Top 100 Scientists in Communication & Textual Studies

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Communication and Textual Studies

Communication and Textual Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines how messages are created, transmitted, and interpreted across various contexts. It combines approaches from communication studies, literary analysis, and textual research to understand how meaning is generated through written and verbal communication. This field explores the intricate ways people represent their experiences and perspectives through different forms of textual communication, analyzing the style, content, structure, and underlying meanings of texts.

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The following table showcases the top 100 researchers in Communication and Textual Studies, ranked based on the Top 2% Scientists Lis. You can click on their names to check the TopResearchersList Profiles for more details.

Rank	Name	Institute	Country	Subfield 1	Subfield 2
1	Hayes, Andrew F.	University of Calgary	Canada	Communication & Media Studies	Social Sciences Methods
2	Hyland, Ken	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Education
3	van Dijk, Teun A.	Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona	Spain	Languages & Linguistics	Sociology
4	Dewaele, Jean Marc	Birkbeck, University of London	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Education
5	Dörnyei, Zoltán	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Education
6	Coombs, W. Timothy	Centre for Crisis and Risk Communications	Canada	Communication & Media Studies	Business & Management
7	Wei, Li	UCL Institute of Education	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
8	Ellis, Rod	Curtin University	Australia	Languages & Linguistics	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
9	Hargittai, Eszter	Universität Zürich	Switzerland	Communication & Media Studies	Information & Library Sciences
10	Valkenburg, Patti	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Netherlands	Communication & Media Studies	Education
11	MacIntyre, Peter	Cape Breton University	Canada	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
12	García, Ofelia	The City University of New York	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Education
13	Schegloff, Emanuel A.	University of California, Los Angeles	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
14	Blommaert, Jan	Tilburg University	Netherlands	Languages & Linguistics	Anthropology
15	Wodak, Ruth	Central European University	Austria	Languages & Linguistics	Political Science & Public Administration
16	Goodwin, Charles	University of California, Los Angeles	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Social Sciences Methods
17	Canagarajah, Suresh	Pennsylvania State University	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Education
18	Pennycook, Alastair	Universitetet i Oslo	Norway	Languages & Linguistics	Education
19	van Dijck, José	Universiteit Utrecht	Netherlands	Communication & Media Studies	Science Studies
20	de Vreese, Claes H.	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Netherlands	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
21	Boyd, Danah	Microsoft Research	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Information & Library Sciences
22	Levinson, Stephen C.	Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics	Netherlands	Experimental Psychology	Languages & Linguistics
23	Entman, Robert	The George Washington University	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
24	Livingstone, S.	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom	Communication & Media Studies	Education
25	Mondada, Lorenza	Universität Basel	Switzerland	Languages & Linguistics	Sociology
26	Stivers, Tanya	University of California, Los Angeles	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Public Health
27	Tandoc, Edson C.	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	Communication & Media Studies	Education
28	Gil de Zúñiga, Homero	Universidad de Salamanca	Spain	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
29	Fuchs, Christian	Paderborn University	Germany	Communication & Media Studies	Sociology
30	Schmitt, Norbert	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Education
31	Marwick, Alice E.	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Gender Studies
32	Haspelmath, Martin	Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie	Germany	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
33	Ellis, Nick C.	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
34	Biber, Douglas	Northern Arizona University	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Education
35	Matthes, Jörg	Universität Wien	Austria	Communication & Media Studies	Marketing
36	Fairclough, Norman	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Political Science & Public Administration
37	Bennett, W. Lance	University of Washington	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
38	Scheufele, Dietram A.	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Science Studies
39	Webb, Stuart	Western University	Canada	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
40	Cenoz, Jasone	Universidad del Pais Vasco	Spain	Languages & Linguistics	Education
41	Flores, Nelson	University of Pennsylvania	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Education
42	Nabi, Robin L.	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Public Health
43	Burgoon, Judee K.	The University of Arizona	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Information Systems
44	Walther, Joseph B.	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Social Psychology
45	Gillespie, Tarleton	Microsoft Research Cambridge	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Information & Library Sciences
46	Tracy, Sarah J.	Arizona State University	United States	Business & Management	Communication & Media Studies
47	Bode, Leticia	Georgetown University	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
48	Borg, Simon	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences	Norway	Languages & Linguistics	Education
