Congratulations to ICA members whose articles ranked among ICA journals' most cited articles of 2010! The widespread reach and impact of these articles reflects the authors' truly exceptional work.

The Journal of Communication boasted several top-cited papers. Among the most frequently cited was an article by Jorg Matthes (U of Zurich) and Matthias Kohring (U of Munster) titled "The Content Analysis of Media Frames: Toward Improving Reliability and Validity." Published in JOC 58:2 in 2008, the article was cited five times in 2010 and has been cited nine times to date.

W. Lance Bennett (U of Washington) and Shanto Iyengar (Stanford U) coauthored another of the Journal of Communication's most cited articles of the year. Their article, "A New Era of Minimal Effects? The Changing Foundations of Political Communication," was published in JOC 58:4 in 2008. It was cited five times in 2010 and has been cited eight times to date.

Meanwhile, Emily Moyer-Guse's (Ohio State U) article "Toward a Theory of Entertainment Persuasion: Explaining the Persuasive Effects of Entertainment-Education Messages" ranked as Communication Theory's top-cited article of 2010. Published in CT 18:3 in 2008, Moyer-Guse's article was cited 10 times in 2010 and has been cited 12 times to date.

The article "Who Plays, how much, and why? Debunking the Stereotypical Gamer Profile" earned the most citations for the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. The work was coauthored by Scott Caplan (U of Delaware), Dmitri Williams (U of Southern California), and Nick Yee (PARC, A Xerox Company). Published in JCMC 13:4 in 2008, their article was cited 12 times in 2010 and has been cited 22 times to date.

Rounding out the list, the article "The Role of Friends' Appearance and Behavior on Evaluations of Individuals on Facebook: Are we Known by the Company we Keep?" was the most cited article of Human Communication Research. The work was coauthored by Joseph Walther, Brandon Van der Heide, Sang-Yeon Kim, Stephanie Tong (all of Michigan State U) and David Westerman (West Viriginia U). Published in HCR 34:1 in 2008, the article was cited 23 times in 2010 and has been cited 37 times to date.

Rankings were based on ISI's determination of impact factor, by examining the number of times that articles written in 2008 and 2009 were cited in 2010. In terms of overall impact factor, ISI journal rankings list the Journal of Communication as second, the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication as third, Human Communication Research as eighth, and Communication Theory as thirteenth. Recently launched in 2008, Communication, Culture & Critique is not rated in the ISI report.