduc s. The explana ion o his phenomenon could be
he as -paced p oduc ion p ocess o he academic esea ch due o he no ed ne-
cessi ies o he ecogni ion o he schola s’ achie emen s.
3. Me hod
The me hodology used in his a icle was he me hodological iangula ion, h ough
he combina ion o quali a i e and quan i a i e me hods. The i s s ep was he pe -
o mance o a Sys ema ic Li e a u e Re iew (SLR), acco ding o he disposed by
Lluís Codina (2017). This echnique le s «iden i ying, e alua ing, and in e p e ing
a ailable da a on a pa icula esea ch ield wi hin a pe iod o ime» (Ramí ez-
Mon oya & Ga cía-Peñal o, 2018). This pa icula analysis was ocused on he jou -
nals anked in he i s en posi ions o he Jou nal Ci a ion Repo s (JCR) and he
Scimago Jou nal & Coun y Rank (SJR). Al hough he e a e many di e en anks,
bo h JCR and SJR a e he mos enowned and used o es ablish he impac ac o
wi hin academic jou nals o any subjec . As pa o his e iew, con en analysis
was conduc ed in o de o ind ou he main ends in publishing o he analysed
jou nals.
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Figu e 3. Thema ic di ision o published a icles
Sou ce: c ea ed by au ho s
As Figu e 3 shows, discou se, con en and case analysis a e he main ypes o a -
icles among he e iewed ones —1,097—. I is ollowed by he analysis o he use,
e ec s, media ecep ion, and public opinion, wi h 971 ma ches in he sample. A -
icles ocused on he de elopmen o new echnologies such as he use o he In e -
ne —507 examples—, Social Media —494 a icles— and he in luence and use o
In o ma ion and Communica ion Technologies in communica i e p ocesses —523
examples— a e pa o he second s ep in e ms o p esence. Communica ion heo-
ies and me hodologies wi h 438 examples in he sample is ano he impo an sub-
jec o s udy o communica ion esea che s.
In con as , we ound ha i we look in o he hi een high- anked communica ion
jou nals, he e a e issues wi h lowe —and e en esidual— p esence. This could be
he case o s udies ela ed o g owing disciplines and ields o s udy like Big Da a,
ac checking o in o ma ion isualiza ion which, in he ollowing yea s, a e suppo-
sed o g ow exponen ially in p ac ically and heo e ically. Howe e , ou s udy shows
how hese opics, as well as o he s wi h low p esence, ha e no been deeply s udied
by schola s. Some explana ions o his phenomenon could be he no el y o he
ields o s udy, he specializa ion o he jou nals in some pa icula ields and he
publica ion o he esea ch ela ed wi h hese issues in specialized jou nals anked
ou o he op- en posi ions o he main indexes. In he nex sec ion, we will y o
explain he de elopmen o some o he analysed hemes by explaining i s p esence
in academic jou nals in he las en yea s.
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4.3. De elopmen o he add essed issues du ing he pe iod o analysis
We e iew in his sec ion he de elopmen o he mos p esen opics in a icles
published. As no ed be o e, he six main issues ea ed by he analysed jou nals
we e: discou se, con en , and case analysis; use o he In e ne ; In o ma ion and
Communica ion Technologies; use, e ec s, ecep ion o he media and public opi-
nion; Social Media; and communica ion heo ies. Figu e 4 displays i s p og ess du-
ing he las en yea s.
Figu e 4. De elopmen o he mos s udied subjec s
Sou ce: c ea ed by au ho s
Figu e 4 shows many in e es ing pa e ns and endencies in he las ew yea s. Es-
pecially a ac i e is he case o Social Media s udies. As we can see, he black line
s a s in a e y low posi ion, due o he publica ion o only six a icles ela ed wi h
his ma e in 2008. Howe e , du ing he yea s he g ow h was consis en and, in
2017 — he las comple e yea o he analysis—, he highes anked communica ion
jou nals published 83 a icles ela ed wi h Social Media pla o ms and i s cha ac e-
is ics and applica ions in o communica i e p ocesses. I we look in o he cu en
yea , be ween Janua y and Ap il 63 a icles ha e been published ye . Thus, esea ch
on Social Media is supposed o inc ease in numbe a he end o 2018.
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Discou se, con en and case analysis s udies ha e expe imen ed a g ow h be ween
2012 and 2015. Howe e , his ca ego y shows mo e homogeneous alues han So-
cial Media s udies. Some hing simila occu s wi h ex s ocused on he use o he
In e ne ; In o ma ion and Communica ion Technologies; communica ion heo ies;
and use, e ec s, media ecep ion and public opinion. Those ields o s udy show
e y homogeneous endencies and, al hough i exis s a ia ion h ough he yea s,
hey ha e been highly s udied consis en ly.
