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Communication Studies Collections Data Guide

Database Usage Statistics

Usage of Communication Studies Databases: 2021
Database Searches Downloads
Access World News 1,180 –
Alt-Press Watch 13,091 393
APA PsycArticles 14,827 14,481
APA PsycInfo 69,643 –
Communication & Mass Media Complete 21,073 2,962
CQ Researcher 326 226
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 129,335 76,292
Global Newsstream 13,636 10,186
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts 13,630 –
Newspaper Source 19,074 997
Nexis Uni 7,703 –
Opposing Viewpoints 1,314 889
Social Sciences Citation Index 13,618 –

Usage of Communication Studies Databases: 2020
Database Searches Downloads
Access World News 1,268 –
Alt-Press Watch 11,284 392
APA PsycArticles 38,283 871
APA PsycInfo 65,854 34
Communication & Mass Media Complete 26,484 5,138
CQ Researcher 247 238
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 124,281 4,854
Global Newsstream 12,945 4,854
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts 11,596 –
Newspaper Source 18,160 400
Nexis Uni 3,435 6,261
Opposing Viewpoints 604 454
Social Sciences Citation Index 21,011 –

Usage of Communication Studies Databases: 2019
Database Searches Downloads
Access World News 1,084 –
Alt-Press Watch 14,952 706
APA PsycArticles 35,835 8,626
APA PsycInfo 85,052 62
Communication & Mass Media Complete 26,023 –
CQ Researcher 646 652
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 168,223 77,844
Global Newsstream 19,950 7,478
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts 15,209 –
Newspaper Source 22,663 409
Nexis Uni 5,501 162,411
Opposing Viewpoints 348 146
Social Sciences Citation Index 16,306 –

Usage of Communication Studies Databases: 2018
Database Searches Downloads
Access World News 1,725 –
Alt-Press Watch 17,778 957
APA PsycArticles 37 0
APA PsycInfo 90,523 34
Communication & Mass Media Complete 26,970 –
CQ Researcher 692 837
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 193,214 102,408
Global Newsstream 16,631 5,632
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts 18,255 –
Newspaper Source 22,741 641
Nexis Uni 5,581 6,433
Social Sciences Citation Index 21,067 –

Usage of Communication Studies Databases: 2017
Database Searches Downloads
Access World News 889 1,087
Alt-Press Watch 19,239 1,460
APA PsycArticles 1,635 –
APA PsycInfo 84,960 80
Communication & Mass Media Complete 20,957 –
CQ Researcher 291 807
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 181,782 99,095
Global Newsstream 24,480 4,753
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts 19,545 –
Newspaper Source 18,336 761
Nexis Uni 11,108 14,534
Social Sciences Citation Index 23,961 –

Usage of Communication Studies Databases: 2016
Database Searches Downloads
Access World News 1,178 1,935
Alt-Press Watch 23,970 1,155
APA PsycArticles 1,236 10,906
APA PsycInfo 96,818 43
Communication & Mass Media Complete 18,081 –
CQ Researcher 266 538
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 213,990 114,142
Global Newsstream 24,480 4,753
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts 24,691 –
Newspaper Source 14,977 649
Nexis Uni 7,788 –
Social Sciences Citation Index 24,843 –

Usage of Communication Studies Databases: 2015
Database Searches Downloads
Access World News 2,736 13,989
Alt-Press Watch 25,361 –
APA PsycArticles 1,937 14,651
APA PsycInfo 124,793 26
Communication & Mass Media Complete 26,905 –
CQ Researcher 105 256
EBSCO Academic Search Complete 240,155 109,939
Global Newsstream – –
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts 25,905 –
Newspaper Source 20,289 1,489
Nexis Uni 13,532 –
Social Sciences Citation Index 25,035 –

Top 10 Journals

The lists of Top 10 journals by subject were extracted from Journal Citation Reports database. The Libraries own or have access to all titles linked below.
View definitions of Journal Impact Factor, Eigenfactor Score, and Article Influence Score.

Top 10 Journals
Journal Name ISSN Total Citations 2021 Journal Impact Factor Eigenfactor Score Article Influence Score
Communication Methods and Measures 1931-2458 1,890 8.044 0.00294 3.195
Science Communication 1075-5470 2,630 7.441 0.00352 2.276
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 1083-6101 6,321 7.432 0.00398 3.753
Digital Journalism 2167-0811 3,702 6.847 0.00840 2.320
Journal of Advertising 0091-3367 7,419 6.528 0.00410 2.184
Communication Research 0093-6502 6,627 6.300 0.00555 2.253
Political Communication 1058-4609 3,716 6.176 0.00681 3.782
International Journal of Advertising 0265-0487 3,923 5.888 0.00364 1.268
Journal of Communication 0021-9916 11,519 5.750 0.00737 3.534
Comunicar 1134-3478 2,130 5.725 0.00252 1.332

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