TY - JOUR
T1 - Social construction of public relations knowledge by academic institutions worldwide
T2 - A bibliometric network analysis
AU - Ivanitskaya, Lana V.
AU - Erzikova, Elina V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - This VOSviewer-enabled bibliometric study examines scientific knowledge construction in public relations research since 1955. A co-citation analysis indicates that while sustaining its cross-disciplinary nature, public relations increasingly relies on scholarship generated within its own discipline, with Public Relations Review, Journal of Public Relations Research and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly most cited academic sources. A citation analysis of author affiliations revealed a number of findings, including universities with the highest count of publications, university pairs that tend to cite each other, as well as regional university groups and large clusters within a broader, citation-based network. Among the 108 most productive academic institutions from four continents included into the study, U.S.-based universities produced the highest number of publications in nine peer-reviewed journals. Cross-referencing citation relationships among university clusters in different world regions illustrates an ongoing pattern of globalized construction of public relations knowledge.
AB - This VOSviewer-enabled bibliometric study examines scientific knowledge construction in public relations research since 1955. A co-citation analysis indicates that while sustaining its cross-disciplinary nature, public relations increasingly relies on scholarship generated within its own discipline, with Public Relations Review, Journal of Public Relations Research and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly most cited academic sources. A citation analysis of author affiliations revealed a number of findings, including universities with the highest count of publications, university pairs that tend to cite each other, as well as regional university groups and large clusters within a broader, citation-based network. Among the 108 most productive academic institutions from four continents included into the study, U.S.-based universities produced the highest number of publications in nine peer-reviewed journals. Cross-referencing citation relationships among university clusters in different world regions illustrates an ongoing pattern of globalized construction of public relations knowledge.
KW - Bibliometric analysis
KW - Public relations
KW - Social constructivism
KW - Social knowledge construction
KW - VOSviewer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164981735&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.pubrev.2023.102361
DO - 10.1016/j.pubrev.2023.102361
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85164981735
SN - 0363-8111
VL - 49
JO - Public Relations Review
JF - Public Relations Review
IS - 4
M1 - 102361
ER -