4.4. Thema ic specialisa ion ac oss he di e en jou nals
As no ed by Bo ah (2017), he me ge o di e en spaces and pla o ms whe e com-
munica ion is possible u ns ou in he g ow h o academic jou nals ela ed wi h
many pa icula opics. This could be he case o he de elopmen and sp ead o he
In e ne , which p o oked he appea ance o publica ions like New Media & Socie-
y, Jou nal o Compu e -Media ed Communica ion as well as many special issues
o exis ing jou nals (Bo ah, 2017). Following his idea, in his sec ion we will y o
p esen he mos pa adigma ic publishing ends. In o de o each his objec i e,
we will show da a a ound he mos add essed opics by paying a en ion o he pu-
blishing pa e ns o he analysed ou le s.
The edi o s o New Media & Socie y displayed he main ideas o i s ounda ion in
he i s numbe o he publica ion by saying ha he jou nal was he esul o he
« ema kable g ow h in schola ship add essing he social implica ions o eme ging
communica ion and in o ma ion echnologies» (Jankowski e al., 1999). Thus, his
jou nal was c ea ed o g oup oge he esea ch a ound opics such as he de elo-
pmen o he In e ne and new in o ma ion and communica ion echnologies and
how hey in luence communica i e p ocesses.
The idea coincides wi h he p esence o hese opics in o he analysed sample o
a icles. As no ed be o e, New Media & Socie y published 851 esea ch a icles
be ween Janua y 2008 and Ap il 2018. Wi hin his sample, we iden i ied 163 a i-
cles in ol ing he In e ne —use, e ec s and cha ac e is ics—. Social Media, as well
as i s use and de elopmen ha e p esence in 164 a icles whe eas he e we e 137
ela ed wi h in o ma ion and communica ion echnologies and hei implica ions
o communica i e p ocesses. Finally, he ou h mos add essed opic was mobile
communica ion, wi h 76 esea ch a icles. The e o e, he ou main hemes ha e
echnological oo s and hey cons i u e he 63.45% o he published a icles in he
las en-yea pe iod wi h 540 examples.
Jou nal o Compu e -Media ed Communica ion shows a e y simila pa e n. Thus,
ou o i s 344 esea ch a icles published du ing he pas en yea s, 70 a e ocused
on he s udy o Social Media, 53 on he analysis o he In e ne and 51 add ess he
implica ions o In o ma ion and Communica ion Technologies. I cons i u es mo e
han a hal o he published esea ch —a 50.58% ou o he o al numbe o a i-
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cles— concen ed in h ee opics. The ou h main issues a e he discou se, case
and con en s udies wi h 38 examples.
Jou nal o Communica ion’s main opics a e discou se, case and con en analysis
—wi h 117 examples ou o he 474 published a icles—; media use and i s e ec s
and public opinion —wi h 87 a icles—; and communica ion heo y —in 69 imes—.
Those h ee issues cons i u e he 57.59% o he published esea ch in his jou nal
in he las en yea s. Mo e echnological subjec s like Social Media and In o ma ion
and Communica ion Technologies ha e 39 and 34 examples espec i ely, being o-
ge he he 15.40% ou o he o al.
Media Psychology published 225 esea ch a icles be ween Janua y 2008 and Ap il
2018. Ou o hose, 122 we e ocused on he use, e ec s and ecep ion o he me-
dia and public opinion —mo e han a hal wi h he 54.22% ou o he o al—. In
second, hi d and ou h place in e ms o p esence we can ind esea ch ela ed
wi h In o ma ion and Communica ion Technologies —38 examples—; Social Media
and he In e ne —10 examples o each ca ego y— which cons i u es he 25.77%
o he published esea ch in he pe iod o analysis.
Communica ion Resea ch’s mos add essed opic was use, e ec s and media e-
cep ion and public opinion wi h 131 examples ou o he 426 published a icles. I
cons i u es a 30.75% ou o he o al. The second mos add essed opic was in e -
pe sonal communica ion wi h 70 examples —16.43% o he published esea ch in
his jou nal—. Ano he wo impo an subjec s ackled by Communica ion Resea ch
we e discou se, con en and case analysis —wi h 46 examples, he 10.79% o he
imes— and communica ion heo ies and me hodologies —40 imes, he 9.38% ou
o he o al esea ch published by his jou nal—.
