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Howard Giles publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Giles sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 420 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Howard Giles D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Giles sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Howard Giles is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and psychology, with a substantial focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, language and linguistics, general health professions, and political science and international relations.

The main themes in Giles's work include language, discourse, and communication strategies; social and intergroup psychology; policing practices and perceptions; attachment and relationship dynamics; intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving; workplace violence and bullying; and crime patterns and interventions.

Frequent publication venues for Giles include:

  • Journal of Language and Social Psychology
  • Psychology of Language and Communication
  • Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • Journal of Family Communication
  • Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Howard Giles has collaborated with several researchers on multiple occasions. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Edward R. Maguire
  • Quinten S. Bernhold
  • Shawn L. Hill
  • Rachyl Pines
  • Bernadette Watson

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Giles cover a range of topics, such as communication accommodation theory and interventions related to patient aggression in healthcare settings. Notable publications include:

  • "Communication accommodation theory: Past accomplishments, current trends, and future prospects" (2023, Language Sciences)
  • "Managing patient aggression in healthcare: Initial testing of a communication accommodation theory intervention" (2021, Psychology of Language and Communication)
  • "Overcoming Ungrievability: Transgender Expectations for Identity after Death" (2020, Sociological Inquiry)
  • "Public Expressions of Empathy and Sympathy by U.S. Criminal Justice Officials After Controversial Police Killings of African-Americans" (2021, Journal of Language and Social Psychology)
  • "VOICES: a theory-driven intervention for improving relationships between police and the public" (2021, Policing An International Journal)

Best Publications

  • Towards a theory of language in ethnic group relations

    H. Giles

  • Accommodation theory: Communication, context, and consequence.

    Howard Giles;Nikolas Coupland;Justine Coupland

  • Speech style and social evaluation

    Howard Giles;Peter F. Powesland

  • Towards a Theory of Interpersonal Accommodation through Language: Some Canadian Data.

    Howard Giles;Donald M. Taylor;Richard Bourhis

  • Ethnolinguistic identity theory: a social psychological approach to language maintenance

    Howard Giles;Patricia Johnson

  • Language, ethnicity, and intergroup relations

    David E. Lopez;Howard Giles

  • Language and social psychology

    Howard Giles;Robert N. St. Clair

  • Contexts of Accommodation: Developments in Applied Sociolinguistics

    Howard Giles;Justine Coupland;Nikolas Coupland

  • Psycholinguistic and social psychological components of communication by and with the elderly

    Ellen B. Ryan;Howard Giles;Giampiero Bartolucci;Karen Henwood

  • Language: Contexts and Consequences

    Howard Giles;Nikolas Coupland

  • Evaluative Reactions to Accents.

    Howard Giles

  • Handbook of language and social psychology

    Howard Giles;W. P. Robinson

  • accommodation theory : optimal levels of convergence

    H. Giles

  • Accommodating the elderly: Invoking and extending a theory

    Nikolas Coupland;Justine Coupland;Howard Giles;Karen Henwood

  • Language attitudes as a social process: A conceptual model and new directions

    Aaron C. Cargile;Howard Giles;Ellen B. Ryan;James J. Bradac

  • Communication Accommodation Theory

    Marko Dragojevic;Jessica Gasiorek;Howard Giles

  • Social markers in speech

    Klaus Rainer Scherer;Howard Giles

  • Speech Accommodation Theory: The First Decade and Beyond

    Howard Giles;Anthony Mulac;James J. Bradac;Patricia Johnson

  • The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology

    Howard Giles;W. P. Robinson

  • Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence

    Michelle Chernikoff Anderson;Howard Giles

  • Communication Accommodation Theory

    Howard Giles

  • Language, Ethnicity and Intergroup Relations

    Carol Myers Scotton;Howard Giles

Frequent Co-Authors

Cindy Gallois
Cindy Gallois University of Queensland
Nikolas Coupland
Nikolas Coupland Cardiff University
Jake Harwood
Jake Harwood University of Arizona
Richard Y. Bourhis
Richard Y. Bourhis University of Quebec at Montreal
Ellen Bouchard Ryan
Ellen Bouchard Ryan McMaster University
Kimberly A. Noels
Kimberly A. Noels University of Alberta
Miles Hewstone
Miles Hewstone University of Oxford
Donald M. Taylor
Donald M. Taylor McGill University
Daniel Linz
Daniel Linz University of California, Santa Barbara
Anne Maass
Anne Maass University of Padua

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