Content Analysis

Content Analysis is a systematic empirical research method that objectively identifies, codes, and analyzes patterns in the manifest and/or latent content of recorded communications in order to draw valid inferences about their meanings, contexts, or effects.

1.1K

Publications

241.2K

Citations

2.4K

Authors

966

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

344

Parents

Communication Research MethodsInstructional DesignPolitical Communication Research MethodsSocial Media Analytics

Children

Automated Content AnalysisCategory ConstructionCross-cultural Content AnalysisInstructional Material AnalysisLatent Content AnalysisManifest Content AnalysisMixed Methods Content AnalysisPolitical Communication Content AnalysisVideo Content Analysis

Publications

1.1K

Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis

Hsiu-Fang Hsieh, Sarah E. Shannon · Qualitative Health Research · 2005 · 44K citations

Social Sciences, Health Services Administration, End-of-life Care +7

The qualitative content analysis process

Satu Elo, Helvi Kyngäs · Journal of Advanced Nursing · 2008 · 22.3K citations · Full text

Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing, Evidence-based Practice +8

A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO CONTENT VALIDITY<sup>1</sup>

C. H. Lawshe · Personnel Psychology · 1975 · 6.9K citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Measurement +10

Determination and Quantification Of Content Validity

Mary R. Lynn · Nursing Research · 1986 · 6.4K citations

Social Sciences, Educational Measurement, Method Validation +9

Techniques to Identify Themes

Gery W. Ryan, H. Russell Bernard · Field Methods · 2003 · 5.4K citations

Social Sciences, Sociology, Communication Research Methods +12

1–5 of 1.1K

Authors

2.4K

KK
Klaus Krippendorff
University of Pennsylvania, United States
13 publications · 10.4K citations
13
h-index
DR
Daniel Riffe
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
10 publications · 1K citations
10
h-index
VV
Victoria Vysotska
Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
8 publications · 306 citations
8
h-index
SL
Stephen Lacy
Michigan State University, United States
7 publications · 700 citations
7
h-index
HJ
Heidi Julien
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States
7 publications · 429 citations
7
h-index

1–5 of 2.4K

Institutions

966

1–8 of 966

Venues

Communication Methods and Measures
CMM · 17 publications · 5.1K citations
17
h-index
Quality & Quantity
14 publications · 989 citations
13
h-index
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
JMCQ · 12 publications · 1.8K citations
12
h-index
Library & Information Science Research
13 publications · 949 citations
11
h-index
Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Repository · 10 publications · 2.8K citations
10
h-index

1–5