2026 Christian Heath: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	73	630	550	116	102	247	22137
Computer Science	64	2583	2503	150	148	188	17652

Christian Heath publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Heath sits on this spectrum.

44 publications 570+

This scientist: 247 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Christian Heath D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Heath sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian Heath is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Arts and Humanities, Psychology, and Computer Science, with a focus on various subfields including Language and Linguistics, Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, and Literature and Literary Theory.

Their work explores a range of topics centered on communication strategies and interaction. Main topics include:

Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Digital Communication and Language
Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Speech and Dialogue Systems
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Action Observation and Synchronization
Hearing Impairment and Communication

They have published research in several academic venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Frequent publication venues include:

AI & Society
British Journal of Management
Discourse Processes
Culture and Organization
Visual Studies

Some of their recent papers are:

"Recipient design in human-robot interaction: the emergent assessment of a robot's competence" (2023, AI & Society)
"Embedding Impact in Research: Addressing the Interactional Production of Workplace Activities" (2021, British Journal of Management)
"Embodied Action, Projection, and Institutional Action: The Exchange of Tools and Implements During Surgical Procedures" (2020, Discourse Processes)
"Reconciling knowledge sharing with individual tasks: interaction and interruptions in the open-plan office" (2022, Culture and Organization)
"Servicing the body: placing glasses on the client's head at the opticians" (2020, Visual Studies)

Christian Heath frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors. Notable frequent coauthors include:

Paul Luff
Dirk vom Lehn
Sylvaine Tuncer
Christian Licoppe
Francesca Salvadori

Best Publications

Body movement and speech in medical interaction

Christian Heath;Katherine Nicholls

1632
Citations
Collaboration and controlCrisis management and multimedia technology in London Underground Line Control Rooms

Christian Heath;Paul Luff

1323
Citations
Workplace Studies: Recovering Work Practice and Informing System Design

Paul Luff;Jonathan Hindmarsh;Christian Heath

1050
Citations
Video in Qualitative Research: Analysing Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Christian Heath;Jon Hindmarsh;Paul Luff

849
Citations
Technology in Action: Index

Christian Heath;Paul Luff

726
Citations
Mobility in collaboration

Paul Luff;Christian Heath

632
Citations
Collaborative activity and technological design: task coordination in London underground control rooms

Christian Heath;Paul Luff

563
Citations
Exhibiting Interaction: Conduct and Collaboration in Museums and Galleries

Dirk vom Lehn;Christian Heath;Jon Hindmarsh

506
Citations
Disembodied conduct: communication through video in a multi-media office environment

Christian Heath;Paul Luff

504
Citations
Workplace Studies: List of contributors

Paul Luff;Jon Hindmarsh;Christian Heath

437
Citations
Technology and social interaction: the emergence of 'workplace studies'.

Christian Heath;Hubert Knoblauch;Paul Luff

417
Citations
Documents and professional practice: “bad” organisational reasons for “good” clinical records

Christian Heath;Paul Luff

400
Citations
Embodied reference: A study of deixis in workplace interaction

Jonathan Hindmarsh;Christian Heath

398
Citations
Configuring Awareness

Christian Heath;Marcus Sanchez Svensson;Jon Hindmarsh;Paul Luff

389
Citations
Media space and communicative asymmetries: preliminary observations of video-mediated interaction

Christian Heath;Paul Luff

379
Citations
On sharks, trolls, and their patent prey—Unrealistic damage awards and firms’ strategies of “being infringed”

Markus Reitzig;Joachim Henkel;Joachim Henkel;Christopher Heath

353
Citations
One is not enough: multiple views in a media space

William W. Gaver;Abigail Sellen;Christian Heath;Paul Luff

352
Citations
Tasks-in-interaction: paper and screen based documentation in collaborative activity

Paul Luff;Christian Heath;David Greatbatch

340
Citations
Talk and recipiency : Sequential organization in speech and body movement

Christian Heath

338
Citations
Video-Analysis. Methodology and Methods

Dirk Vom Lehn;Christian Heath

97
Citations
Body movement and speech in medical interaction: Postscript: the use of medical records and computers during the consultation

Christian Heath;Katherine Nicholls

1
Citations
Technology in Action: ‘Interaction’ with computers in architecture

Christian Heath;Paul Luff

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Luff King's College London

Mike Fraser University of Bristol

Hideaki Kuzuoka University of Tokyo

Steve Benford University of Nottingham

Abigail Sellen Microsoft (United States)

Chris Greenhalgh University of Nottingham

John Bowers Newcastle University

Liam J. Bannon University of Limerick

Yoshinori Kuno Saitama University

Nigel Gilbert University of Surrey

External Links

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