Higher Quantity, Higher Quality? Current Publication Trends of the Most Productive Journal Authors on the Field of Communication Studies

Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine the publication trajectories most productive scholars in communication and media studies between 2015 2019. Based on analysis 1482 papers top-publishing one hundred scholars, we identified 126 Scopus-indexed journals which leading publish, also main clusters. Our results suggest that amongst authors, quantity does not go detriment quality as prolific usually publish prestigious field. Besides defining thematic clusters, important networks are popular researchers.