49	Storch, Neomy	University of Melbourne	Australia	Languages & Linguistics	Education
50	Lee, Icy	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	Languages & Linguistics	Education
51	Plonsky, Luke	Northern Arizona University	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
52	Pavlenko, Aneta	Universitetet i Oslo	Norway	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
53	Ortega, Lourdes	Georgetown University	United States	Languages & Linguistics
54	Norton, Bonny	The University of British Columbia	Canada	Languages & Linguistics	Education
55	Hu, Guangwei	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	Languages & Linguistics	Education
56	Garrett, R. Kelly	The Ohio State University	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Human Factors
57	Kubota, Ryuko	The University of British Columbia	Canada	Languages & Linguistics	Education
58	Bybee, Joan	The University of New Mexico	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
59	Gorter, Durk	Universidad del Pais Vasco	Spain	Languages & Linguistics	Education
60	Men, Linjuan Rita	University of Florida	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Business & Management
61	Larsen-Freeman, Diane	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
62	Couldry, Nick	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom	Communication & Media Studies	Sociology
63	Crossley, S. A.	Vanderbilt University	United States	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Languages & Linguistics
64	Boulianne, Shelley	Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society	Germany	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
65	Metzger, Miriam	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Education
66	Kramsch, Claire	University of California, Berkeley	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Literary Studies
67	Culpeper, Jonathan	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Sociology
68	Rosa, Jonathan	Stanford University	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Anthropology
69	Lin, Angel Mei Yi	Simon Fraser University	Canada	Languages & Linguistics	Education
70	Lewis, Seth C.	University of Oregon	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Information Systems
71	Dutta, Mohan J.	Massey University	New Zealand	Communication & Media Studies	Public Health
72	Carlson, Matt	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Sociology
73	Laufer, Batia	University of Haifa	Israel	Languages & Linguistics	Education
74	Gries, Stefan Th	Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen	Germany	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
75	Kendon, Adam	Cherry Hinton Medical Centre	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
76	Papacharissi, Zizi	University of Illinois at Chicago	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Information & Library Sciences
77	Eckert, Penelope	Stanford University	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
78	Waisbord, Silvio	The George Washington University	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Public Health
79	Erin Duffy, Brooke	Cornell University	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Computation Theory & Mathematics
80	Stroud, Natalie Jomini	The University of Texas at Austin	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
81	Macaro, Ernesto	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Education
82	Taguchi, Naoko	Northern Arizona University	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
83	Kormos, Judit	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology
84	Abidin, Crystal	Curtin University	Australia	Communication & Media Studies	Information & Library Sciences
85	Skehan, Peter	University College London	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Environmental Sciences
86	Flowerdew, John	Birkbeck, University of London	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Applied Ethics
87	Leung, Louis	Hong Kong Shue Yan University	Hong Kong	Communication & Media Studies	Information Systems
88	Deuze, Mark	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Netherlands	Communication & Media Studies	Information & Library Sciences
89	Hameleers, Michael	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Netherlands	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
90	Lu, Xiaofei	Pennsylvania State University	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Education
91	Bucholtz, Mary	University of California, Santa Barbara	United States	Languages & Linguistics	Anthropology
92	Strömbäck, Jesper	Göteborgs Universitet	Sweden	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
93	Nielsen, Rasmus Kleis	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	Communication & Media Studies	Political Science & Public Administration
94	Mercer, Sarah	Universität Graz	Austria	Languages & Linguistics	Education
95	Helberger, Natali	Universiteit van Amsterdam	Netherlands	Communication & Media Studies	Law
96	van Leeuwen, Theo	Syddansk Universitet	Denmark	Languages & Linguistics	Communication & Media Studies
97	Vraga, Emily K.	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	United States	Communication & Media Studies	Public Health
98	Saito, Kazuya	University College London	United Kingdom	Languages & Linguistics	Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology
99	Derakhshan, Ali	Golestan University	Iran	Languages & Linguistics	Education
100	Rothman, Jason	UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	Norway	Languages & Linguistics	Experimental Psychology

Professionals in Communication and Textual Studies work across diverse fields, including academia, media, public relations, and digital communication. These experts analyze how messages are created, transmitted, and interpreted in various contexts, often focusing on the intersection of technology and human interaction. Recent research topics in this field have been exploring the impact of social media on political discourse, the role of artificial intelligence in shaping communication patterns, and the effects of virtual reality on interpersonal relationships