Jou nal o Ad e ising ollows a e y simila pa e n whe e use, e ec s and media
ecep ion and public opinion is he main subjec wi h 130 examples ou o he 341
published a icles. Thus, in his pa icula case i is necessa y o no e ha mos o
he a icles a e ocused on he ecep ion and e ec s o ad e isemen s, no on he
ecep ion o he media in gene al. Discou se, con en and case analysis, wi h 55
examples, a e he second mos add essed hema ic wi h 55 examples, and ad e -
ising —in his case gene ali ies abou ad e ising— is he hi d subjec wi h ma-
jo amoun o publishe esea ch in his jou nal —52 a icles, 15.24% ou o he
o al—.
Communica ion Theo y, jus as i s name shows, is mainly coped by esea ch abou
communica ion heo ies. Thus, we ha e ound 122 a icles ela ed wi h his sub-
jec ou o he 223 published by his jou nal —54.70%—. The second mos add es-
sed issues a e discou se, con en and case analysis, wi h a p esence o 33 a icles
—14.79% ou o he o al—.
In o ma ion Communica ion & Socie y ollows he same pa e n as New Media &
Socie y and Jou nal o Compu e -Media ed Communica ion, whe e s udies on new
echnologies a e he mos impo an conce ns. Thus, 171 examples o esea ch
a icles ela ed wi h In o ma ion and Communica ion Technologies we e ound
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—23.20% ou o he 737 a icles published by his jou nal du ing he pe iod o
analysis—. Social Media is he second mos add essed ca ego y wi h 167 examples
—22.65%— and he e we e 59 a icles ela ed wi h he In e ne , i s uses and i s
e ec s —8% o he whole esea ch o In o ma ion, Communica ion & Socie y—.
In Public Unde s anding o Science, 213 ou o he 542 published esea ch a icles
a e ocused on discou se, con en and case analysis —39.29%—, whe eas 172 ac-
kle he use, e ec s and ecep ion o he media —31.73% ou o he o al—. The
hi d mos add essed subjec is ci izen’s pa icipa ion and mobiliza ion wi h 47
examples, an 8.67% o he esea ch published by his jou nal be ween 2008 and
2018.
Poli ical Communica ion ollows a e y simila pa e n. The main subjec is discou -
se, con en and case analysis —wi h 77 examples ou o he 265 a icles published
by he jou nal, a pe cen age o he 29.05%—. The second mos add essed ca ego y
is use, e ec s and ecep ion o he media and public opinion wi h 58 examples —a
21.88% ou o he o al—. In hi d place, we can ind 29 s udies ela ed wi h com-
munica ion heo ies, a 10.94%. In his case, we ha e o highligh he low p esence
o a icles ela ed wi h new echnologies and he in luence o echnology in com-
munica i e p ocesses. Thus, Poli ical Communica ion op s o a mo e analy ic and
heo e ical esea ch in con as wi h some o he e iewed jou nals.
Some hing simila occu s wi h Resea ch on Language and Social In e ac ion, whe-
e discou se, con en and case analysis a e he main issues o his pa icula ou -
le wi h 151 examples ou o he 189 published by he jou nal du ing he pe iod o
analysis. I cons i u es he 79.89% o he o al o a icles o his publica ion and i
is he highes p esence o a single ca ego y in he conduc ed analysis. In second
e m, in e pe sonal communica ion appea s in he 8.46% o he published esea ch,
wi h 16 examples o a icles ela ed wi h his a ea. The es o he subjec s ha e a
esidual ole, wi h a e y low p esence.
In e na ional Jou nal o P ess/Poli ics ollows he main endency obse ed in his
sec ion, he high p esence o s udies based on discou se, con en and case analysis.
I happens in 49 imes, he 21.30% ou o he 230 a icles published by his jou -
nal in he las en yea s pe iod. Use, e ec s and ecep ion o he media and public
opinion is he second mos add essed ca ego y wi h 42 examples — he 18.26%—.
S udies ela ed wi h he analysis o adi ional media — adi ional adio and ele-
ision b oadcas o p in newspape s— a e he hi d op ion, wi h 34 examples —
he 14.78% ou o he o al esea ch published by In e na ional Jou nal o P ess/
Poli ics.
