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50
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Michael Pfau 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 Michael Pfau sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 115 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Pfau 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 Michael Pfau sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Pfau was affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their academic work was situated primarily in the fields of Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, with a focus on Philosophy and Political Science and International Relations.

Their research topics included Academic Freedom and Politics, Rhetoric and Communication Studies, and War, Ethics, and Justification.

Michael Pfau's recent scholarly contributions included the paper titled Defining the deadly: definitional argument and the assault weapons ban controversy, published in 2020 in the journal Argumentation and Advocacy.

  • Defining the deadly: definitional argument and the assault weapons ban controversy (2020), Argumentation and Advocacy

They collaborated frequently with Stephen John Hartnett.

  • Stephen John Hartnett

Argumentation and Advocacy was a primary venue for Michael Pfau's publications.

  • Argumentation and Advocacy

Best Publications

  • Nonverbal Behaviors, Persuasion, and Credibility

    Judee K. Burgoon;Thomas Birk;Michael Pfau

  • The Persuasion Handbook: Developments in Theory and Practice

    James Price Dillard;Michael Pfau

  • Relational communication, satisfaction, compliance-gaining strategies, and compliance in communication between physicians and patients

    Judee K. Burgoon;Michael Pfau;Roxanne Parrott;Thomas Birk

  • Embedding Journalists in Military Combat Units: Impact on Newspaper Story Frames and Tone

    Michael Pfau;Michel Haigh;Mitchell Gettle;Michael Donnelly

  • Inoculation Theory of Resistance to Influence at Maturity: Recent Progress In Theory Development and Application and Suggestions for Future Research

    Joshua A. Compton;Michael Pfau

  • With Malice Toward All?: The Media and Public Confidence in Democratic Institutions

    Patricia Moy;Michael Pfau

  • INOCULATION IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATION.

    Michael Pfau;Michael Burgoon

  • Enriching the Inoculation Construct The Role of Critical Components in the Process of Resistance

    Michael Pfau;Kyle James Tusing;Ascan F. Koerner;Waipeng Lee

  • The Effects of Print News Photographs of the Casualties of War

    Michael Pfau;Michel Haigh;Andeelynn Fifrick;Douglas Holl

  • Use of inoculation to promote resistance to smoking initiation among adolescents

    Michael Pfau;Steve Van Bockern;Jong Geun Kang

  • Use of inoculation to foster resistance to credit card marketing targeting college students

    Joshua Compton;Michael Pfau

  • Efficacy of inoculation strategies in promoting resistance to political attack messages: Application to direct mail

    Michael Pfau;Henry C. Kenski;Michael Nitz;John Sorenson

  • The Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility Campaigns on Public Opinion

    Michael Pfau;Michel M Haigh;Jeanetta Sims;Shelley Wigley

  • Persuasive communication campaigns

    Michael Pfau;Roxanne Parrott

  • The Impact of Web Site Campaigning on Traditional News Media and Public Information Processing

    Gyotae Ku;Lynda Lee Kaid;Michael Pfau

  • The Role and Impact of Affect in the Process of Resistance to Persuasion

    Michael Pfau;Erin Alison Szabo;Jason Anderson;Joshua Morrill

  • Attack Politics: Strategy and Defense

    Michael Pfau;Henry C. Kenski

  • The influence of television viewing on public perceptions of physicians

    Michael Pfau;Lawrence J. Mullen;Kirsten Garrow

  • Televised Presidential Debates: Advocacy in Contemporary America

    Susan A. Hellweg;Michael Pfau;Steven Robert Brydon

  • Media use and public confidence in democratic institutions

    Patricia Moy;Michael Pfau;Lee Ann Kahlor

  • The Mass Media and American Politics: A Review Essay

    Michael Pfau

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Moy
Patricia Moy University of Washington
Judee K. Burgoon
Judee K. Burgoon University of Arizona
R. Lance Holbert
R. Lance Holbert Temple University
James Price Dillard
James Price Dillard Pennsylvania State University
David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen
David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen Michigan State University
William L. Benoit
William L. Benoit University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lynda Lee Kaid
Lynda Lee Kaid University of Florida
William P. Eveland
William P. Eveland The Ohio State University
Lijiang Shen
Lijiang Shen Pennsylvania State University

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