This study examines racial diversity in co-authorship in articles published in communication journals and its association with citations accrued over time. We analyzed 76,217 publications from 73 communication journals, spanning from 1990 to 2023, with a focus on racial diversity in authorship as an indicator of collaboration diversity. Our results reveal that diversity is positively associated with the number of citations received, with this positive effect increasing over time. In addition, non-White lead authors collaborated more diversely, whereas White authors exhibited a faster increase in collaboration diversity over the years. Furthermore, the positive association between collaboration diversity and citations was more pronounced when the lead author was non-White than when White. Additional analyses show a concerning disparity: While non-White first authors are equally likely as their White counterparts to publish in top journals, they receive significantly fewer citations.

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传播学者之间合作多样性的纵向考察：1990-2023 年


本研究考察了在传播期刊上发表的文章中合著身份的种族多样性，以及它与随着时间的推移而累积的引用次数的关联。我们分析了 76,217 年至 73 年间来自 2023 种传播期刊的 2023 篇出版物，重点关注作者的种族多样性作为合作多样性的指标。我们的结果表明，多样性与收到的引用数量呈正相关，这种积极影响随着时间的推移而增加。此外，非白人主要作者的合作更加多样化，而白人作者多年来在合作多样性方面表现出更快的增长。此外，当主要作者是非白人时，合作多样性与引文之间的正相关比白人时更明显。其他分析显示了一个令人担忧的差异：虽然非白人第一作者在顶级期刊上发表文章的可能性与白人相同，但他们获得的引用次数要少得多。