Academic Journal
Q1Human Communication Research
About Human Communication Research
Human Communication Research is a scholarly journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.751 and H-index of 119.
Coverage: 1974-2026. Research categories: Anthropology (Q1); Communication (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q1); Linguistics and Language (Q1).
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Topics in published research
Communication in Education and Healthcare; Media Influence and Health; Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies; Social and Intergroup Psychology; Attachment and Relationship Dynamics; Social Media and Politics.
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4,235.00 USD
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2026-01-27 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqag001Revisiting the digital jukebox in daily life: applying Mood Management Theory to algorithmically curated music streaming environments
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2026-01-22 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf031A show for us: how racial and partisan cues about television audiences affect exposure intentions
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2026-01-20 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf032The impact of body-positive and fitspirational influencers on body satisfaction: a longitudinal study of evolving parasocial relationships
Priska L Breves, Sophie C Boerman, Jan-Philipp Stein, Carolin Ischen et al.
2026-04-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf029Can fictional stories beat the congeniality bias? Selective exposure to fiction and non-fiction
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2026-06-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf027Relational introspections with machines: a social-cognitive framework of trait perception, relational schemas, and trust in intention to use AI
Wang Liao, Ya-Ching Lee, Haoning Xue, Emily McKinley et al.
2026-06-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf026Extending communicated sense-making theorizing to social groups: missionaries’ use of metaphor, personification, and in-group vernacular
R Amanda Cooper, Alice Fanari
2026-04-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf028Escaping the digital panopticon? Longitudinal effects of dataveillance salience shocks on privacy attitudes and inhibited behaviors
Yannic Meier, Philipp K Masur
2026-04-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf025The combined well-being effects of social media activities: how self-affirmation can buffer against upward social comparisons on Instagram
Yuchi Anthony Chen, Catalina L Toma
2026-06-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf022Social media influencers can increase collective political beliefs and actions: findings from experiments and a quasi-experimental field study
Pascal Merz, Christian von Sikorski
2026-06-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf024Incidental and intentional exposure in a mock election setting on social media: effects on subjective and objective political knowledge and aligned voting
Jana H Dreston, Andreas Nanz
2026-01-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf023Human Communication Research at a crossroads: reaffirming standards, reimagining possibilities
Tai-Quan Peng
2026-01-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf021Explicit acceptance, gentle challenge: exploring (dis)confirmation in parent–adult child mental health conversations
Chantel N Haughton, Tamara D Afifi
2025-10-01 · DOI: 10.1093/hcr/hqaf020What do people watch under adversity? Testing interactions of semantic affinity and coping style using Netflix data donations
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