Growth of public relations research networks: a bibliometric analysis

A Bibliometric Analysis of Public Relations Models

“…Also, a great number of studies have focused on Symmetry/Excellence Theory in the field (Botan, & Hazleton, 2006). This finding is also congruent with the bibliometric analysis by Ki et al (2019) suggesting that James Grunig is the most cited public relations author between the periods of 1990-1995, 2000-2005 and 2010-2015. When citation burst of countries, authors and topic were evaluated, the years from 2007 to 2014 were found to have the highest citation frequency. It can be inferred that the topic of public relations models was the trending topic between those years.…”

“…When the top ranked keyword by centrality on the topic of public relations models was investigated, it was found that crisis communication, public relations, dialogue, communication, impact, organisation, management, reputation, strategy and model were dominating the field. Previous bibliometrical studies examining journals carried out in the field of public relations in order to find out the trend topics, identified similar concepts to our study, such as crisis communications, management, and relationship (Ki, et al, 2019). This finding provides an important insight for the field in terms of capturing the variation in public relations practice by examining the topic of "public relations models".…”

“…Previous studies researching the field of public relations bibliometrically through public relations journals have suggested for future studies to be carried out using similar bibliometric analyses in a specific subfield of public relations (Ki et al, 2019;Morehouse, & Saffer, 2018;Pasadeos et al, 1999). As public relations is an interdisciplinary field, and public relations academics tend to publish their studies in journals of other disciplines, it is more convenient to research "the topic" bibliometrically rather than to research the journals.…”

“…It can be inferred that the topic of public relations models was the trending topic between those years. It can be said that research topics in public relations shifted to new topics after 2014, as Ki et al (2019) stated that the most frequently researched topics shifted from 1990 to 2015 in public relations journals. In their study, models were listed among the most frequently researched topics between 1990-1995 in public relations journals.…”

“…According to Table 7, the top ranked cited studies by centrality on the topic of public relations models were, respectively, studies by Kim (2011), Johnston 2014 Frequency values of top cited documents were researched in Table 8. According to Table 8, the top ranked cited studies by frequency on the topic of public relations models were, respectively, studies by Taylor, & Kent (2014), Curtin, & Gaither (2007), L'Etang, & Pieczka (2011), Eyrich et al, (2008, Kim, & Grunig (2011), Kim (2011), Kent (2013), Sriramesh, & Vercic (2009), Ki, &Hon (2007), andWaters et al (2009). Furthermore, the authors were investigated according to their rate of citation burst.…”