Las ly, Public Opinion Qua e ly ollows he same endency no ed be o e wi h jou -
nals like In e na ional Jou nal o P ess/Poli ics, Poli ical Communica ion o Public
Unde s anding o Science. I p edomina es he p esence o esea ch based on dis-
cou se, con en and case analysis wi h a p esence o 204 a icles ou o he 444 pu-
blished by he jou nal be ween 2008 and 2018, a 45.94%. The second mos add essed
hema ic is he use, e ec s and ecep ion o he media and public opinion wi h 139
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examples, a 31.30% ou o he o al. Thus, hese wo ca ego ies ga he mo e han
h ee qua e s o he whole esea ch o his jou nal wi h he 77.25% o he o al.
5. Discussion and conclusions
Ga he ed da a om he 5,291 e iewed a icles shows some in e es ing pa e ns in
he de elopmen o he high- anked communica ion jou nals in he las en yea s.
Thus, i we look in o hei publishing equency, we can see how six o he hi een
analysed jou nals augmen ed he numbe o published issues pe yea . As a esul ,
mo e esea ch a icles a e now a ailable and his numbe is e en bigge and mo e
accessible due o he ease o online publishing. Because o his ise in he p oduc i-
i y o he main communica ion jou nals, many o hem ha e inc eased he numbe
o published a icles.
When i comes o opics in publica ion pa e ns, esul s e idence a high p esence
o s udies based on discou se, con en and case analysis, being mo e han a i h o
he o al amoun o analysed esea ch. In es iga ions a ound he use, e ec s and
ecep ion o he media and public opinion is he second mos add essed ca ego y
wi h 971 a icles ou o he 5,291 o he sample. In o ma ion and Communica ion
Technologies is he hi d mos s udied subjec wi h 523 a icles, wi h simila num-
be s han esea ch ela ed wi h he In e ne —507 a icles— and Social Media
—494 examples—.
I we pay a en ion o he de elopmen cycle o he mos s udied subjec s, we can
see how many o hem ha e a cons an p esence in academic jou nals du ing he
las en yea s. This could be he case o esea ch ela ed wi h he In e ne , com-
munica ion heo ies and he use, e ec s and ecep ion o he media. In con as ,
esea ch ela ed wi h Social Media pla o ms and i s implica ions o communica i-
e p ocesses has expe imen ed a signi ican g ow h since 2008. Thus, as shown in
Figu e 4, esea ch ela ed wi h his opic has expe imen ed a cons an g ow h yea
a e yea since he appea ance o Social Ne wo king Si es.
Finally, h ee endencies ha e been iden i ied ela ing he p esence o opics in he
analysed jou nals. As no ed be o e, he e a e eme gen jou nals whe e he mos
add essed subjec s a e ela ed wi h new echnologies. This is he case o New Me-
dia & Socie y, Jou nal o Compu e -Media ed Communica ion, and In o ma ion,
Communica ion and Socie y. The second end is he pa icula case o Commu-
nica ion Theo y, wi h a heo e ical app oach, which publishes a icles ocused on
communica ion heo ies and discou se analysis. Finally, he mos common hema ic
app oach is he main p esence o esea ch based on discou se, case and con en
analysis, as well as he analysis o he use, e ec s and ecep ion o he media. Nine
o he hi een analysed jou nals o a g ea e o lesse ex en sha es his endency:
Jou nal o Communica ion, Media Psychology, Communica ion Resea ch, Jou nal
o Ad e ising, Public Unde s anding o Science, Poli ical Communica ion, Resea ch
on Language and Social In e ac ion, In e na ional Jou nal o P ess/Poli ics, and
Public Opinion Qua e ly.
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Rega ding o he limi a ions o he conduc ed s udy, as no ed in he me hod sec-
ion, he au ho s we e awa e ha many o he e iewed a icles could i in mo e
han one single ca ego y. Howe e , hey we e assigned o he ca ego y in which
hey i ed be e . This s udy is based only in hi een jou nals, hose loca ed in he
op- en o he wo main ci a ion indexes Jou nal o Ci a ion Repo s (JCR) and Sci-
mago Jou nal & Coun y Rank (SJR). I is a li le sample among all he academic
publica ions in he ield o communica ion, bu i is a good example o he cu en
ends in he s udy o his ield.
Finally, he e is oom o u he esea ch ela ed wi h publica ion pa e ns in com-
munica ion jou nals as well as he p esence and de elopmen o di e en subjec s
o e he yea s. I could be in e es ing o assess esea ch ela ed wi h opics such as
in o ma ion e i ica ion, In o ma ion and Communica ion Technologies, and mobile
communica ion. Those ields, as well as o he s like Social Media and he In e ne ,
ha e an in e es ing u u e wi hin he con ex o academic esea ch.
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