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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Communication & Media Studies?

204 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Communication & Media Studies are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.3% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 32 countries in the subfield. 197 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of California, Santa Barbara has the most (9), followed by University of Wisconsin-Madison (8) and The University of Texas at Austin (7). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
204
0.3% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
197
96.6% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 32 countries in Communication & Media Studies
Highest-ranked
#1,980
Entman, Robert M.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1University of California, Santa Barbara99#2Nabi, Robin L. #7,662
2University of Wisconsin-Madison88#3Scheufele, Dietram A. #2,554
3The University of Texas at Austin76#5McCombs, Maxwell E. #9,522
4University of Southern California65#8Crawford, Kate #8,272
5The Ohio State University66#9Garrett, R. Kelly #9,951
6Michigan State University66#10Levine, Timothy Roland #25,100
7Syracuse University66#11Ramasubramanian, Srividya #34,773
8University of Florida55#12Men, Linjuan Rita #4,402
9University of Minnesota Twin Cities55#13Carlson, Matt #4,956
10Northwestern University55#16O'Keefe, Daniel J. #35,389
11The University of Arizona44#17Burgoon, Judee K. #2,902
12University of Pennsylvania44#19Banet-Weiser, Sarah #14,535
13Boston University43#21Amazeen, Michelle A. #18,347
14Pennsylvania State University44#22Shen, Lijiang #19,424
15University of Georgia44#23Jin, Yan #22,026
16Cornell University33#25Boyd, Danah Michele #2,783
17University of Miami33#28Lee, Yeunjae #10,427
18University of Michigan, Ann Arbor33#32Ellison, Nicole B. #15,520
19University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications33#34Freelon, Deen #16,095
20University of Maryland, College Park33#41Liu, Brooke Fisher #48,247
21University of Connecticut33#42Nowak, Kristine L. #53,725

The top 100 in Communication & Media Studies in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Entman, Robert M.
    The George Washington University
  2. 2
    Marwick, Alice E.
    Data and Society Research Institute
  3. 3
    Scheufele, Dietram A.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  4. 4
    Boyd, Danah Michele
    Cornell University
  5. 5
    Burgoon, Judee K.
    The University of Arizona
  6. 6
    Duffy, Brooke Erin
    Cornell University
  7. 7
    Bennett, W. Lance
    University of Washington
  8. 8
    Men, Linjuan Rita
    University of Florida
  9. 9
    Carlson, Matt
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  10. 10
    Lewis, Seth C.
    University of Oregon
  11. 11
    Stroud, Natalie Jomini
    Moody College of Communication
  12. 12
    Nabi, Robin L.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  13. 13
    Waisbord, Silvio R.
    The George Washington University
  14. 14
    Crawford, Kate
    University of Southern California
  15. 15
    Metzger, Miriam J.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  16. 16
    Guess, Andrew M.
    Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
  17. 17
    McCombs, Maxwell E.
    The University of Texas at Austin
  18. 18
    Bode, Leticia
    Georgetown University
  19. 19
    Garrett, R. Kelly
    The Ohio State University
  20. 20
    Papacharissi, Zizi A.
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  21. 21
    Lee, Yeunjae
    University of Miami
  22. 22
    Nisbet, Matthew C.
    Northeastern University
  23. 23
    Tufekci, Zeynep
    Princeton University
  24. 24
    Vraga, Emily K.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  25. 25
    Jenkins, Henry
    University of Southern California
  26. 26
    Cheng, Yang
    NC State University
  27. 27
    Banet-Weiser, Sarah
    University of Pennsylvania
  28. 28
    Bochner, Arthur P.
    University of South Florida, Tampa
  29. 29
    Wojcieszak, Magdalena Elzbieta
    University of California, Davis
  30. 30
    Ellison, Nicole B.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  31. 31
    Lang, Annie
    Indiana University Bloomington
  32. 32
    Freelon, Deen
    University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications
  33. 33
    Rains, Stephen A.
    The University of Arizona
  34. 34
    Rogers, Everett M.
    The University of New Mexico
  35. 35
    Fox, Jesse
    The Ohio State University
  36. 36
    Hall, Jeffrey A.
    University of Kansas
  37. 37
    Amazeen, Michelle A.
    Boston University
  38. 38
    Buzzanell, Patrice Marie
    University of South Florida
  39. 39
    Hallin, Daniel C.
    University of California, San Diego
  40. 40
    Brossard, Dominique
    Morgridge Institute for Research
  41. 41
    Shen, Lijiang
    Pennsylvania State University
  42. 42
    Oliver, Mary Beth
    Pennsylvania State University
  43. 43
    Hilbert, Martin
    University of California, Davis
  44. 44
    Kamali, M.
    Washington State University Pullman
  45. 45
    Cotter, Kelley
    Pennsylvania State University
  46. 46
    Jin, Yan
    University of Georgia
  47. 47
    Tokunaga, Robert S.
    The University of Texas at San Antonio
  48. 48
    Weeks, Brian E.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  49. 49
    Zillmann, Dolf
    Indiana University
  50. 50
    Schudson, Michael
    Columbia University
  51. 51
    Jones-Jang, S. Mo
    Boston College
  52. 52
    Levine, Timothy Roland
    Michigan State University
  53. 53
    McCroskey, James C.
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  54. 54
    Dillard, James Price
    Pennsylvania State University
  55. 55
    Usher, Nikki
    University of San Diego
  56. 56
    Caplan, Scott E.
    University of Delaware
  57. 57
    Vos, Tim P.
    Michigan State University
  58. 58
    Eveland, William P.
    The Ohio State University
  59. 59
    Pavlik, John V.
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  60. 60
    Williams, Dmitri C.
    University of Southern California
  61. 61
    Jamieson, Kathleen Hall
    University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications
  62. 62
    Potter, W. James
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  63. 63
    Flanagin, Andrew J.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  64. 64
    Rice, Ronald E.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  65. 65
    Eastin, Matthew S.
    Moody College of Communication
  66. 66
    Perloff, Richard M.
    Cleveland State University
  67. 67
    Bimber, Bruce
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  68. 68
    Literat, Ioana
    Columbia University
  69. 69
    Murthy, Dhiraj
    The University of Texas at Austin
  70. 70
    Kreiss, Daniel
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  71. 71
    Ahn, Sun Joo (Grace)
    University of Georgia
  72. 72
    Cappella, Joseph N.
    University of Pennsylvania
  73. 73
    Nelson, Jacob L.
    The University of Utah
  74. 74
    Moyer-Gusé, Emily J.
    The Ohio State University
  75. 75
    Banks, Jaime
    School of Information Studies
  76. 76
    Krippendorff, Klaus
    University of Pennsylvania
  77. 77
    Thorson, Kjerstin
    Colorado State University
  78. 78
    Zelizer, Barbie
    University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communications
  79. 79
    McGregor, Shannon C.
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  80. 80
    Wright, Kevin Bradley
    George Mason University
  81. 81
    Ramasubramanian, Srividya
    Syracuse University
  82. 82
    Feldman, Lauren
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  83. 83
    O'Keefe, Daniel J.
    Northwestern University
  84. 84
    LaRose, Robert
    Michigan State University
  85. 85
    Shah, Dhavan V.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  86. 86
    Billings, Andrew Charles
    Department of Journalism and Creative Media
  87. 87
    Molyneux, Logan
    University of Texas
  88. 88
    Bond, Bradley James
    University of San Diego
  89. 89
    Lim, Joon-soo
    Syracuse University
  90. 90
    Yue, Cen April
    Boston University
  91. 91
    Afifi, Tamara D.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  92. 92
    Shaw, Adrienne
    Temple University
  93. 93
    Bowman, Nicholas David
    Syracuse University
  94. 94
    Harwood, Jake
    The University of Arizona
  95. 95
    Rubin, Alan M.
    Kent State University
  96. 96
    Waddell, Thomas Franklin
    University of Florida
  97. 97
    Kim, Young
    Marquette University
  98. 98
    Liu, Brooke Fisher
    University of Maryland, College Park
  99. 99
    Carr, Caleb T.
    Illinois State University
  100. 100
    Napoli, Philip M.
    Duke University

204 listed scientists in Communication & Media Studies in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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